Cătălin Munteanu
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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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 | ||
Team 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) | |
International career‡ | |||
1996–2000 | Romania U21 | 11 | (0) |
1997–2001 | Romania | 17 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
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) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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 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
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Supercup | Total | |||||
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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
- ^ Luis Castelo (26 August 2003). "Munteanu sigue otro año" (in Spanish). as.com. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
- ^ Cătălin Munteanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ Cătălin Munteanu at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Cătălin Munteanu at BDFutbol
- ^ Cătălin Munteanu at Soccerway
External links
- Cătălin Munteanu at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from July 2011
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bucharest
- Romanian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Romania international footballers
- Romania under-21 international footballers
- FC Steaua București players
- UD Salamanca players
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- Albacete Balompié players
- Real Murcia players
- FC Dinamo București players
- SR Brașov players
- FC Viitorul Constanța players
- Liga I players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Romanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain