Octavian Chihaia

Octavian Chihaia (born 18 March 1981) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a striker, who is currently in charge at Rapid București U17.

Octavian Chihaia

Personal information
Date of birth	(1981-03-18) 18 March 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Rapid București U17 (head coach)
Youth career
0000–1998	Sportul Studenţesc
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2003	Sportul Studenţesc	109	(16)
2003–2005	Naţional București	48	(7)
2005	Dinamo București	3	(0)
2006	→ Naţional București (loan)	12	(1)
2006–2007	CFR Cluj	8	(2)
2007	→ Naţional București (loan)	11	(2)
2008	Dacia Mioveni	11	(0)
2008–2009	Otopeni	4	(0)
2009	Tianjin Teda	0	(0)
2010–2011	Sportul Studenţesc	15	(0)
Total		221	(28)
Managerial career
2015–2019	Voluntari U19
2016	Voluntari II
2019–2020	Astra Giurgiu (assistant)
2020–2021	Voluntari (assistant)
2021–2024	Rapid București U19
2024–	Rapid București U17
2025	Rapid București (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Chihaia debuted at Sportul Studenţesc. He later moved to Naţional București and Dinamo București. During the summer of 2006 he was traded to CFR Cluj for the price of 300,000 euros. He also played 2 matches for Dinamo București in the 2005–06 UEFA Cup. He transferred to CS Otopeni in the summer break of 2008.

Personal life

He is the son of former football International, Romulus Chihaia.^[1][2]

Honours

Sportul Studențesc

• Divizia B: 2000–01

Dinamo București

• Supercupa României: 2005