| Vasile Chitaru | |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Bacău, Romania |
| Death Place: | Bacău, Romania |
| Position: | Forward |
| Years1: | 1974–1976 |
| Years2: | 1976–1977 |
| Caps2: | 7 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1977–1983 |
| Years4: | 1983–1984 |
| Clubs4: | Partizanul Bacău |
| Years5: | 1984–1985 |
| Years6: | 1985–1986 |
| Clubs6: | Proletarul Bacău |
| Nationalyears1: | 1974–1975 |
| Nationalteam1: | Romania U18[1] |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 1974–1975 |
| Nationalteam2: | Romania U21 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Vasile Chitaru (5 January 1959 – 5 December 2003) was a Romanian footballer who played as a forward.
Vasile Chitaru, nicknamed "Zira" was born on 5 January 1959 in Bacău.[2] He made his Divizia A debut on 19 May 1974, playing for SC Bacău at the age of 15 years, 4 months and 14 days in a 3–0 home victory against Jiul Petroșani.[3] [4] [5] [6] In 1976, Chitaru went to play for Dinamo București, where in his only season spent at the club, he won the league title, contributing with 7 matches played in the campaign, also playing his only game in a European competition, a 0–0 against AC Milan in the 1976–77 UEFA Cup.[3] [4] [5] [7] [8] [9] He returned to play for SC Bacău for a few years and played his last three years of his career at Partizanul Bacău, Foresta Fălticeni and Proletarul Bacău, retiring in 1986.[3] [4] Throughout his life, Chitaru struggled with alcoholism, committing suicide in December 2003 by jumping from his apartment balcony which was on the fourth floor.[2] [3] [4] [5] [9]
SC Bacău
1974–75Dinamo București