Mihai Alexandru Dobre (born 30 August 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 2 club Dijon.
![]() Dobre training for Dijon in 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mihai Alexandru Dobre[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1998-08-30) 30 August 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Dijon | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2016 | Viitorul Cluj | ||
2016–2017 | AFC Bournemouth | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2020 | AFC Bournemouth | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Bury (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2018 | → Rochdale (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2019 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 21 | (1) |
2020 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2020– | Dijon | 50 | (9) |
2020– | Dijon B | 5 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2015 | Romania U17 | 3 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Romania U21 | 8 | (1) |
2021 | Romania Olympic | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:25, 19 September 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 July 2021 |
He started out as a senior in England with AFC Bournemouth, but only recorded one competitive game for the team and was loaned out several times. In 2020, Dobre moved to French side Dijon on a full transfer.
Internationally, he represented the Romania under-23 team in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Born in Bucharest, Dobre signed for AFC Bournemouth in August 2016 from Viitorul Cluj, and initially linked up with the club’s under-21 squad.[2]
On 30 August 2017, Dobre moved to League One side Bury on loan until 1 January 2018.[3] He made his English Football League debut for Bury in an away game against Rotherham United, coming on in the 55th minute as a substitute for Jordan Williams.[4] On 18 January 2018, Dobre joined Bury's Lancashire rivals Rochdale on loan until the end of the season.[5] On 11 January 2019, Dobre again moved on loan to EFL League Two club Yeovil Town until the end of the 2018–19 season.[6]
On 4 January 2020, he made his debut for Bournemouth as a substitute in a 4–0 F.A. Cup victory against Luton Town.[7] On 31 January, Dobre joined Wigan Athletic on loan until the end of season.[8][9]
On 12 August 2020, Dobre signed for Ligue 1 club Dijon for a reported fee of £900,000.[10]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
AFC Bournemouth | 2017–18[12] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2018–19[13] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2019–20[14] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Bury (loan) | 2017–18[12] | League One | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Rochdale (loan) | 2017–18[12] | League One | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | |||
Yeovil Town (loan) | 2018–19[13] | League Two | 21 | 1 | — | — | — | 21 | 1 | |||
Wigan Athletic (loan) | 2019–20[14] | Championship | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Dijon | 2020–21[15] | Ligue 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
2021–22[15] | Ligue 2 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 9 | |||
2022–23[15] | Ligue 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 50 | 9 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 54 | 9 | ||||
Dijon B | 2020–21[15] | Championnat National 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
2021–22[15] | Championnat National 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | ||||
2022–23[15] | Championnat National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | |||||
Career total | 92 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 13 |
Dijon FCO – current squad | |
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Romania men's football squad – 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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