Nicolae Dobrin
Nicolae Dobrin (left) and Ilie Balaci
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| Full name | Nicolae Dobrin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 August 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pitești, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 October 2007 (aged 60) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Voluntari, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Attacking Midifielder | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dinamo Pitești | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1981 | Argeș Pitești | 390 | (106) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1982 | Târgoviște | 13 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Argeș Pitești | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 408 | (111) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1966–1980 | Romania | 48 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1982–1985 | Argeș Pitești | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Argeș Pitești | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Botoșani | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Argeș Pitești | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Argeș Pitești | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicolae Dobrin (Romanian pronunciation: [nikoˈla.e doˈbrin]; nicknamed Gâscanul, "the Gander", or Prințul din Trivale, "the Prince of Trivale"; 26 August 1947 – 26 October 2007) was a Romanian football player. He was named Romanian Player of the Year on three occasions, in 1966, 1967, and 1971. Nicolae Dobrin Stadium in Pitești is named after him. One of Romania's greatest footballers, Dobrin was one of the most talented dribblers in football history.
Dobrin was born in Pitești, Argeș County, and he played for the first time in a First Division game when he was still 14, on 1 July 1962, in the match between Știința Cluj and Dinamo Pitești. He played for Argeș Pitești for 22 years, and only one year for another team, Târgoviște; Dobrin refused to play for any other First Division clubs, such as Dinamo Bucharest or Universitatea Craiova. Dobrin's contribution was essential to the 1979 Championship win for FC Argeș, when he scored in extra time to defeat Dinamo 4–3. Dobrin took the ball from the middle of the pitch, knocked off every player that tried to take the ball away from him and when he reached the penalty area he hit the ball so accurate that it went past the goalkeeper Aniței, hit the left post and entered the goal. The ball had a message attached to it from Dobrin to the Aniței. The message was:"Leave it there because there's nothing you can do about it." This was just one of Dobrin's many ways of humiliating his opponents.
Dobrin played 48 games for the Romanian national team, scoring six times, and contributed to Romania's qualification for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. However, he did not play in it even though he was in the finals squad.
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