Nicolae Dobrin (Romanian pronunciation: [nikoˈla.e doˈbrin]; nicknamed Gâscanul, "the Gander", or Prinţul din Trivale, "the Prince of Trivale"; 26 August 1947 – 26 October 2007) was a Romanian football player. Dobrin is considered by many to be the best Romanian player of the 1960s and 1970s and one of the most talented players ever to play the game. Nicolae Dobrin Stadium in Piteşti is named after him.

He was born in Piteşti, Argeş 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 Ştiinţa Cluj and Dinamo Piteşti. He played for FC Argeş for 22 years, and only one year for another team, CS Târgovişte; Dobrin refused to play for any other First Division clubs, such as FC Dinamo Bucharest or Universitatea Craiova. Dobrin's contribution was essential to the 1979 Championship win for FC Argeş, when his team won the championship by defeating Dinamo 4–3, the last goal being scored by Dobrin in extra time. That goal was one for the books. 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 16 metres / 18 yards box he hit the ball so accurate that it went pass the goalkeeper Anitzei, hit the left post and entered the goal. The ball had a message attached to it from Dobrin to the Anitzei. 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 opponets.