Cătălin Munteanu

Cătălin Munteanu (born 26 January 1979 in Bucharest) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a centre midfielder.

Cătălin Munteanu

Personal information
Full name	Cătălin Constantin Munteanu
Date of birth	26 January 1979
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre midfielder
Club information
Current team	Universitatea Cluj (assistant)
Youth career
1989–1993	Romprim București
1993–1996	Steaua București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1998	Steaua București	45	(22)
1998–2001	Salamanca	94	(20)
2001–2004	Atlético Madrid	0	(0)
2001–2002	→ Espanyol (loan)	12	(1)
2002–2004	→ Albacete (loan)	35	(1)
2004–2005	Real Murcia	22	(1)
2006–2008	Dinamo București	72	(5)
2008–2010	FC Brașov	62	(3)
2010–2014	Dinamo București	84	(7)
2014	FC Brașov	14	(0)
2015	Viitorul Constanța	3	(0)
Total		443	(60)
National team^‡
1996–2000	Romania U21	11	(0)
1997–2001	Romania	17	(1)
Teams managed
2017–2018	Romania U19 (assistant)
2018–2019	Astra Giurgiu (assistant)
2019	Hermannstadt (assistant)
2019–2020	Petrolul Ploiești (assistant)
2020	Petrolul Ploiești (caretaker)
2020–	Universitatea Cluj (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 February 2009

Munteanu started to play football at Steaua București, where he was one of the most talented players. In March 1997, aged 18, he made his first-team debut in a Divizia A game against Rapid Bucharest.

UD Salamanca paid 1,800,000 dollars for Munteanu's transfer from Steaua, where he played until 2001 when he was bought by Atlético Madrid, but he was loaned to Espanyol Barcelona and then Albacete.[1]

He has also played for Real Murcia. From 1997 until 2001, Munteanu was a member of the Romanian national team. He has been capped 17 by Romania and scored one goal.

Career stats

[2][3][4][5]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Supercup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Steaua	1996–97	12	5	4	0	0	0	–		16	5
	1997–98	33	17	3	2	10	3	–		46	21
	Total	45	22	7	2	10	3	–		62	26
Salamanca	1998–99	27	3	2	0	–		–		29	3
	1999–00	35	7	0	0	–		–		35	7
	2000–01	32	10	0	0	–		–		32	10
	Total	94	20	2	0	–		–		96	20
Espanyol	2001–02	12	1	1	0	–		–		13	1
	Total	12	1	1	0	–		–		13	1
Albacete	2002–03	18	1	1	0	–		–		19	1
	2003–04	17	0	1	0	–		–		18	0
	Total	35	1	2	0	–		–		37	1
Real Murcia	2004–05	22	1	1	1	–		–		23	2
	Total	22	1	1	1	–		–		23	2
Dinamo	2005–06	10	0	–		–		–		10	0
	2006–07	32	4	1	0	12	3	–		45	7
	2007–08	30	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	36	1
	Total	72	5	3	0	16	3	0	0	91	8
Brașov	2008–09	31	1	1	0	–		–		32	1
	2009–10	31	2	5	1	–		–		36	3
	Total	62	3	6	1	–		–		68	4
Dinamo	2010–11	30	5	4	1	4	1	–		38	7
	2011–12	25	2	5	0	4	1	–		34	3
	2012–13	23	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	28	0
	2013–14	6	0	1	0	–		–		7	0
	Total	84	7	12	1	10	2	1	0	107	10
Brașov	2014–15	14	0	1	0	–		–		15	0
	Total	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Viitorul Constanța	2014–15	3	0	0	0	–		–		3	0
	Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Romania total		280	37	29	4	36	8	1	0	346	48
Spain total		163	23	6	1	0	0	0	0	169	24
Career total		443	60	35	5	36	8	1	0	515	72

Honours

Club

• Steaua București
  • Divizia A (2): 1996–97, 1997–98
  • Romanian Cup (1): 1996–97
• Dinamo București
  • Liga 1 (1): 2006–07
  • Romanian Cup (1): 2011–12
  • Romanian Super Cup (1): 2012

References

1. Luis Castelo (26 August 2003). "Munteanu sigue otro año" (in Spanish). as.com. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
2. Cătălin Munteanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
3. Cătălin Munteanu at WorldFootball.net
4. Cătălin Munteanu at BDFutbol
5. Cătălin Munteanu at Soccerway

External links

• Cătălin Munteanu at National-Football-Teams.com