Personal Life
Chivu can speak Italian, Dutch, Spanish and English as well as his native Romanian.
He is currently married to Adelina Elisei. According to Calcio Italia magazine, Chivu has been involved in opening football schools around Romania for the past few years, and he said "I hope that he is proud when he looks down on me" in reference to his late father who was a youth coach.
On 12 February 2009, his wife Adelina gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Natalia.
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