After that he was coaching Al-Ettifaq Club of Saudi Arabia. On 8 June 2009, he started coaching Al Ahli club from Dubai. In the beginning of October 2009, after Dinamo București sacked Italian coach Dario Bonetti, Andone was offered the position of general manager. Although he stated that he would have wanted to train Dinamo again, he could not fulfill his wish because Al-Ahli Dubai's officials asked him to respect his contract and denied his permission to leave the club from UAE. On 5 November 2009 the Romanian manager, leaves the bench of Al Ahli, the new manager is Mahdi Ali. On 17 January 2010, he signed a year and a half contract with CSKA Sofia and just two months later, on 30 March 2010, announced his resignation. On 1 April 2010 Rapid București officials appointed the former CSKA Sofia manager to replace Nicolae Manea until the end of the season 2010.