Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Monday, 02 February 2026, 11:44 / Updated on Monday, 02 February 2026 11:45
Cătălin Munteanu (47 years old), the former midfielder from Dinamo from the periods 2006-2008 and 2010-2014, was challenged to nominate a footballer from the Superliga that he would immediately transfer to the team in 2nd place.
The condition? He should not play in the top teams. And Cătălin Munteanu did not think too much and chose Alin Roman (32 years old), the attacking midfielder of UTA Arad.
Raised in Stephen the Great, Romanian only played one game for the club's senior team in the 2012-2013 season.
Cătălin Munteanu would like a footballer like Alin Roman at Dinamo: “Since then I remember seeing him as a quality player”
The numbers are in his favor Romanianwho is one of the most effective players in the Superliga. He scored 5 goals and provided 10 assists in 23 games.
And thanks to his performance, UTA is knocking on the play-off gates and is in 7th place, with 38 points, tied with FC Botoșani.
(If you were to come up with a player proposal for Dinamo, outside of the top 3 teams in the SuperLiga, who would that player be?) Hmmm, come to think of it, I think a player who would fold, who was at Dinamo when he was a kid, is Roman from UTA Arad.
Even if he is old, he is a quality player, a player who can, alongside Cîrjan, play with them both in the middle, he would bring more quality in passing. Fixed phases hitting very well, free kicks. I think he would be a player who would add to the Dinamo team.
I've known him since I was a child, he came when I was at Dinamo with the 4 from Timișoara, with Filip, Dobrosavlevici and Buia. The 4 of them came to the package then, they were all children. Since then I remember seeing him as a quality player.
After that he had his way, he went and played in the lower leagues in Austria, but he came back. In Iași he did 2-3 very good championships, and at UTA this year he is one of the fittest in the championship, in my opinion”, said Cătălin Munteanu, on the show “Totul pentru Dinamo”.
Alin Roman, dream season in the Superliga // PHOTO: Sport Pictures
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Roman's contract with UTA expires in the summer of 2027.
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Dinamo, Poli Timisoara, Caransebeș, Vocklamarkt, Stadl Paura, Vorwarts Steyr, Amstetten and Poli Iași are the clubs for which he played throughout his career.
600,000 eurosit's Alin Roman's share, according to Transfermarkt
