Louis Munteanu
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Munteanu with Romania U21 in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Louis Munteanu | ||
| Date of birth | 16 June 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Vaslui, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | CFR Cluj | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2015 | LPS Vaslui | ||
| 2015–2019 | Gheorghe Hagi Academy | ||
| 2020–2022 | Fiorentina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Viitorul Constanța | 21 | (3) |
| 2020–2024 | Fiorentina | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Farul Constanța (loan) | 29 | (10) |
| 2023–2024 | → Farul Constanța (loan) | 34 | (12) |
| 2024– | CFR Cluj | 35 | (23) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Romania U16 | 4 | (1) |
| 2017–2019 | Romania U17 | 14 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | Romania U18 | 4 | (3) |
| 2019–2021 | Romania U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022 | Romania U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2025 | Romania U21 | 20 | (6) |
| 2023– | Romania | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2025 | |||
Louis Munteanu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈluis munˈte̯anu]; born 16 June 2002) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club CFR Cluj.
Munteanu made his senior debut for Viitorul Constanța in 2019, aged 17, before moving to Italian side Fiorentina the following year. He returned to his boyhood club, now merged with Farul Constanța, in 2022 and played a key role in securing the national title during his first loan spell back. In 2024, Munteanu joined CFR Cluj, where he helped to a Cupa României and finished as Liga I top scorer in his first season at the team.
Internationally, Munteanu represented Romania under-21 in the 2023 UEFA European Championship. In October that year, he registered his full debut in a goalless draw with Belarus in the Euro 2024 qualifiers.