Vlad Munteanu (born 16 January 1981) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1981-01-16) 16 January 1981 (age 41) | ||
Place of birth | Bacău, Romania | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–1999 | SC Bacău | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2000 | FCM Bacău | 39 | (7) |
2000–2006 | Dinamo București | 94 | (11) |
2001–2002 | → FCM Câmpina (loan) | 3 | (2) |
2004–2005 | → Progresul București (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2006–2007 | Energie Cottbus | 33 | (11) |
2007–2011 | VfL Wolfsburg | 10 | (0) |
2008 | → Auxerre (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2009 | → Arminia Bielefeld (loan) | 15 | (2) |
2010 | → FSV Frankfurt (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2011 | Dinamo București | 4 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Concordia Chiajna | 21 | (1) |
2012–2013 | Erzgebirge Aue | 6 | (0) |
Total | 260 | (35) | |
National team | |||
2002 | Romania | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Munteanu came up through his hometown club FCM Bacău. He then moved to Dinamo București. He spent six years there appearing in over 90 matches. He also had brief loan spells at Poiana Câmpina and FC Naţional București. In 2006, he signed with Energie Cottbus of the German Bundesliga. In the summer of 2007 he was signed by VfL Wolfsburg, along with Sergiu Radu. Over the next three years, Munteanu was unable to establish himself at Wolfsburg and was loaned out to AJ Auxerre, Arminia Bielefeld, and FSV Frankfurt. In January 2011, he ended his contract with Wolfsburg and signed a deal for six months with his old club, Dinamo București.
He has appeared in one international match in 2002 against Greece.
His father, Ion was also a footballer who played for FCM Bacău and Universitatea Cluj and has over 250 Liga I appearances in which he scored 60 goals.[2][3][4]
Dinamo București[5]