Dorinel Munteanu

Dorinel Ionel Munteanu (Romanian pronunciation: [doriˈnel munˈte̯anu]; born 25 June 1968) is a Romanian retired professional footballer and manager.[5]

Dorinel Munteanu
Munteanu coaching Mordovia Saransk in 2013
Personal information
Full name Dorinel Ionel Munteanu
Date of birth (1968-06-25) 25 June 1968
Place of birth Grădinari, Romania
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Central midfielder
Left midfielder
Youth career
1982–1985 Minerul Oravița
1985–1987 Metalul Bocșa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Metalul Bocșa
1987–1988 CSM Reșița
1988–1989 Olt Scornicești 33 (2)
1989–1991 Inter Sibiu 47 (7)
1991–1993 Dinamo București 67 (27)
1993–1995 Cercle Brugge 68 (13)
1995–1999 1. FC Köln 133 (18)
1999–2003 VfL Wolfsburg 101 (11)
2004–2005 Steaua București 32 (2)
2005–2006 CFR Cluj 26 (0)
2006–2007 Argeș Pitești 3 (0)
2007–2008 Vaslui 16 (0)
2008 Universitatea Cluj 3 (0)
2008 Steaua București[1] 0 (0)
2009 Universitatea Cluj[2] 0 (0)
Total 529 (80)
National team
1988–1990[3] Romania U21 3 (0)
1991–2007[4] Romania 134 (16)
Teams managed
2005–2006 CFR Cluj
2006–2007 Argeș Pitești
2007–2008 Vaslui
2008 Universitatea Cluj
2008 Steaua București
2009 Universitatea Cluj
2009–2012 Oțelul Galați
2012 Dinamo București
2012–2013 Mordovia Saransk
2013 Kuban Krasnodar
2014 Gabala
2015 Astra Giurgiu
2017 Zakho FC
2017–2018 CSM Reșița (technical director)
2018–2019 Concordia Chiajna
2019–2020 CSM Reșița
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

A former midfielder, Munteanu is the most capped Romanian player of all time, with a total of 134 appearances and 16 goals.[6] He played in two editions of the World Cup, those held in the United States in 1994 and France in 1998, as well as two European Championships, in 1996 and 2000.[6]

Club career

Munteanu was born in Grădinari. He started his football career playing for Metalul Bocșa, a team which offered him the first chance to play in Divizia B in 1986. After a year he went to play for FCM Reșița and then in 1988 for Olt Scornicești, while 1989 found him at Inter Sibiu.

Dinamo Bucharest bought him from FC Inter Sibiu in 1991 only to sell him to Cercle Brugge two years later. After two years in Belgium, he moved to Germany to play for 1. FC Köln and VfL Wolfsburg until 2003.

In 2003, aged 35, he was released from his contract by VfL Wolfsburg and signed with Steaua București as a free agent, only to leave the club in 2005 after a conflict with the club's Chief Executive Mihai Stoica and join the squad of CFR Cluj Napoca.

International career

Dorinel won his first cap for Romania in 1991 while still at Inter Sibiu.[6] Since then he was a very important part of the national team of Romania, playing in various positions such as left back, left midfielder and playmaker.

In 2001, he won his 100th cap in a game against Slovenia in Ljubljana and four years later he won the 126th cap, making him the most capped Romanian footballer.[6] He has a total of 134 caps.[6]

Munteanu scored 16 goals for Romania and played at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1996, 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000.[6]

Coaching career

After leaving Steaua București, Munteanu is offered the position of player-manager at CFR Cluj. In this first managerial job, he took the team to the Intertoto Cup final in 2005 and finished fifth in Divizia A at the end of the 2005–06 season. During the first half of the 2006–07 season, despite a good start (six wins, two draws, two defeats) with CFR Cluj, Munteanu announced he resigns his position at the club, due to interference with his decisions and lack of support from the club management. Munteanu had a pending offer from Argeș Pitești and he decided to accept it, despite the team being bottom of the first league after 10 games. Towards the end of the season, due to impossibility of avoiding the relegation of Argeș Pitești, he was sacked, only to be confirmed in short time as the new manager of Liga 1 team FC Vaslui. He has stated that he also intends to continue his playing career at FC Vaslui. He came back as head coach of Universitatea Cluj in September 2008, but only after seven games he quit to go to Steaua București.[1][7] And again, after only eight games, he was dismissed by the club's president, Gigi Becali and returned to Universitatea Cluj.[8]

After the short spell at Universitatea Cluj, in July 2009 he signed a contract with Oțelul Galați. In the first season under his command, the team finished eighth. The next season, Oțelul started the season with four wins in the first six games and climbed on top of the championship. They finished first the Autumn part of the season, and what seemed to be only a flash in the pan, became one of the biggest surprises in the Romanian football. Oțelul maintained its position throughout the Spring season and became Romanian champion for the first time in their history. Munteanu was seen as the primary factor for this success.[9]

The following season, under Munteanu's guidance, Oțelul took part in the UEFA Champions League group stage, but failed to gain a single point. In the championship, Oțelul finished sixth and didn't qualify for the European competitions.

The 2012–13 season started badly for Oțelul who won the game in the first round, against Politehnica Iași, but then registered five consecutive games without a win. As a consequence, Dorinel Munteanu resigned.

In November 2012, he was installed as a head coach at Dinamo București.[10][11] After only one month and four games in charge at Dinamo, Munteanu resigned at the end of 2012, citing the wish to follow his dream to coach abroad.[12] Just a day later, on 28 December 2012, Munteanu signed a contract for one and a half years with Mordovia Saransk.[13] On 1 August 2013, he took charge of Russian side Kuban Krasnodar,[14] before being sacked on 12 October of the same year. On 14 June 2014, Munteanu was appointed as manager of Gabala FK.[15] Munteanu was relieved of his duties as manager on 8 December 2014, following four wins in sixteen matches.[16]

Career statistics

International goals
Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.[6]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
121 December 1991Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt Egypt1–11–3Friendly
224 December 1991Port Said Stadium, Port Said, Egypt Egypt1–01–1Friendly
37 June 1995Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania Israel2–12–1UEFA Euro 1996 Qualifying
415 October 1995Všešportový areál, Košice, Slovakia Slovakia2–02–0UEFA Euro 1996 Qualifying
56 September 1997Sportpark, Eschen, Liechtenstein Liechtenstein5–08–1World Cup 1998 Qualifying
66 September 1997Sportplatz, Eschen, Liechtenstein Liechtenstein6–08–1World Cup 1998 Qualifying
76 September 1997Sportplatz, Eschen, Liechtenstein Liechtenstein7–18–1World Cup 1998 Qualifying
810 October 1998Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal Portugal1–01–0UEFA Euro 2000 Qualifying
95 June 1999Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania Hungary2–02–0UEFA Euro 2000 Qualifying
109 June 1999Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania Azerbaijan2–04–0UEFA Euro 2000 Qualifying
1120 June 2000Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium England2–23–2UEFA EURO 2000 Group A
1228 March 2001Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia1–02–0World Cup 2002 Qualifying
1327 March 2002Stadionul Gheorghe Hagi, Constanța, Romania Ukraine1–04–1Friendly
147 September 2002Koševo Stadium, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina2–03–0UEFA Euro 2004 Qualifying
1512 February 2003Neo GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Slovakia1–12–1Friendly
1629 March 2003Stadionul Lia Manoliu, Bucharest, Romania Denmark2–12–5UEFA Euro 2004 Qualifying

Managerial statistics
As of 3 June 2020[5][17]
Team From To Record
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
CFR Cluj 1 July 2005 2 October 2006 40 20 10 10 58 38 +20 050.00
Argeș Pitești 5 October 2006 26 April 2007 18 3 7 8 12 17 −5 016.67
FC Vaslui 1 July 2007 5 April 2008 26 11 9 6 39 22 +17 042.31
Universitatea Cluj 26 August 2008 26 October 2008 10 5 1 4 12 12 +0 050.00
FC Steaua București 27 October 2008 15 December 2008 5 1 4 0 4 3 +1 020.00
FC Universitatea Cluj 1 April 2009 30 June 2009 12 4 5 3 14 9 +5 033.33
FC Oțelul Galați 8 July 2009 30 August 2012 140 79 28 33 156 112 +44 056.43
FC Dinamo București 15 November 2012 27 December 2012 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 050.00
FC Mordovia Saransk 28 December 2012 5 June 2013 11 3 2 6 12 16 −4 027.27
FC Kuban Krasnodar 6 June 2013 12 October 2013 18 7 5 6 20 20 +0 038.89
Gabala FK 14 June 2014 8 December 2014 16 4 5 7 18 26 −8 025.00
Astra Giurgiu 7 July 2015 3 January 2016 23 14 6 3 60 30 +30 060.87
Zakho FC 5 February 2017 8 May 2017 12 10 1 1 32 18 +14 083.33
CSM Reșița 10 November 2017 29 June 2018 35 21 8 6 53 29 +24 060.00
Concordia Chiajna 17 September 2018 7 January 2019 15 3 4 8 11 26 −15 020.00
CSM Reșița 10 November 2019 29 May 2020 7 2 2 3 10 9 +1 028.57
Total 392 189 99 104 519 392 +127 048.21

Honours

As a player

Inter Sibiu

Dinamo București

Steaua București

As a coach

Oțelul Galați

References
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  3. "Dorinel Munteanu profile". 11v11. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. Mamrud, Roberto (16 March 2012). "Dorinel Munteanu – Century of International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  5. Dorinel Munteanu at WorldFootball.net
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  8. "Dorinel Munteanu s-a intors la "U" Cluj – fanii abia il asteapta!:)" [Dorinel Munteanu is back at "U" Cluj – the fans can't wait for him! :)] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
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  10. "Dorinel Munteanu la Dinamo" (in Romanian). fcdinamo.ro. 15 November 2012. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  11. "Dorinel Munteanu, noul antrenor al echipei Dinamo după ce Bonetti şi-a reziliat contractul" (in Romanian). Mediafax. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
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  13. ДОРИНЕЛ МУНТЯНУ – ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР ФК "МОРДОВИЯ" (in Russian). fc-mordovia.ru. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  14. "UEFA Europa League – News". Uefa.com. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  15. ""Qəbələ"nin yeni baş məşqçisi – Dorinel Muntyanu". Gabalafc.az (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
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