Vlad Ioan Munteanu (born 16 January 1981) is a Romanian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Munteanu came up through his hometown club

FCM Bacău Asociația Sportivă a Suporterilor FCM 1950 Bacău, commonly known as ASS FCM 1950 Bacău, FCM 1950 Bacău or simply as FCM Bacău, is a Romanian football club based in Bacău, Bacău County. Founded in 1950 as ''Dinamo Bacău'', the club fro ...

. He then moved to

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. He spent six years there appearing in over 90 matches. He also had brief loan spells at

Poiana Câmpina Poiana Câmpina is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Bobolia, Pietrișu, Poiana Câmpina and Răgman. The commune is located in the western part of the county, northwest of the county seat, Ploie� ...

and FC Naţional București. In 2006, he signed with

Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus ( Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons i ...

of the German

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. In the summer of 2007 he was signed by

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

, along with Sergiu Radu. Over the next three years, Munteanu was unable to establish himself at Wolfsburg and was loaned out to

AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or simply Auxerre (), is a French football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division ...

, Arminia Bielefeld, and

FSV Frankfurt Fußballsportverein Frankfurt 1899 e.V., commonly known as simply FSV Frankfurt, is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. FSV Frankfurt also fielded a rather successfu ...

. In January 2011, he ended his contract with Wolfsburg and signed a deal for six months with his old club, Dinamo București.

International career

He has appeared in one international match in 2002 against

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Personal life

His father, Ion was also a footballer who played for

and

Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first ...

and has over 250

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appearances in which he scored 60 goals.

Honors

Club

Dinamo București *

: 2001–02, 2003–04 * Cupa României: 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04 * Supercupa României: 2005

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Munteanu, Vlad 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Bacău Romanian footballers Association football midfielders Liga I players FCM Bacău players FC Dinamo București players FCM Câmpina players FC Progresul București players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players FC Energie Cottbus players VfL Wolfsburg players VfL Wolfsburg II players Arminia Bielefeld players CS Concordia Chiajna players FC Erzgebirge Aue players Ligue 1 players AJ Auxerre players Romania international footballers Romanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in France Romanian sports executives and administrators