Vlad Munteanu

FCM Bacău

Munteanu was born on 16 January 1981 in Bacău, Romania. He began playing football at local club FCM Bacău where he made his Divizia A debut on 6 March 1999 under coach Florin Halagian in a 2–0 home victory against Astra Ploiești. He scored his first goal in the competition about one week later in a 1–0 win over Universitatea Craiova.

Dinamo București

After two seasons with FCM, he spent six seasons at Dinamo București. There, he won the only trophies of his career and made his only appearances in European competitions, playing a total of 10 UEFA Cup matches and scoring two goals. His first performance was winning the 2000–01 Cupa României, even though coach Cornel Dinu did not use him in the final. In the following season, Munteanu helped Dinamo win the title under coaches Dinu and Marin Ion who gave him 19 appearances in which he scored five goals. During the same season he played a few games in the second league at Poiana Câmpina, then a satellite team of Dinamo. His next trophy won with The Red Dogs was the 2002–03 Cupa României, as coach Ioan Andone sent him in the 90+2 minute to replace Florentin Petre in the 1–0 victory against Național București in the final. In the 2003–04 season, Munteanu helped the club win The Double, appearing in 18 league games under Andone and scoring one goal. He was again a substitute in the Cupa României final, entering in the 55th minute to replace Ionuț Badea, and then opening the scoring approximately 10…

Munteanu played one match for Romania on 21 August 2002 when coach Anghel Iordănescu sent him in the 79th minute to replace Paul Codrea in a 1–0 friendly loss to Greece. In 2007, during his prolific season spent at Energie Cottbus together with Sergiu Radu, the Romanian press insisted that they should be called-up for the national team but coach Victor Pițurcă did not agree, stating about the Bundesliga championship:"It's not what it once was! The clubs are at a low level and the players are of average value."

Munteanu's father, Ion, was also a footballer who played for FCM Bacău and Universitatea Cluj and had over 250 Divizia A appearances in which he scored 60 goals.