Constantin Olteanu

Club career Olteanu was born on 6 January 1946 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football at local club Flacăra Roșie where he was teammates with Rică Răducanu. Subsequently, he moved to Dinamo București. At the end of his first season, the team reached the 1965 Cupa României final, but Mărdărescu did not use him in the eventual 2–1 loss to Știința Cluj. He started playing in European competitions during the 1966–67 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, appearing the entire match in a 2–0 win over Sevilla. That would be his only appearance in the campaign as after they eliminated the Spaniards, they also got past Toulouse, being defeated in the third round with 1–0 on aggregate by Dinamo Zagreb who eventually won the competition. Olteanu helped Argeș win its first Divizia A title in the 1971–72 season, being used by coaches Titus Ozon and Florin Halagian in 20 games in which he scored once. Afterwards he played four games in the 1972–73 European Cup, eliminating Aris Bonnevoie in the first round, then in the following one they won a home game with 2–1 against Real Madrid, but lost the second leg with 3–1. On 15 June 1978, Olteanu made his last Divizia A appearance in a 5–0 home win over UTA Arad in which he scored a goal, totaling 295 matches with eight goals scored in the competition and 10 games in European competitions (including five in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup). Subsequently, he played three games for Romania's Olympic team in the 1972 Summer Olympics qualifiers, which were two victories over Albania and one loss to Denmark.

Style of play Olteanu was a player known for being a defender with a spectacular, almost acrobatic style of play.

Olteanu died on 17 April 2021 at age 75.

Honours Argeș Pitești Divizia A: 1971–72 Cupa României runner-up: 1964–65