[1][2] In his first season at Dinamo, the club won The Double, with Timofte being used by coach Mircea Lucescu in 20 league matches in which he scored eight goals, including one in a 3–0 win in a derby with Steaua, also he was sent on the field in the 57th minute in order to replace Anton Doboș in the 6–4 victory from the Cupa României final against the same opponents.
[1][2][5] In the middle of the following season, he left Dinamo and went to play for Bayer Uerdingen, making his Bundesliga debut on 23 February 1991 when coach Friedhelm Konietzka used him all the minutes in a 0–0 with Nürnberg.
[1] Afterwards he went to play in Turkey at Samsunspor along compatriots Bogdan Stelea, Marius Cheregi, Ovidiu Hanganu, Silvian Dobre and Luca Constantin, being coached by Gheorghe Mulțescu, making 132 Süper Lig appearances with 18 goals scored, managing to win the 1993–94 Balkans Cup.
[1][8] He returned for a third and final spell at Dinamo, with whom he managed to win The Double in the 1999–2000 season, being used by coach Cornel Dinu in six league games.
[16] Daniel Timofte spent most of his coaching career as an assistant of Gheorghe Mulțescu at various teams from Romanian football, including giants Dinamo București.