title: Cristian Lucian Munteanu
text: # Cristian Lucian Munteanu
  
  Cristian Lucian Munteanu (born 17 October 1980) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a central defender for Viitorul Dăești.
  
  ## 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.
  
  ### 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.
  
  ### CSMS Iași
  
  In the summer of 2014, he returned to Iași, signing a contract with CSMS.
  
  