[1] Munteanu was born on 16 January 1981 in Bacău, Romania and started to play football at local club, FCM for which he made his Divizia A debut on 6 March 1999 in a 2–0 home victory against Astra Ploiești.

[2][3][4] After two seasons spent with FCM he went for a six-seasons spell at Dinamo București with whom he won the only trophies of his career, also in the same period making his only appearances in European competitions consisting of a total of 10 UEFA Cup matches with two goals scored.

[2][3][4][5][6][7] His biggest performances with The Red Dogs came when Ioan Andone became head coach at the club, first winning the 2002–03 Cupa României, being sent in the 90+2 minute to replace Florentin Petre in the 1–0 victory from the final in front of Național București.

[2][3][4][5][10] He returned to Dinamo for the 2005–06 season, Andone using him as a starter until the 69th minute when he replaced him with Ianis Zicu in the 3–2 victory against rivals Steaua București which helped the team earn for the first time in its history the Supercupa României.

[2][25] Vlad Munteanu appeared in one international match for Romania on 21 August 2002 when coach Anghel Iordănescu sent him on the field in the 79th minute in order to replace Paul Codrea in a friendly which ended with a 1–0 loss in front of Greece.