Daniel Timofte

Daniel Timofte (born 1 October 1967) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder.

Club career Jiul Petroșani Timofte was born on 1 October 1967 in Lonea, Hunedoara County, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1976 at Corvinul Hunedoara, moving three years later to Jiul Petroșani. On 31 August 1986 he made his Divizia A debut, playing for Jiul under coach Gheorghe Mulțescu in a 3–1 home victory against Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea. The team was relegated at the end of his first season, but Timofte stayed with the club, helping it get promoted back to the first league after two years. He was also introduced in the 57th minute to replace Anton Doboș in the 6–4 victory in the Cupa României final against Steaua. In the same season, he played eight games in the 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign as the club reached the semi-finals where they were eliminated after a 2–0 aggregate loss to Anderlecht.

Bayer Uerdingen In the middle of the following season, Timofte left Dinamo and joined Bayer Uerdingen, making his Bundesliga debut on 23 February 1991 when coach Friedhelm Konietzka played him for the entire match in a 0–0 draw against Nürnberg. The team was relegated at the end of his first season, but he stayed with the club, helping it gain promotion back after one year.

Dinamo and Samsunspor Timofte returned to Dinamo for the 1992–93 season, finishing runner-up in the league. In his six-season spell there, he made a total of 132 Süper Lig appearances with 18 goals scored, and won the 1993–94 Balkans Cup.

Jenei used him in three games in the 1990 World Cup final tournament, as the team reached the round of 16 where the campaign ended after a 0–0 (5–4, after penalty kicks) loss to Ireland in which at the penalty shootout his strike was the only one defended by goalkeeper Packie Bonner. That penalty miss followed him when he went with Dinamo to play against Irish club St Patrick's Athletic in the 1990–91 European Cup, the Irish fans gave him mocking cheers for his shootout miss. He also played in a 1–1 draw against Czechoslovakia during the 1994 World Cup qualifiers.

Managerial career Timofte spent most of his coaching career as an assistant of Gheorghe Mulțescu at various teams from Romanian football, including giants Dinamo București. In the 2007–08 season he was Dorinel Munteanu's assistant at Vaslui.

He had spells as head coach at Sportul Studențesc, Jiul Petroșani and CF Brăila. With Sportul he worked in the first league, while with Jiul he activated in the second one and with Brăila he managed to earn promotion from the third to the second league in the 2009–10 season.

Career statistics

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Timofte goal. + List of international goals scored by Daniel Timofte # Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition 1 28 March 1990 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt 1 1–1 3–1 Friendly 2 27 March 1991 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino 8 3–1 3–1 Euro 1992 qualifiers

Honours Player Jiul Petroșani Divizia B: 1988–89 Dinamo București Divizia A: 1989–90, 1999–2000 Cupa României: 1989–90, 1999–2000 Bayer Uerdingen 2. Bundesliga: 1991–92 Samsunspor Balkans Cup: 1993–94

Coach CF Brăila Liga III: 2009–10