Christian Chivu played for both the Romania u-18 and the u-21 teams before he was promoted to the senior team. For the Romania u-18 team, Chivu scoredonce in 12 appearances during a one-year period between 1997 and 1998. Christian Chivu didn’t manage any goal in 13 appearances for the Romania u-21 team during a two-year period from 1998 to 2000.
Chivu was a versatile defender who was a specialist at both the left-back and centre back positions. He was part of the Romania team that won the 2001 Cyprus International Football Tournament. Christian Chivu played four times for the Romania senior team before he played his first major tournament at Euro 2000. He was part of the 23-man Romania squad to the Euro 2000 tournament. At the tournament, Chivu played all the four Romania games and also scored his first goal for the team. Continue reading “CHIVU: ROMANIA NATIONAL TEAM CAREER EXAMINED”



During his Ajax days, Chivu developed a reputation as a free-kick expert in addition to being adept when it comes to the left-back position. He was given the armband by manager Ronald Koeman. Chivu led a youthful Ajax team to win the league title and the likes of Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van der Vaart, Maxwell, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Johnny Heitinga were part of the team. 


