Cătălin Constantin Munteanu (born 26 January 1979) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder, currently assistant coach at Liga I club Botoșani.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cătălin Constantin Munteanu | ||
| Date of birth | 26 January 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Botoșani (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) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Universitatea Cluj (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Politehnica Iași (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Voluntari (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Sepsi OSK (video analyst) | ||
| 2024– | Botoșani (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editCătălin Munteanu, nicknamed "Cap de Zmeu" (Head of Zmeu) was born on 26 January 1979 in Bucharest.[1][2] Munteanu started to play senior football at Steaua București, making his Divizia A debut under coach Dumitru Dumitriu on 16 March 1997 in a 3–1 victory against Rapid București.[1][3] In his first season spent at the club, he helped the club win The Double, making 12 Liga I appearances and scoring five goals.[1][3] In the following season he helped Steaua win another title, this time under the guidance of coach Mihai Stoichiță, being the team's top-goalscorer with 17 goals scored in 33 matches, including one in a 3–1 win over rivals Dinamo București.[1][3][4] Also he started to play in European competitions, scoring one goal in his debut in the first leg of the 5–3 victory on aggregate against CSKA Sofia in the 1997–98 Champions League first qualifying round and two goals that helped the team pass Bastia with the away goal rule in the 3–3 on aggregate in the second round of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup.[1][5][6]
Salamanca paid €3.6 million for Munteanu's transfer from Steaua in 1998, where he played in the first two leagues until 2001, being colleague with fellow Romanians Bogdan Stelea and Lucian Marinescu, also during that period the club was nicknamed "Salamanca Rumana", because Ovidiu Stîngă and Gabriel Popescu also played for the club around that period.[1][7] He was bought by Atlético Madrid, but did not play a single game there, being loaned for one season at Espanyol Barcelona in La Liga and then at Albacete where he played for two seasons, in the first one he helped the club promote from the second division to the first.[1][8][9] Afterwards he went to play for Real Murcia in the Segunda División where he suffered a knee injury that kept him off the field for six months.[1][10][11]
Munteanu went back to Romania in the middle of the 2005–06 season, signing with Dinamo București, where in the following season under the guidance of coach Mircea Rednic he scored 4 goals in 32 appearances, including opening the score with a spectacular goal from 27 meters in a 4–2 victory in a derby against Steaua, helping the team win the title, also appearing in 12 matches in which he scored 3 goals, including one in the 3–1 loss on aggregate against Benfica as the club reached the sixteenths-finals of the 2006–07 UEFA Cup.[1][3][12][13][14][15] In 2008, Munteanu left Dinamo to go play for two seasons at FC Brașov, after which he came back to play for The Red Dogs for a second spell of four seasons in which he won a Cupa României and a Supercupa României, after which he ended his career by playing another half of year at FC Brașov and a half a year at Viitorul Constanța where on 15 March 2015 he made his last Liga I appearance in a 2–1 away victory against CFR Cluj.[1][16][17][18][19][20] Cătălin Munteanu has a total of 56 matches and four goals scored in La Liga, 107 matches and 19 goals scored in Segunda División, 280 games and 37 goals scored in Divizia A and 36 games played with 8 goals scored in European competitions.[1]
International career
editCătălin Munteanu played 17 matches and scored one goal for Romania, making his debut on 19 November 1997, when coach Anghel Iordănescu sent him on the field in order to replace Viorel Moldovan at half-time in a friendly which ended 1–1 against Spain played on Lluís Sitjar Stadium from Palma de Mallorca.[21][22] He played four games and scored one goal at the successful Euro 2000 qualifiers, but was not a part of the squad that played at the final tournament.[21] He played 5 games at the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, including his last appearance for the national team which took place on 2 June 2001 in a 2–0 victory against Hungary.[21]
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Supercup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Steaua București | 1996–97 | Divizia A | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 5 | |
| 1997–98 | Divizia A | 33 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | – | 46 | 21 | ||
| Total | 45 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 3 | – | 62 | 26 | |||
| Salamanca | 1998–99 | La Liga | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 3 | ||
| 1999–00 | Segunda División | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 7 | |||
| 2000–01 | Segunda División | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 10 | |||
| Total | 94 | 20 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 96 | 20 | ||||
| Espanyol (loan) | 2001–02 | La Liga | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 1 | ||
| Albacete (loan) | 2002–03 | Segunda División | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2003–04 | La Liga | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 1 | ||||
| Real Murcia | 2004–05 | Segunda División | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 23 | 2 | ||
| Dinamo București | 2005–06 | Divizia A | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2006–07 | Liga I | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | – | 45 | 7 | ||
| 2007–08 | Liga I | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
| Total | 72 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 8 | ||
| Brașov | 2008–09 | Liga I | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | Liga I | 31 | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 36 | 3 | |||
| Total | 62 | 3 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 68 | 4 | ||||
| Dinamo București | 2010–11 | Liga I | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | 38 | 7 | |
| 2011–12 | Liga I | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 34 | 3 | ||
| 2012–13 | Liga I | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | Liga I | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 84 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 10 | ||
| Brașov | 2014–15 | Liga I | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | ||
| Viitorul Constanța | 2014–15 | Liga I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 443 | 60 | 35 | 5 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 515 | 72 | ||
International stats
edit| Romania | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 1 |
International
edit- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Munteanu goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 September 1998 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania | 3 |  Liechtenstein |
2–0 | 7–0 | Euro 2000 qualifiers |
Honours
editSteaua București
Dinamo București
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Cătălin Munteanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ "Cătălin Munteanu a dezvăluit de unde îi vine porecla: "Miu a fost primul care mi-a spus 'Cap de Zmeu'!"" [Cătălin Munteanu revealed where his nickname comes from: "Miu was the first to call me 'Head of Zmeu'!"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ "Primul Dinamo – Steaua din istorie cu 2 penaltyuri! Vezi aici TOATE rezultatele dramatice scoase din penalty in derby!" [The first Dinamo - The star in history with 2 penalties! See here ALL the dramatic results from the penalty in the derby!]. Sport.ro. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ "Steaua - TSKA Sofia, in play-off-ul Ligii Europa" [Steaua - TSKA Sofia, in the Europa League play-off] (in Romanian). Fcsteaua.ro. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Măcelul de la Bastia! Cea mai traumatizantă experiență pentru roș-albaștri! "Lăcătuș și-a luat bătaie cât pentru toată cariera!"" [The massacre at Bastia! The most traumatic experience for the red-blues! "Lăcătuș took a beating for his whole career!"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Salamanca Rumana: de la Stîngă și Stelea la Alex Țîrlea" [Romanian Salamanca: from Stîngă and Stelea to Alex Țîrlea] (in Romanian). Wesport.ro. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Vă aduceți aminte de Cătălin Munteanu în tricoul lui Atletico Madrid? Nici spaniolii. Românul a fost inclus de Marca pe o listă care nu-i face cinste" [Do you remember Cătălin Munteanu in the shirt of Atletico Madrid? Neither do the Spaniards. The Romanian was included by Marca on a list that does him no credit] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "A avut contract 3 ani cu Atletico, dar n-a jucat niciun minut. Românul de națională, pe prima pagină a ziarelor spaniole" [He had a 3-year contract with Atletico, but he didn't play a single minute. The Romania national team player, on the front page of the Spanish newspapers] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Catalin Munteanu ramane la Murcia" [Catalin Munteanu stays at Murcia] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 4 June 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ ""Cap de Zmeu", altfel decît îl ştiţi. Cătălin Munteanu, familistul" ["Cap de Zmeu", different than you know him. Cătălin Munteanu, the family man] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 4 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Cătălin Munteanu a fost invitatul lui Cătălin Oprișan! Povești spectaculoase cu fostul dinamovist" [Cătălin Munteanu was the guest of Cătălin Oprisan! Spectacular stories with the former Dinamo player] (in Romanian). As.ro. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "A jucat la Steaua și Dinamo, se declară "câine roșu", dar surprinde: "N-am vorbit și nu voi vorbi urât despre ei. Îmi doresc să ajungă departe în Europa"" [He played for Steaua and Dinamo, he declares himself a "red dog", but surprises: "I have not spoken and I will not speak badly about them. I want them to go far in Europe"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2022.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Dinamo a luat ultimul titlu într-o altă lume! 4 lucruri care nu se întâmplaseră încă în 2007: Messi și Ronaldo n-aveau niciun Balon de Aur" [Dinamo took the last title in another world! 4 things that had not happened in 2007: Messi and Ronaldo did not have a Golden Ball] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Dinamo - Benfica 1-2" (in Romanian). Hotnews.ro. 22 February 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Cătălin Munteanu la FC Braşov" [Cătălin Munteanu at FC Braşov] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Primul transfer la Dinamo. Cătălin Munteanu revine în "Groapă"" [The first transfer to Dinamo. Cătălin Munteanu returns to the "Groapă"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Cătălin Munteanu dezvăluie de ce a plecat de la Dinamo: "Sînt dezamăgit!"" [Cătălin Munteanu reveals why he left Dinamo: "I'm disappointed!"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Cătălin Munteanu s-a despărţit de Dinamo şi a semnat cu FC Braşov" [Cătălin Munteanu left Dinamo and signed with FC Braşov] (in Romanian). Click.ro. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Cătălin Munteanu s-a retras, dar va rămîne tot în fotbal" [Cătălin Munteanu has retired, but will remain in football] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Cătălin Munteanu profile". European Football. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "Spain 1-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ Cătălin Munteanu at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Cătălin Munteanu at BDFutbol
- ^ Cătălin Munteanu at Soccerway
External links
edit- Cătălin Munteanu at National-Football-Teams.com