France Football's 1985 ballot gave him 113 points to Rabah Madjer's 45, and he is still the last African Footballer of the Year to have won it while playing his club football in Africa. That same year he lifted the African Cup of Champions Clubs with FAR Rabat and was voted its best player, then ran Morocco's midfield at the 1986 World Cup, where they became the first African side to reach the second round. Career record: 46 caps and 9 goals for Morocco; club career at Union de Touarga, Real Murcia, K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen.
| 1978–1984 | Union de Touarga |
| 1984–1986 | FAR Rabat |
| 1986–1987 | Real Murcia |
| 1987–1989 | K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen |
| 1989–1990 | OC Khouribga |
| 1989–1990 | Real Murcia |
| 1990–1993 | Al-Suwaiq Club |
| 1993–1994 | Club Olympique de Casablanca |
| 1994–1995 | FAR Rabat |
| Morocco | 46 caps, 9 goals |
Morocco legends whose careers overlapped Timoumi's
One rank above: Hakim Ziyech at #5.
One rank below: Mustapha Hadji at #7.
Morocco's editorial top five: Achraf Hakimi · Larbi Benbarek · Ahmed Faras · Badou Zaki · Hakim Ziyech.