Daniel Timofte

Daniel Timofte
Personal information
Date of birth	1 October 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Lonea, Hunedoara County, Romania
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1989	Jiul Petroșani
1989–1991	Dinamo București
1991–1992	Bayer Uerdingen
1992–1993	Dinamo București
1993–1999	Samsunspor
1999–2000	Dinamo București
Total
International career
1990–1995	Romania
Managerial career
2007	Sportul Studențesc (caretaker)
2008–2009	Jiul Petroșani
2010	CF Brăila
2010–2011	CF Brăila
2011	Sportul Studențesc (caretaker)
2013	Sportul Studențesc
2014	Petrolul Ploiești (assistant)
2015–2016	Voluntari (assistant)
2016–2017	Universitatea Craiova (assistant)
2018	Astra Giurgiu (assistant)
2018	Astra Giurgiu (assistant)
2019	Petrolul Ploiești (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Timofte (born 1 October 1967) is a Romanian football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder, most notably for Turkish club Samsunspor.

Club career

Timofte debuted in Divizia A with Jiul Petroșani in 1986. The team was relegated that season, but Timofte helped them earn promotion again before he joined Dinamo București in 1989. The following season, he won the double with Dinamo. He later played in Germany and Turkey, and he retired in 2000 after his third spell with Dinamo.

Timofte made his debut for the Romania national team in 1990 against Egypt, scoring in his debut match. At the 1990 FIFA World Cup he had a penalty kick saved in the penalty shootout against Ireland by Packie Bonner in the round of sixteen, which caused Romania's exit from the tournament. Timofte got 22 caps in total, the last in 1995, and scored two goals.

Timofte played for Dinamo București against St Patrick's Athletic in the 1990–91 European Cup.^[1] In Tolka Park, Dublin, the Irish home fans gave him mocking cheers for his shootout miss. A Bayer Uerdingen scout was at the match, which led to his transfer to Germany.^[1]

His football career was cut short by a knee injury.^[1] He returned to Petroșani and opened a number of bars, the first named "Penalty".^[1]

Between June and September 2013 he was the assistant coach of Liga I giants Dinamo București being part of the managing team led by Gheorghe Mulțescu.

Honours

Player

Jiul Petroșani

Liga II: 1988–89

Dinamo București

Liga I: 1989–90, 1999–00
Romanian Cup: 1989–90, 1999-00

Bayer Uerdingen

2. Bundesliga: 1991–92

Samsunspor

Balkans Cup: 1993–94

Coach

Dacia Unirea Braila

Liga III: 2009–10

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Howard, Paul (31 March 2002). "Timofte still paying penalty". Sunday Tribune. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2009.

External links

Daniel Timofte at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Daniel Timofte at fussballdaten.de (in German)
Timofte coaching photo
Daniel Timofte at National-Football-Teams.com

[tribune2002-1] Howard, Paul (31 March 2002). "Timofte still paying penalty". Sunday Tribune. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2009.

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