Cătălin Munteanu

Cătălin Munteanu

Personal information
Full name	Cătălin Constantin Munteanu
Date of birth	26 January 1979 (1979-01-26) (age 32)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre midfielder Left winger
Club information
Current club	Dinamo Bucureşti
Number	7
Youth career
	Steaua Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–1998	Steaua Bucureşti	45	(22)
1998–2001	Salamanca	95	(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)
2005–2008	Dinamo Bucureşti	72	(5)
2008–2010	FC Braşov	67	(4)
2010–	Dinamo Bucureşti	44	(6)
National team‡
1997–2001	Romania	17	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 February 2009

Cătălin Munteanu (born 26 January 1979 in Bucharest) is a Romanian footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Dinamo Bucureşti.

Munteanu started to play football at Steaua Bucureşti, 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.

Honours

Club

• Steaua Bucureşti
  • Romanian League (2): 1996–97, 1997–98
  • Romanian Cup (1): 1996-97

• Dinamo Bucureşti
  • Romanian League (1): 2006–07

References

1. ^ Luis Castelo (2003-08-26). "Munteanu sigue otro año" (in Spanish). as.com. http://www.as.com/actualidad/articulo/munteanu-sigue-ano/20030826dasdai_139/Tes. Retrieved 2009-04-15. 

External links

• Cătălin Munteanu at National-Football-Teams.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Sabin Ilie	Steaua Top Scorer 1997–1998	Succeeded by Ionel Dănciulescu

Romanian football portal

Persondata
Name	Munteanu, Catalin
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	26 January 1979
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Date of death
Place of death