Cristian Lucian Munteanu

Not to be confused with the Romanian football goalkeeper Cristian Munteanu.

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

Cristian Munteanu

Personal information
Full name	Cristian Lucian Munteanu
Date of birth	(1980-10-17) 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	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2001	West Petrom Arad	–	(0)
2001–2006	Bihor Oradea	103	(6)
2006–2007	Sopron	35	(1)
2007–2010	Politehnica Iași	84	(5)
2010–2011	Târgu Mureș	19	(4)
2011–2013	Brașov	59	(3)
2013–2014	Săgeata Năvodari	31	(4)
2014	CSMS Iași	17	(1)
2015	Universitatea Cluj	11	(1)
2015	Viitorul Constanța	2	(0)
2016–2017	Râmnicu Vâlcea	13	(0)
2017	Metalul Reșița	12	(0)
2017	Olimpia Satu Mare	16	(2)
2018	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	14	(2)
2018–2020	Flacăra Horezu	30	(10)
2021–2023	Viitorul Dăești	27	(4)
2023–	Viitorul Arad	0	(0)
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 as of 07:52, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

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]