Iulian Chiriță

Chiriță was born on 2 February 1967 in Târgoviște, Romania and began playing junior-level football at CSȘ Târgoviște. He started to play senior level football in 1985 at CS Târgoviște in Divizia B. He made his Divizia A debut, playing for Flacăra Moreni on 18 March 1988 under coach Ion Nunweiller in a 2–0 away loss to Universitatea Craiova. During his time spent at Flacăra, he made his debut in European competitions, playing in both legs of the 4–1 loss on aggregate against Porto in the 1989–90 UEFA Cup. In 1998, he went to play for one and a half years at FC Brașov. Afterwards he joined Rapid București where he experienced the most successful period of his career, playing 132 Divizia A matches in which he scored 40 goals and served for a while as the team's captain. Chiriță also netted a goal in the 1995 Cupa României final, as coach Sorin Cârțu used him the entire match in the loss to Petrolul Ploiești. He appeared in 12 games in which he scored three goals in the UEFA Cup for The Railwaymen, most notably netting a goal against Charleroi which helped the club eliminate the Belgians in the first round of the 1994–95 edition. After his spell with Rapid ended, Chiriță returned for a short while to FC Brașov. Subsequently, he moved to Dinamo București, then to Argeș Pitești, ending his career in the 1998–99 Divizia B season at Chindia Târgoviște. He has a total of 262 Divizia A matches in which he scored 57 goals and 15 games with three goals in the UEFA Cup. After he ended…

Chiriță played three friendly matches for Romania, making his debut on 20 April 1994 under coach Anghel Iordănescu in a 3–0 victory against Bolivia. His following two games were a 2–0 win over Nigeria and a 0–0 draw against Slovenia. Chiriță was also part of Romania's squad in the 1994 World Cup where the team reached the quarter-finals, but he did not play in any games in the campaign.

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In 1994, Chiriță was named Honorary Citizen of Bucharest.

Rapid București

Cupa României runner-up: 1994–95