Sabrin Sburlea (born 12 May 1989 in Sânnicolau Mare, TimiàCounty) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a forward.
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 ÃÂcoala de Fotbal Gheorghe Popescu. In 2006, he started his senior career at Liga II club, BraÃÂov. He helped the team finish first in the 2007âÂÂ08 Liga II season by scoring 16 goals. Subsequently, he made his Liga I debut on 26 July 2008 when coach RÃÂzvan Lucescu sent him to replace Attila Hadnagy in the 53rd minute of a 1âÂÂ0 home victory against Unirea Urziceni. Sburlea scored his first goal in the competition on 16 August when he netted the victory goal in a 2âÂÂ1 win over Pandurii Târgu Jiu.
In 2010, Rapid BucureÃÂti paid â¬372,000 to BraÃÂov for him, being transferred alongside Mihai Roman. He scored his first goal for Rapid on 19 November in a 3âÂÂ0 win over Universitatea Cluj. Until the end of the season he scored in two 1âÂÂ0 wins against Unirea Urziceni and BraÃÂov.
In 2012, Sburlea switched teams again, going to Vaslui for a transfer fee of â¬100,000. During this spell he scored his last two Liga I goals in two 3âÂÂ0 victories against Petrolul PloieÃÂti and Gloria BistriÃÂa. He made his last appearance in the competition on 5 August 2013 in a 4âÂÂ0 home loss to CFR Cluj, totaling 106 matches with 14 goals scored.
On 29 January 2015, Sburlea signed for German 3. Liga side Hansa Rostock until the end of the season. In the following years he went to SSVg Velbert, then made a comeback to BraÃÂov in Liga II, ending his career in 2024 in the lower leagues of Germany at TSV Berg.
Sburlea played one game for Romania, being used on 8 February 2011 by coach RÃÂzvan Lucescu until the 68th minute when he got replaced with Liviu Ganea in a 2âÂÂ2 (2âÂÂ4, after penalty kicks) loss against Ukraine in the friendly Cyprus International Football Tournament.
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