Cristian Șchiopu (born 19 January 1974) is a Romanian former football player who played as a central back for Foresta Fălticeni, Mureșul Toplița and Farul Constanța.
Cristian Șchiopu was born on 19 January 1974 in Fălticeni, Romania, starting to play football in 1992 at local club, Foresta in Divizia B.
[5][6] In 2006 he started to play in European competitions, appearing in both legs of the 4–2 loss on aggregate in front of Auxerre from the third round of the Intertoto Cup.
[1][8] In the following season, on 25 October 2008, he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 1–0 away loss in front of Unirea Urziceni, having a total of 272 matches with eight goals scored in the competition.
[1][2][9] After he ended his playing career, Cristian Șchiopu started coaching, mostly at junior level at Farul Constanța and Gheorghe Hagi's Football Academy, with the latter working three years and winning one national title.