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→Inter Milan: I fixed the season when Chivu scored the decisive/winning penalty against SSC Napoli. It was previously written in "2009-10 Coppa Italia win over Napoli on 26 January 2011", which was incorrect, to become " 2010-11 Coppa Italia win over Napoli on 26 January 2011". Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
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| name = Cristian Chivu
| image = Chivu2018.jpg
| caption = Chivu in a charity match in 2018
| fullname = Cristian Eugen Chivu<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legaseriea.it/uploads/default/attachments/comunicati/comunicati_m/3937/files/allegati/3942/cu74.pdf |title=Comunicato Ufficiale N. 74 |trans-title=Official Press Release No. 74 |publisher=Lega Serie A |page=3 |date=31 October 2011 |access-date=5 December 2020 |archive-date=5 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205224527/http://www.legaseriea.it/uploads/default/attachments/comunicati/comunicati_m/3937/files/allegati/3942/cu74.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|10|26|df=y}}
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'''Cristian Eugen Chivu''' ({{IPA-ro|kristiˈan e.uˈdʒen ˈkivu}}; born 26 October 1980) is a Romanian professional [[Association football|football]] manager and former player who recently
A [[Defender (association football)|defender]], he began his career with hometown club [[CSM Reșița]] before moving to [[FC U Craiova 1948|FC Universitatea Craiova]] in 1998, leaving Romania to join Dutch club [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] a season later. His performances as the [[Captain (association football)|captain]] of Ajax inspired an [[Euro|€]]18 million transfer to [[AS Roma|Roma]] in 2003. Chivu won the [[Coppa Italia]] in his last of four seasons in Rome before a transfer to [[Inter Milan]], where he spent the rest of his career before retiring in 2014. After recovering from a fractured skull, Chivu wore a distinctive protective headgear, similar to [[Petr Čech]]'s, from 2010 onwards.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-03-12|title=Football's biggest headache|url=https://www.marca.com/en/football/international-football/2017/03/12/58c54bab268e3e64368b45a8.html|access-date=2020-09-27|website=MARCA in English|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Meadows|first=Mark|date=2010-03-23|title=Inter's Chivu ready to return with special headgear|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-47159420100323|access-date=2020-09-27}}</ref> His honours at Inter included a treble of the [[Serie A|Italian league]], domestic cup, and the [[UEFA Champions League]] in 2010.
Chivu earned 75 international [[Cap (sports)|caps]] for [[Romania national football team|Romania]] between 1999 and 2010
==Club career==
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===Inter Milan===
[[File:Cristian Chivu 2011.jpg|thumb|upright|Chivu with [[Inter Milan]] in 2011]]
Chivu was reported to be in the middle of a tug-of-war between Barcelona and Real Madrid during the 2007 summer transfer window. After a four-year spell which yielded a [[Coppa Italia]], Chivu left Roma and signed a five-year contract with [[Serie A]] rivals Inter on 27 July 2007. The transfer fee was €16 million,<ref>[http://www.asroma.it/UserFiles/729.pdf CESSIONE DEL DIRITTO ALLE PRESTAZIONI SPORTIVE DEL CALCIATORE CRISTIAN EUGEN CHIVU] AS Roma, 27 July 2007</ref> which €3 million of the transfer fee paid via defender [[Marco Andreolli]] moved to Roma in a [[co-ownership (football)|co-ownership]] deal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=26924&L=en |title=Cristian Chivu signs for Inter |access-date=28 July 2007 |archive-date=10 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210175150/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=26924&L=en |url-status=dead }}</ref> His first season with the defending Serie A champions was a successful one, as he won the Serie A title that had eluded him during his time at Roma.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
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==International career==
[[File:Chivu in national team (11.08.2010) (cropped).JPG
In 1999, Chivu was chosen to represent the [[Romania national under-21 football team|Romania national under-21 team]] and quickly made the step up to play for the [[Romania national football team|full side]]. In 2001, he won [[Cyprus International Football Tournament]] 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cypr-intltourn03.html|title = Cyprus International Tournament 2003}}</ref>
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