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Sabrin Sburlea (born 12 May 1989 in Sânnicolau Mare, Timiș County) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a forward.[1]
Sburlea was born on 12 May 1989 in Sânnicolau Mare, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1999 at local club Unirea, five years later moving to Școala de Fotbal Gheorghe Popescu.[2][3][4] In 2006, he started his senior career at Liga II club, Brașov.[2][4] He helped the team finish first in the 2007–08 Liga II season by scoring 16 goals.[2] Subsequently, he made his Liga I debut on 26 July 2008 when coach Răzvan Lucescu sent him to replace Attila Hadnagy in the 53rd minute of a 1–0 home victory against Unirea Urziceni.[2][5] Sburlea scored his first goal in the competition on 16 August when he netted the victory goal in a 2–1 win over Pandurii Târgu Jiu.[6]
In 2010, Rapid București paid €372,000 to Brașov for him, being transferred alongside Mihai Roman.[3][7][8] He scored his first goal for Rapid on 19 November in a 3–0 win over Universitatea Cluj.[9][10] Until the end of the season he scored in two 1–0 wins against Unirea Urziceni and Brașov.[9][11]
In 2012, Sburlea switched teams again, going to Vaslui for a transfer fee of €100,000.[3][7] During this spell he scored his last two Liga I goals in two 3–0 victories against Petrolul Ploiești and Gloria Bistrița.[2][12][13] He made his last appearance in the competition on 5 August 2013 in a 4–0 home loss to CFR Cluj, having a total of 106 matches with 14 goals scored.[2][12]
On 29 January 2015, Sburlea signed for German 3. Liga side Hansa Rostock until the end of the season.[4][14] In the following years he went to SSVg Velbert, then made a comeback to Brașov in Liga II, ending his career in 2024 in the lower leagues of Germany at TSV Berg.[2][15]
Sburlea played one game for Romania, being used on 8 February 2011 by coach Răzvan Lucescu until the 68th minute when he got replaced with Liviu Ganea in a 2–2 (2–4, after penalty kicks) loss against Ukraine in the friendly Cyprus International Football Tournament.[16][17]
