Hristu Chiacu

Hristu Chiacu
Personal information
Date of birth	6 September 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1994–2003	Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003	Unirea Urziceni
2004	Electromagnetica
2004–2006	Național București
2006–2007	Wisła Kraków
2007–2012	Dinamo București
2008	→ Dacia Mioveni (loan)
2008–2009	→ Otopeni (loan)
2009	→ Astra Ploiești (loan)
2009–2011	→ Politehnica Timișoara (loan)
2011	→ Khazar Lankaran (loan)
2011	→ Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (loan)
2012	→ Concordia Chiajna (loan)
2013–2014	Săgeata Năvodari
2014–2015	Balotești
2016	Sighetu Marmației
2016	Tunari
2017	Academica Clinceni
2018	Tunari
2019	Carmen București
Total
International career
2003	Romania U17
2004	Romania U19
2005–2006	Romania U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hristu Chiacu (born 6 September 1986) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for teams such as Național București, Wisła Kraków, Dinamo București, CS Otopeni, Politehnica Timișoara or Khazar Lankaran, among others.

Personal life

Hristu Chiacu is an ethnic Aromanian.^[1]^[2]

Chiacu began his youth career at Dinamo București.

Chiacu signed his first professional contract with Unirea, where he scored one goal in two appearances.

He transferred to Electromagnetica, where he scored four goals in nine appearances.

Chiacu made his debut against FC Timișoara. He finished the season with 17 appearances for Național.

He signed with Polish club Wisła Kraków at Dan Petrescu's request. He scored one goal in the Ekstraklasa.^[3]

He returned to Romania at the team where started football, Dinamo, but play just ten matches because he was loaned out all time.

Chiacu was loaned out to Dacia Mioveni for six months, making ten appearances.

In 2008 summer, Chiacu was loaned out again at newly promoted CS Otopeni for all season long, making 17 appearances and scoring one goal.

Chiacu was again loaned out at Astra, just for few weeks.

Chiacu was loaned two years by Dinamo at Poli.^[4] He was released on 14 January 2011 for poor displays and returned to Dinamo.^[5]

His brother, Teodor was also a footballer who played for Dinamo București.^[6]

^ Stan, Filip (18 April 2014). "Scandal URIAȘ în familia lui GIGI BECALI" (in Romanian). România TV.
^ Grigore, George V. (14 April 2018). "Personalități din ramura aromână a românimii noastre milenare". Ziarul Națiunea (in Romanian).
^ "Sezon 2006/07". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 September 2024.
^ "New beginning for Chiacu". FC Timişoara. 20 July 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
^ "Chiacu released from Poli for bad evolutions". Violamania.ro. 14 January 2011.
^ "EXCLUSIV Frații cu numărul 6, Nabil și Reda Jaadi sunt prima pereche de frați străini din istoria lui Dinamo și doar a șasea din analele clubului alb-roșu" [EXCLUSIVELY Brothers number 6, Nabil and Reda Jaadi are the first pair of foreign brothers in the history of Dinamo and only the sixth of the red and white club] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 12 March 2019.