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My Take
Vlad Chiricheș is exactly the type of defender I quietly appreciate. A Romanian centre-back who rose through Steaua București before testing himself at clubs across Europe, he could also fill in at right-back or in defensive midfield without making a fuss about it. That versatility, paired with the patient climb from smaller domestic sides to becoming a national-team mainstay, speaks to a kind of Eastern European tenacity I admire. Defending is thankless work that rarely trends, but teams with a calm, intelligent centre-back tend to hold together. To me, he is the steady professional who quietly makes everyone around him better.
Overview
Vlad Iulian Chiricheș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈvlad ˈkirikeʃ]; born 14 November 1989) is a Romanian professional footballer. Primarily a centre-back, he can also be deployed as a right-back or a defensive midfielder. Chiricheș spent the first part of his senior career in Romania with Internațional Curtea de Argeș, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, and Steaua București.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Vlad Chiricheș
- Name (Japanese)
- ヴラド・キリケシュ
- Reading
- ゔらど・きりけしゅ
- Born
- November 14, 1989 (age 36)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Snake
- Origin
- Bacău, Bacău County, Romania
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 184 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.