Dorinel Munteanu

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Dorinel Munteanu
Personal information
Full name	Dorinel Ionel Munteanu
Date of birth	June 25, 1968 (1968-06-25) (age 39)
Place of birth	Grădinari, Caraş-Severin County, Romania
Height	1.69m
Youth clubs
	Metalul Bocşa
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986–1987 1987–1988 1988–1989 1989–1991 1991–1993 1993–1995 1995-1999 1999-2003 2003-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008	Metalul Bocşa FCM Reşiţa FC Olt FC Sibiu Dinamo Bucharest Cercle Brugge FC Koln VfL Wolfsburg Steaua Bucharest CFR Cluj Napoca FC Argeş Piteşti FC Vaslui	? (?)  ? (?) 31 (2) 47 (7) 67 (27) 68 (13) 133 (18) 101 (11) 33 (2) 26 (0) 3 (0) 16 (0)
National team2
1991-2007	Romania	134 (16)
Teams managed
2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-	CFR Cluj Napoca FC Argeş Piteşti FC Vaslui
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 21, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of November 21, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Dorinel Munteanu, (born June 25, 1968 in Grădinari), is a Romanian football midfielder. As of June 30, 2006, Dorinel Munteanu is the most capped player for Romania, with 134 caps.

[edit] Club career

During his very long career, which still continues, Munteanu was always seen as a player capable to making big efforts. A pure professional footballer, an example for others, he stayed away from drinking and night clubs, thus he suffered very few injuries.

Munteanu started to play football for Metalul Bocşa, a team which offered him the first chance to play in Divizia B in 1986. After one year he goes to play for FCM Reşiţa and then in 1988 for FC Olt, while 1989 finds him at FC Inter Sibiu.

Dinamo Bucharest bought him from Sibiu in 1991 only to sell him to Cercle Brugge two years later. After two years in Belgium he moved to Germany to play for FC Koln and VfL Wolfsburg between 1995 and 2003.

In 2003, aged 35, he is released from his contract by VfL Wolfsburg and signs with Steaua Bucharest as a free agent, only to leave the club in 2005 after a conflict with the club's Chief Executive Mihai Stoica and join the squad of CFR Cluj Napoca.

[edit] International career

Dorinel won his first cap for Romania in 1991 while still at FC Inter Sibiu. Since then he was a very important part of the national team of Romania, playing in various positions such as left back, left midfielder and playmaker.

In 2001 he won his 100th cap in a game against Hungary in Budapest and four years later he won the 126th cap, making him the most capped Romanian footballer. He now has 134 caps.

Munteanu scored 16 goals for Romania and played at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, 1996 European Football Championship, 1998 FIFA World Cup and 2000 European Football Championship.

[edit] Coaching career

After leaving Steaua, Munteanu is offered the position of player-manager at CFR Cluj Napoca. In this first managerial job, he took the team to the Intertoto Cup final in 2005 and finished fifth in Divizia A at the end of the 2005-06 season. During the first half of the 2006-07 season, despite a good start (6 wins, 2 draws, 2 defeats) with CFR Cluj Napoca, Munteanu announced he resigns his position at the club, due to interference with his decisions and lack of support from the club management. Munteanu had a pending offer from FC Argeş Piteşti and he decided to accept it, despite the team being bottom of the first league after 10 games. Towards the end of the season, due to impossibility of avoiding the relegation of FC Argeş Piteşti, he was sacked, only to be confirmed in short time as the new manager of Liga 1 team FC Vaslui. He has stated that he also intends to continue his playing career at FC Vaslui.But after a match of FC Vaslui vs Steaua it was proved that the Vaslui players didn't play fair,they were stimulated from money that came from Steaua owner to let Steaua win.After he heard that,Dorinel Munteanu quitted the team,and right now he has offers from WFL Wolfsburg for the post of manager on the team.

[edit] See also

• List of football (soccer) players with 100 or more caps

[edit] External references

• (Dutch) Voetbal International

v • d • e Romania squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Prunea • 2 Petrescu • 3 Prodan • 4 Belodedici • 5 Lupescu • 6 Popescu • 7 Munteanu • 8 Chiriţă • 9 Răducioiu • 10 Hagi • 11 Dumitrescu • 12 Stelea • 13 Selymes • 14 Mihali • 15 Panduru • 16 Vlădoiu • 17 Moldovan • 18 Gâlcă • 19 Papură • 20 Stîngă • 21 Ivan • 22 Preda • Coach: Iordănescu

v • d • e Romania squad - Euro 1996 1 Stelea • 2 Petrescu • 3 Prodan • 4 Belodedici • 5 Lupescu • 6 Popescu • 7 Lăcătuş • 8 Sabău • 9 Răducioiu • 10 Hagi • 11 Munteanu • 12 Prunea • 13 Selymes • 14 Gâlcă • 15 Doboş • 16 Mihali • 17 Filipescu • 18 Stîngă • 19 Ilie • 20 Moldovan • 21 Vlădoiu • 22 Tene • Coach: Iordănescu

v • d • e Romania squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Stângaciu • 2 Petrescu • 3 Dulca • 4 Doboş • 5 Gâlcă • 6 Gheorghe Popescu • 7 Lăcătuş • 8 Munteanu • 9 Moldovan • 10 Hagi • 11 Ilie • 12 Stelea • 13 Ciobotariu • 14 Niculescu • 15 Marinescu • 16 Gabriel Popescu • 17 Dumitrescu • 18 Filipescu • 19 Stîngă • 20 Selymes • 21 Craioveanu • 22 Prunea • Coach: Iordănescu

v • d • e Romania squad - Euro 2000 1 Lobonţ • 2 Petrescu • 3 Ciobotariu • 4 Filipescu • 5 Gâlcă • 6 Popescu • 7 Mutu • 8 Munteanu • 9 Moldovan • 10 Hagi • 11 Ilie • 12 Stelea • 13 Chivu • 14 Petre • 15 Lupescu • 16 Roşu • 17 Belodedici • 18 Ganea • 19 Lincar • 20 Hîldan • 21 Prunea • 22 Contra • Coach: Jenei