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Romanian footballer
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Birth:
26 January 1979(Bucharest, Principality of Wallachia)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Cătălin Munteanu (born 26 January 1979 in Bucharest) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a left winger.
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.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Romanian League (2): 1996–97, 1997–98
- Romanian Cup (1): 1996-97
- Dinamo București
- Romanian League (1): 2006–07
- Romanian Cup (1): 2011–12
- Romanian Super Cup (1): 2012