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.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikael Frank Dorsin | ||
| Date of birth | 6 October 1981 | ||
| 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) |
| 1999 | → Spårvägens 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
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
Dorsin played 16 matches for Sweden national team and was a squad player at Euro 2008.[1]
Personal life
Dorsin is the younger brother of Swedish comedian and actor Henrik Dorsin.
Career statistics
Club
| 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
| 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
Djurgårdens IF
Rosenborg
CFR Cluj
Individual
References
External links
- Mikael Dorsin at National-Football-Teams.com
- National caps for Sweden Archived 27 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine