Mikael Frank Dorsin (born 6 October 1981) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He is the current Sporting Director of Rosenborg. Starting his career with Djurgårdens IF in the late 1990s, he went on to represent RC Strasbourg, Rosenborg, and CFR Cluj before retiring from professional football in 2016. A full international between 2001 and 2010, he won 16 caps for the Sweden national team and was a part of their UEFA Euro 2008 squad.

Mikael Dorsin
Personal information
Full name Mikael Frank Dorsin
Date of birth (1981-10-06) 6 October 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
IFK Lidingö
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2003 Djurgårdens IF 85 (6)
1999Spårvägens FF (loan) 9 (0)
2003–2004 Strasbourg 20 (0)
2004–2007 Rosenborg 76 (5)
2008 CFR Cluj 8 (1)
2008–2016 Rosenborg 194 (16)
Total 392 (28)
International career
1997–1998 Sweden U16 30 (5)
1999 Sweden U18 10 (1)
2000–2004 Sweden U21 31 (1)
2001–2010 Sweden 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

Dorsin started his career at minor-league IFK Lidingö. After that he played for Djurgårdens IF (until 1999), Spårvägens FF (1999), Djurgårdens IF (2000–2003), RC Strasbourg (2003–2004), Rosenborg BK (2003–2007) and CFR Cluj, before he returned to Rosenborg in August 2008. On 27 May 2016, he decided to hang up his boots at the age of 34 due to a long-term knee injury.

International career edit

Dorsin played 16 matches for Sweden national team and was a squad player at Euro 2008.[1]

Personal life edit

Dorsin is the younger brother of Swedish comedian and actor Henrik Dorsin.

Career statistics edit

Club edit

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Djurgården 1998 Division 1 Norra 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2000 Superettan 27 5 3 1 0 0 30 6
2001 Allsvenskan 22 0 1 0 0 0 23 0
2002 Allsvenskan 23 0 4 0 6 0 33 0
2003 Allsvenskan 12 1 1 0 0 0 13 1
Total 85 6 9 1 6 0 100 7
Spårvägen (loan) 1999 Division 1 Norra 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Strasbourg 2003–04 Ligue 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
Rosenborg 2004 Tippeligaen 7 1 1 0 7 0 15 1
2005 Tippeligaen 21 1 3 0 10 0 34 1
2006 Tippeligaen 25 2 5 1 0 0 30 3
2007 Tippeligaen 23 1 3 0 9 0 35 1
Total 76 5 12 1 26 0 114 6
CFR Cluj 2008 Liga I 8 1 0 0 0 0 8 1
Rosenborg 2008 Tippeligaen 8 1 0 0 6 0 14 1
2009 Tippeligaen 27 0 4 0 2 0 33 0
2010 Tippeligaen 30 4 4 2 12 0 46 6
2011 Tippeligaen 29 1 4 2 6 1 39 4
2012 Tippeligaen 28 4 2 0 13 3 43 7
2013 Tippeligaen 27 2 4 0 4 0 35 2
2014 Tippeligaen 25 3 3 0 5 0 33 3
2015 Tippeligaen 20 1 2 0 7 0 29 1
2016 Tippeligaen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 194 16 23 4 55 4 172 24
Career total 372 28 44 6 87 4 503 39

International edit

Appearances and goals by national team and year[2]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2001 1 0
2002 0 0
2003 4 0
2004 2 0
2005 2 0
2006 0 0
2007 1 0
2008 2 0
2009 1 0
2010 3 0
Total 16 0

Honours edit

Djurgårdens IF

Rosenborg

CFR Cluj

Individual

References edit

  1. ^ "Här är Sveriges EM-trupp". 13 May 2008.
  2. ^ "Mikael Dorsin - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). 2003. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Förteckning över samtliga SM-guld för Djurgårdens IF på seniornivå genom tiderna" (PDF). difarkivet.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Mestvinnende spillere" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2010.

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