Cătălin Munteanu

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Cătălin Munteanu
Personal information
Full name Cătălin Constantin Munteanu
Date of birth (1979-01-26) 26 January 1979 (age 43)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Centre midfielder
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)
2020–2021 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

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

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 Liga I 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 times 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

International career[]

International stats[]

Romania national team
Year Apps Goals
1997 1 0
1998 5 1
1999 2 0
2000 4 0
2001 5 0
Total 17 1

International goals[]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 September 1998 Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania  Liechtenstein 2–0 7–0 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying

Honours[]

Club[]

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[]

Sporting positions
Preceded by Steaua Top Scorer
1997–1998 		Succeeded by
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