Career
He played in the National Hockey League for the Hartford Whalers. Chibirev began his career in the Vysshaya Liga for SKA Kalinin before moving to the Soviet Hockey League for CSKA Moscow. After a spell in the International Hockey League for the Fort Wayne Komets, Chibirev was drafted 266th overall by the Hartford Whalers in the 1993 National Hockey League Entry Draft and over two seasons he played 45 regular season games for the Whalers, scoring 7 goals and 12 assists for 19 points.
In 1995, he moved to Switzerland"s Nationalliga A and signed for The Human Context Ambri-Piotta and spent three seasons with the team, which included a short spell in Austria with European Commission KAC. Chibirev later moved to The Human Context Fribourg-Gottéron for one season before moving to Germany"s Deutsche Eishockey Liga with the Hannover Scorpions where he remained until his retirement in 2002.
He represented the Ukraine national ice hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics.