Dorinel Munteanu

Dorinel Munteanu

Munteanu coaching Mordovia Saransk in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Dorinel Ionel Munteanu
Date of birth	(1968-06-25) 25 June 1968 (age 48)
Place of birth	Grădinari, Romania
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Central Midifielder Left midfielder
Club information
Current team	Zakho FC (Manager)
Youth career
1985–1987	Metalul Bocșa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1987	Metalul Bocșa
1987–1988	CSM Reșița
1988–1989	Olt Scornicești	33	(2)
1989–1991	Inter Sibiu	47	(7)
1991–1993	Dinamo București	67	(27)
1993–1995	Cercle Brugge	68	(13)
1995–1999	1. FC Köln	133	(18)
1999–2003	VfL Wolfsburg	101	(11)
2003–2005	Steaua București	32	(2)
2005–2006	CFR Cluj	26	(0)
2006–2007	Argeș Pitești	3	(0)
2007–2008	Vaslui	16	(0)
2009	Universitatea Cluj	0	(0)
Total		528	(80)
National team
1991–2007	Romania	134	(16)
Teams managed
2005–2006	CFR Cluj
2006–2007	Argeș Pitești
2007–2008	Vaslui
2008	Universitatea Cluj
2008	Steaua București
2009	Universitatea Cluj
2009–2012	Oțelul Galați
2012	Dinamo București
2012–2013	Mordovia Saransk
2013	Kuban Krasnodar
2014	Gabala
2015	Astra Giurgiu
2016–	Zakho FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Dorinel Ionel Munteanu (Romanian pronunciation: [doriˈnel munˈte̯anu]; born 25 June 1968) is a Romanian football manager for Zakho FC and former midfielder.

Munteanu was born in Grădinari. He started his football career playing for Metalul Bocșa, a team which offered him the first chance to play in Divizia B in 1986. After a year he went to play for FCM Reșița and then in 1988 for FC Olt, while 1989 found him at FC Inter Sibiu.

Dinamo Bucharest bought him from FC Inter 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 1. FC Köln and VfL Wolfsburg until 2003.

In 2003, aged 35, he was released from his contract by VfL Wolfsburg and signed with Steaua București 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.

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 has a total of 134 caps.