Alex Dobre

Mihai Alexandru Dobre (born 30 August 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 2 club Dijon.

Alex Dobre
Dobre training for Dijon in 2020
Personal information
Full name Mihai Alexandru Dobre[1]
Date of birth (1998-08-30) 30 August 1998
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Dijon
Number 29
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 39 (4)
2020– Dijon B 4 (2)
National team‡
2015 Romania U17 3 (0)
2017–2019 Romania U21 8 (1)
2021 Romania Olympic 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:54, 7 February 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.

Club career

Early career

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]

Dijon

On 12 August 2020, Dobre signed for Ligue 1 club Dijon for a reported fee of £900,000.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 5 February 2022.[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AFC Bournemouth 2017–18[12] Premier League 000000—00
2018–19[13] Premier League 00—00—00
2019–20[14] Premier League 001000—10
Total 001000—10
Bury (loan) 2017–18[12] League One 10010001[lower-alpha 1]0120
Rochdale (loan) 2017–18[12] League One 51———51
Yeovil Town (loan) 2018–19[13] League Two 211———211
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2019–20[14] Championship 10———10
Dijon 2020–21[15] Ligue 1 22010——230
2021–22[15] Ligue 2 17430——204
Total 39440——434
Dijon B 2020–21[15] Championnat National 3 30———30
2021–22[15] Championnat National 3 12———12
Total 42———42
Career total 808600010878
  1. Appearance in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "2018/19 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. "AFCB – Alex Dobre". AFC Bournemouth. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  3. "Mihai Dobre: Bury sign Bournemouth winger on loan". 30 August 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  4. "Rotherham United 3–2 Bury". BBC Sport. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  5. "Mihai Dobre: Rochdale sign midfielder on loan from AFC Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  6. "Yeovil Town: Chelsea's Josh Grant and Bournemouth's Alex Dobre join on loan". BBC Sport. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  7. "AFC Bournemouth 4–0 Luton Town". BBC Sport. 4 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  8. "Dobre completes Wigan loan". afcb.co.uk. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  9. "AFC Bournemouth winger Alex Dobre joins Latics on loan". wiganathletic.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  10. "Dobre signs for Dijon". afcb.co.uk. AFC Bournemouth. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  11. Alex Dobre at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  12. "Games played by Alex Dobre in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  13. "Games played by Alex Dobre in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  14. "Games played by Alex Dobre in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  15. "M. Dobre: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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