Vlad Dragomir
Personal information
Full name Vlad Mihai Dragomir
Date of birth (1999-04-24) 24 April 1999
Place of birth Timișoara, Romania
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
Pafos
Number 30
Youth career
2010–2013 LPS Banatul Timișoara
2013–2014 ACS Poli Timișoara
2015–2018 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 ACS Poli Timișoara 2 (0)
2018–2021 Perugia 69 (2)
2021 Virtus Entella 17 (1)
2021– Pafos 68 (6)
International career
2014–2015 Romania U15 4 (0)
2014–2015 Romania U16 3 (0)
2015 Romania U17 3 (1)
2016 Romania U18 1 (0)
2016–2018 Romania U19 10 (0)
2017–2019 Romania U21 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2024

Vlad Mihai Dragomir (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈvlad miˈhaj dragoˈmir]; born 24 April 1999) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Pafos.

Club career

Dragomir made his senior debut for ACS Poli Timișoara on 30 August 2014, aged 15, after coming on as an 83rd-minute substitute for Alexandru Lazăr in a Liga II match with CS Mioveni.[1]

He was signed by Premier League team Arsenal for an undisclosed fee in June 2015.[2] In September 2016, The Guardian named him on a list of the 60 best young talents born in 1999.[3]

In August 2018, Dragomir announced that he would move to Italian Serie B side Perugia upon the expiration of his contract in England.[4] On 26 January 2021, he returned to the second league with Virtus Entella.[5]

Style of play

Dragomir can be deployed as an attacking midfielder or as a winger on either flank and is known for his vision and agility.[6][7] During his time at Arsenal, manager Arsène Wenger compared his playing style to that of Jack Wilshere.[8]

Personal life

Dragomir has an elder brother named Dragoș Nicolae.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 January 2024[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ACS Poli Timișoara 2014–15 Liga II 200020
Perugia 2018–19 Serie B 311001[lower-alpha 1]0321
2019–20 230301[lower-alpha 2]0270
2020–21 Serie C 15121172
Total 6925120763
Virtus Entella 2020–21 Serie B 171171
Pafos 2021–22 Cypriot First Division 24130271
2022–23 28120301
2023–24 16400164
Total 686500000736
Career total 1569101002016910

Honours

ACS Poli Timișoara

References

  1. "Vlad Dragomir, cel mai tânăr jucător folosit de ACS Poli până acum: "Le pică faţa când le spun câţi ani am"" [Vlad Dragomir, the youngest player used by ACS Poli to date: "They don't believe me when I tell them my age"] (in Romanian). Liga2.ro. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. "Vlad Dragomir a furat inimile "tunarilor" – Fanii lui Arsenal i-au scandat numele la meciul cu Ludogoreț: "Nu m-am așteptat"" [Vlad Dragomir stole the hearts of "the Gunners" – Arsenal fans chanted his name during the match against Ludogorets: "I did not expect that"]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 2 November 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. "Next Generation 2016: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  4. "Released players, young pros, scholars confirmed". 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  5. "Ufficiale, Vlad Dragomir è un nuovo giocatore dell'Entella" (in Italian). Virtus Entella. 26 January 2021.
  6. "Vlad Dragomir este supranumit "noul Toni Kroos" de englezi: "Este viitorul lui Arsenal! Clasa sa e evidenta!"" [Vlad Dragomir is nicknamed "the new Toni Kroos" by the English press: "He is the future of Arsenal! His class is evident"] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  7. "Vlad Dragomir". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  8. "Vlad Dragomir, comparat de Wenger cu cel mai tânăr debutant din istoria lui Arsenal în PL" [Vlad Dragomir, compared by Wenger with Arsenal's youngest PL player] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  9. "V. Dragomir". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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