Career
He started his career with Steaua Bucharest, before moving to Football Club Olt Scorniceşti. He returned to Steaua in 1989 and he went on to play for them in their 1989 European Cup Final defeat by Milan. He was still at the club in 1990-1991 when he played two games in that season"s Cup Winners Cup, one of which was the 1st round, 2nd leg match against Glentoran.
Minea played a total of 243 Divizia A matches for Steaua Bucharest and Football Club Olt, scoring 17 goals.
In 1991 he joined Belgian side K. Sint-Niklase South.K.E. and he remained with them for five seasons before retiring in 1996. He made 118 league appearances for them scoring 10 goals.