Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published on Thursday, 04 June 2026 22:40 / Updated on Thursday, 04 June 2026 22:48
Aurelian Chițu (35 years old), the player who was relegated with Hermannstadt in the recent season from the Super League, chose to sign with Poli Timisoara, a newly promoted team in the second league.
The top attack would have refused an offer from UTA Arad for the first time, a team that played in the play-out, but remained emotionless in the first league.
Aurelian Chițu is heading to Poli Timisoara: he refused UTA Arad
Aurelian Chițu's contract with Hermannstadt expires this summer. Given that the Sibiu were also relegated, the striker chose the offer from the stronger and more financially stable second league, revealed journalist Emanuel Roșu. The top attack was also wanted by UTA Arad, according to fanatik.ro., but Chițu refused to go to the Aradians, where he would have had serious competition: Marius Coman, an in-form striker, who was called up to the national team this year.
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Aurelian Chițu played in 40 matches this season for Hermannstadt, in all competitions. He scored 9 goals and provided three assists. It is quoted by specialized websites at 250,000 euros. He has been at Sibiu since 2024 and since then he has scored 84 matches, 16 goals and 9 assists.
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Aurelian Chițu played in Romania for Unirea Slobozia, Farul, Astra Giurgiu, FCU Craiova and Hermannstadt. The striker also played for foreign teams: for Valenciennes in France, for PAS Giannina in Greece and for Daejon Hana in South Korea. Aurelian Chițu is Romanian champion with Viitorul in the 2016-2017 season.
Poli Timișoara started the mercato period in force: they strengthen themselves with veterans from the Superliga
Poli Timișoara, the newly promoted team in the second tier, started the transfer campaign this summer as well as possible. Today, the people of Banat presented Andrei Artean, the footballer from U Cluj in the recently concluded season. The former footballer of the “red caps” signed with Poli Timișoara as a player free of contract. In the team from Poli Timișoara there is another veteran who played a lot in the Super League: Romario Benzar.
