Name: Nicolae Dobrin
Nickname: "Gäscanul", "The Gander", "Prințul din Trivale"
Country:
RomaniaClub: FC Argeş Piteşti
Position: *CMF, AMF
Side: RF/BS
Age: 23-27 years (26/08/1947)
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 77 kg
Attack: 82
Defence: 52
Balance: 82
Stamina: 79
Top Speed: 77
Acceleration: 79
Response: 76
Agility: 80
Dribble Accuracy: 97
Dribble Speed: 81
Short Pass Accuracy: 93
Short Pass Speed: 79
Long Pass Accuracy: 91
Long Pass Speed: 78
Shot Accuracy: 79
Shot Power: 83
Shot Technique: 78
Free Kick Accuracy: 83
Curling: 87
Header: 68
Jump: 72
Technique: 95
Aggression: 76
Mentality: 77
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 84
Injury Tolerance: A
Condition: 5
Weak Foot Accuracy: 7
Weak Foot Frequency: 7
Consistency: 5
Growth Type: Early/Lasting
CARDS:
S01 - 1-touch Play
S02 - Outside curve
S07 - Shoulder Feint Skills
S08 - Turning Skills
S09 - Roulette Skills
S10 - Flip Flap Skills
S13 - Step On Skills
P01 - Classic NO.10
P03 - Trickster
P15 - Talisman
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Dribbling - Tactical Dribble - Passing - Playmaking - 1 Touch Pass - Outside
Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded
THE LEGEND
The history of Romanian football remembers him as one of the greatest Romanian footballers, a master of dribbling and slit, a model in the execution of passes and free kicks, a player who dressed in career number 10. His game was reminiscent of Ivica Osim and Gunter Netzer at the same time. But Dobrin divided. Some reproached him for playing slowly and for having mood swings, others thought it was inadmissible to lack such talent. That's what you call a complete midfielder. Very refined technique, kicks with both feet, jumps the man with extreme ease and does not disdain at all the work of covering and recovering the ball. He loves to play football but his way. Tactics, physical preparation, pre-match retirements and discipline are not exactly in his ropes. And while in small Arges Pitesti, the team where he has always played, he has maximum freedom of expression and also a certain tolerance regarding his activities off the field, in the national team things are very different. The Romanian national team is on the plane that is taking them to Mexico for the final stage of the world cup. Nicolae Dobrin decides to take advantage of the plane's bar service. All the way. There is no point in the calls and disapproval of Niculescu and the other Romanian leaders. When the delegation arrives in Mexico Nicolae Dobrin is so drunk that he cannot stand up. Niculescu's on the air. Discipline, the concept of "group" and respect for the rules are fundamental for him. Nicolae Dobrin, the strongest Romanian footballer of his time at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, will not play a minute in that event. When Dobrin was just over twenty years old, it was very difficult to keep him at bay. More than once the young midfielder made his tracks disappear and his teammates often went to retrieve him in the premises late at night or had to go to his house on the day of the match to get him back on his feet. Dobrin was always deeply sorry for his behavior and pleaded with managers and coaches to forgive him and put him on the field anyway. And each time Dobrin repeated the same phrase just before taking the field "To make me forgive today I have to have a great game", and most of the time it was exactly what was happening. A few hundred meters from our training ground in Ștefănești stood a church. The Orthodox "Pope" was a huge Arges fan and in the Sunday morning sermon there was always a prayer for the team. He soon became friends with several players on the team ... especially Nicolae Dobrin who often ran away from the retreat to spend Saturday night drinking in the company of the priest whose stocks of wine were always plentiful.