Cristian Lucian Munteanu

Cristian Munteanu
Personal information
Full name	Cristian Lucian Munteanu
Date of birth	17 October 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Arad, Romania
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Viitorul Dăești (player-manager)
Number	28
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2001	West Petrom Arad
2001–2006	Bihor Oradea
2006–2007	Sopron
2007–2010	Politehnica Iași
2010–2011	Târgu Mureș
2011–2013	Brașov
2013–2014	Săgeata Năvodari
2014	CSMS Iași
2015	Universitatea Cluj
2015	Viitorul Constanța
2016–2017	Râmnicu Vâlcea
2017	Metalul Reșița
2017	Olimpia Satu Mare
2018	Pandurii Târgu Jiu
2018–2020	Flacăra Horezu
2021–2023	Viitorul Dăești
2023–	Viitorul Arad
Managerial career
2019–2020	Flacăra Horezu (assistant)
2021–2022	Viitorul Dăești (assistant)
2022–2023	Viitorul Dăești
2023–	Unirea Bascov U-19
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:52, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

Cristian Lucian Munteanu (born 17 October 1980) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a central defender for Viitorul Dăești.^[1]

Club career

Early career

Munteanu started his professional career at the age of twenty with the local club West Petrom Arad, in the Romanian Liga III. He spent a year playing for his home side.

FC Bihor

He was soon noticed by Liga II club FC Bihor Oradea, who bought him from Petrom Arad. There, Munteanu quickly established himself in the starting eleven and he spent four and a half years with the team, also playing in the 2003–04 Liga I.

MFC Sopron

In the summer of 2005 Munteanu moved to MFC Sopron in the first division of Hungary. Due to financial problems, he left after two season and 35 matches.^[2]

Politehnica Iaşi

On 1 July 2007, he was bought by Politehnica Iaşi for a fee of €50,000. Here he rejoined his former coach at FC Bihor, Ionuţ Popa. Munteanu immediately imposed himself in the starting lineup, and he stayed there until the end of the 2009–10 Liga I season when Poli were relegated to the Liga II.^[3]

CSMS Iași

In the summer of 2014, he returned to Iași, signing a contract with CSMS.^[4]

References

^ Doi jucători din Liga 2, primele noutăţi ale singurei echipe din Vâlcea prezentă la nivel naţional. Matache devine antrenor secund după plecarea lui Verdeş. liga2.prosport.ro (in Romanian)
^ "Ismét összeáll az MFC Sopron". prosport.ro (in Hungarian). 28 May 2008. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
^ "Cristi Munteanu, primul transfer al verii pentru CSMS Iaşi". prosport.ro (in Romanian). 13 June 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
^ "Cristian Munteanu a semnat cu CSMS Iasi". Romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). 13 June 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.

External links

Cristian Lucian Munteanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Cristian Lucian Munteanu at Soccerway
Cristian Lucian Munteanu at WorldFootball.net

[1] Doi jucători din Liga 2, primele noutăţi ale singurei echipe din Vâlcea prezentă la nivel naţional. Matache devine antrenor secund după plecarea lui Verdeş. liga2.prosport.ro (in Romanian)

[2] "Ismét összeáll az MFC Sopron". prosport.ro (in Hungarian). 28 May 2008. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.

[3] "Cristi Munteanu, primul transfer al verii pentru CSMS Iaşi". prosport.ro (in Romanian). 13 June 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.

[4] "Cristian Munteanu a semnat cu CSMS Iasi". Romaniansoccer.ro (in Romanian). 13 June 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.

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