24 Facts About Dorinel Munteanu

Dorinel Munteanu played in two editions of the World Cup, those held in the United States in 1994 and France in 1998, as well as two European Championships, in 1996 and 2000.

Dorinel Munteanu, nicknamed "Neamtul" was born on 25 June 1968 in Gradinari, Caras-Severin County, Romania.

Dorinel Munteanu started playing senior level football at age 13, in the Romanian lower leagues at the local club from his native Gradinari.

At Oravita, Dorinel Munteanu made his Divizia C debut under the guidance of coach Eugen Pojoni.

In 1993, Dorinel Munteanu went alongside teammates Tibor Selymes, Marius Cheregi and Ovidiu Hanganu from Dinamo to Cercle Brugge who paid 2.7 million deutschmarks for his transfer.

In 2005, Dorinel Munteanu went as a player-coach at CFR Cluj.

Dorinel Munteanu played three games for Romania's under-21 side between 1988 and 1990.

Dorinel Munteanu played 10 games at the successful 1994 World Cup qualifiers.

Dorinel Munteanu was used all the minutes by Iordanescu in all four games at the final tournament as in the group stage they earned victories in the first two games with Colombia and England, thus mathematically being qualified before the last group match with Tunisia where in order to celebrate, they all dyed their hair blonde and presented themselves like that at the game.

Dorinel Munteanu has a total of 134 matches and 16 goals for Romania, his number of caps being the national record.

Dorinel Munteanu had a pending offer from Arges Pitesti and he decided to accept it, despite the team being bottom of the first league after 10 games.

Dorinel Munteanu became head coach of Universitatea Cluj in September 2008, but only after seven games he quit to go to Steaua.

Dorinel Munteanu led Steaua in five league games in which the team was undefeated but he lost all three games from the Champions League group stage to Lyon, Bayern Munich and Fiorentina, being dismissed by the club's president, Gigi Becali.

On 1 July 2009, Otelul Galati club official, Marius Stan confirmed that Dorinel Munteanu signed with the club.

Dorinel Munteanu was seen as the primary factor for this success.

Just a day later, on 28 December 2012, Dorinel Munteanu signed a contract for one year and a half with Russian Premier League team, Mordovia Saransk.

Dorinel Munteanu brought Romanian forward Daniel Oprita to the team, however the spell was unsuccessful as Mordovia relegated at the end of the season.

Dorinel Munteanu was sacked on 12 October 2013 while the team was on the 10th place, the team's officials not being satisfied with the results.

On 14 June 2014, Dorinel Munteanu was appointed as manager of Gabala, bringing fellow Romanians Andrei Cristea, Adrian Ropotan and Alexandru Benga to the club.

Dorinel Munteanu was relieved of his duties as manager on 8 December 2014, following four wins in sixteen matches.

On 4 March 2015, Dorinel Munteanu was presented as the head coach of Astra Giurgiu, however late in April he left the team after having poor results.

In July 2021, Dorinel Munteanu returned to Otelul Galati which was in the third league, helping it earn promotion to the second at the end of his first season at the club.

Dorinel Munteanu left Otelul in December 2024, citing as a reason the club's financial problems.

On 18 March 2025, Dorinel Munteanu was presented as the head coach of Sepsi OSK.