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Which team did Dorinel Munteanu play for from 1989 to 1991?
Dorinel Munteanu Dorinel Ionel Munteanu ( ; born 25 June 1968 ) is a Romanian retired professional footballer and manager . A former midfielder , Munteanu is the most capped Romanian player of all time , with a total of 134 appearances and 16 goals . He 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 . Club career . 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 Olt Scornicești , while 1989 found him at 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 clubs Chief Executive Mihai Stoica and join the squad of CFR Cluj Napoca . International career . Dorinel won his first cap for Romania in 1991 while still at 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 Slovenia in Ljubljana and four years later he won the 126th cap , making him the most capped Romanian footballer . He has a total of 134 caps . Munteanu scored 16 goals for Romania and played at the 1994 FIFA World Cup , UEFA Euro 1996 , 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 . Coaching career . After leaving Steaua București , Munteanu is offered the position of player-manager at CFR Cluj . In this first managerial job , he took the team to the Intertoto Cup final in 2005 and finished fifth in Divizia A at the end of the 2005–06 season . During the first half of the 2006–07 season , despite a good start ( six wins , two draws , two defeats ) with CFR Cluj , Munteanu announced he resigns his position at the club , due to interference with his decisions and lack of support from the club management . Munteanu had a pending offer from Argeș Pitești and he decided to accept it , despite the team being bottom of the first league after 10 games . Towards the end of the season , due to impossibility of avoiding the relegation of Argeș Pitești , he was sacked , only to be confirmed in short time as the new manager of Liga 1 team FC Vaslui . He has stated that he also intends to continue his playing career at FC Vaslui . He came back as head coach of Universitatea Cluj in September 2008 , but only after seven games he quit to go to Steaua București . And again , after only eight games , he was dismissed by the clubs president , Gigi Becali and returned to Universitatea Cluj . After the short spell at Universitatea Cluj , in July 2009 he signed a contract with Oțelul Galați . In the first season under his command , the team finished eighth . The next season , Oțelul started the season with four wins in the first six games and climbed on top of the championship . They finished first the Autumn part of the season , and what seemed to be only a flash in the pan , became one of the biggest surprises in the Romanian football . Oțelul maintained its position throughout the Spring season and became Romanian champion for the first time in their history . Munteanu was seen as the primary factor for this success . The following season , under Munteanus guidance , Oțelul took part in the UEFA Champions League group stage , but failed to gain a single point . In the championship , Oțelul finished sixth and didnt qualify for the European competitions . The 2012–13 season started badly for Oțelul who won the game in the first round , against Politehnica Iași , but then registered five consecutive games without a win . As a consequence , Dorinel Munteanu resigned . In November 2012 , he was installed as a head coach at Dinamo București . After only one month and four games in charge at Dinamo , Munteanu resigned at the end of 2012 , citing the wish to follow his dream to coach abroad . Just a day later , on 28 December 2012 , Munteanu signed a contract for one and a half years with Mordovia Saransk . On 1 August 2013 , he took charge of Russian side Kuban Krasnodar , before being sacked on 12 October of the same year . On 14 June 2014 , Munteanu was appointed as manager of Gabala FK . Munteanu was relieved of his duties as manager on 8 December 2014 , following four wins in sixteen matches . Honours . As a player . Inter Sibiu - Balkans Cup : 1990–91 Dinamo București - Divizia A : 1991–92 Steaua București - Divizia A : 2004–05 CFR Cluj - UEFA Intertoto Cup runner-up : 2005 As a coach . CFR Cluj - UEFA Intertoto Cup runner-up : 2005 Oțelul Galați - Liga I : 2010–11 - Supercupa României : 2011