Румыниялық футболшы Николае Добрин: Өмір және мансабы

Romanian footballer (1947–2007)

Nicolae Dobrin (; 26 August 1947 – 26 October 2007) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a manager. Nicknamed Gâscanul ("The Gander") or Prințul din Trivale ("The Prince of Trivale"), he is considered one of Romania's greatest footballers. Renowned for his dribbling ability, Dobrin received the Romanian Footballer of the Year award on three occasions, in 1966, 1967, and 1971, and has a stadium in native Pitești named after him.

Nicolae Dobrin played 47 games and scored 6 goals for Romania, making his debut on 1 June 1966 under coach Ilie Oană in a friendly which ended with a 1–0 loss against West Germany played on Südweststadion from Ludwigshafen. He made a good impression in the game showing his dribbling abilities in front of West Germany's experimented midfielder Horst Szymaniak and after the game, the former World Cup winner Fritz Walter went into Romania's locker room telling Dobrin:"Boy, if you're good and will drink a lot of milk, you're going to be a great player! ", the press from West Germany also praised Dobrin, the newspaper 5 Uhr Blatt wrote the next day:"Game coordinator Dobrin has impressed with his demonstrated high class" and Die Rheinpfalz wrote:"Of special class is Dobrin, who for his age proves an impressive maturity and a brilliant technique". He played six matches and scored two goals at the 1972 Euro qualifiers, managing to reach the quarter finals where Romania was defeated by Hungary, who advanced to the final tournament.

Nicolae Dobrin started smoking when he was about 8–9 years old, this habit causing him lung cancer. He died on 26 October 2007 in the intensive care unit of the County Hospital in Pitești after multiple organ failure.