Ion Timofte

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Ion Timofte
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-12-16) 16 December 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Anina, Romania
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 ASU Politehnica (counselor)
Youth career
1984–1987 Minerul Anina
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1988 Minerul Anina
1989 CSM Reşiţa
1989–1991 Politehnica Timișoara 65 (19)
1991–1994 Porto 69 (24)
1994–2000 Boavista 146 (37)
Total280(80)
International career
1990–1995 Romania 10 (1)
Managerial career
2014–2015 ACS Poli Timișoara (sporting director)
2016 Boavista (sporting director)
2019– ASU Politehnica (counselor)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ion Timofte (born 16 December 1967) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. [1]

Contents

He spent the vast majority of his career in Portugal, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 215 matches and 61 goals over nine seasons with Porto and Boavista and winning seven major titles both clubs combined.

Club career

Early years / Porto

Timofte was born in Anina, and started playing with local Minerul before signing with Liga II club CSM Reşiţa in early 1989. He made his debut in Liga I with FC Politehnica Timișoara after joining them in the summer, notably helping his team oust Atlético Madrid in the first round of the 1990–91 UEFA Cup by playing 175 minutes of a possible 180 in a 2–1 aggregate win.

In July 1991, Timofte moved to FC Porto. [2] He made his Primeira Liga debut on 24 August, scoring the first goal in a 2–0 away triumph against G.D. Estoril Praia. [3]

Timofte netted 11 times in 23 games in the 1992–93 season, as the Dragons renewed their domestic supremacy. During his three-year tenure, two of his goals helped defeat S.L. Benfica in O Clássico twice, on 22 March 1992 (3–2 away success) and 15 November of that year (1–0 home win, through a penalty kick). [2]

Boavista

Timofte joined Boavista F.C. in the 1994 off-season. He had his best year with the side in 1998–99 after the arrival of the new manager Jaime Pacheco, scoring 15 goals to help to the second position behind Porto.

The 1999–2000 campaign started with Timofte helping the northerners reach the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, starting in both legs of the tie against Brøndby IF and providing an assist in the 2–1 win in Denmark, in an eventual 6–3 aggregate score. [4] [5] He also begun dealing extensively with injuries, however, retiring in June 2000 at the age of 32. [6] [7]

After his retirement, Timofte opened a restaurant and a hotel in Timișoara, both called Boavista. [8]

International career

Timofte earned ten caps for Romania. His debut came on 3 April 1991, coming on as an 85th-minute substitute for Florin Răducioiu in a 0–0 away draw against Switzerland for the UEFA Euro 1992 qualifiers; 14 days later, in a friendly in Spain, he scored his first and only goal, contributing to the 2–0 win in Cáceres. [9]

International stats

Romania national team
YearAppsGoals
199000
199161
199210
199300
199400
199530
Total101

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
117 April 1991 Estadio Príncipe Felipe, Cáceres, Spain Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0–10–2 Friendly

Honours

Club

FC Porto

Boavista FC

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References

  1. ↑ Ion Timofte: «O meu pé esquerdo era melhor do que o do Hagi» maisfutebol.iol.pt
  2. 1 2 "Entrevista exclusiva com Ion Timofte" [Exclusive interview with Ion Timofte]. Correio do Porto (in Portuguese). 7 November 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Estoril Praia 0–2 FC Porto" (in Portuguese). Zerozero. 27 June 2008.
  4. ↑ "Brøndby 1–2 Boavista". UEFA. 11 August 1999.
  5. ↑ "Boavista 4–2 Brøndby". UEFA. 25 August 1999.
  6. ↑ "Boavisteiro Timofte acusa "saturação"" [Boavista's Timofte reaches "saturation" point]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 December 1999.
  7. ↑ "Solidez dos centrais com mudanças no ataque" [Solid stoppers with changes in attack]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 July 2000.
  8. ↑ "Timofte Hotel". Hotel Boavista. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  9. ↑ "De nuevo vencidos y sin gloria" [Again beaten hopelessly]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 18 April 1991.
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