Sabrin Sburlea

Sabrin Sburlea (born 12 May 1989) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career Sburlea was born on 12 May 1989 in Sânnicolau Mare, Timiș County, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1999 at local club Unirea, five years later moving to Școala de Fotbal Gheorghe Popescu. In 2006, he started his senior career at Liga II club, Brașov. 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.

In 2010, Rapid București paid €372,000 to Brașov for him, being transferred alongside Mihai Roman. He scored his first goal for Rapid on 19 November in a 3–0 win over Universitatea Cluj. Until the end of the season he scored in two 1–0 wins against Unirea Urziceni and Brașov.

In 2012, Sburlea switched teams again, going to Vaslui for a transfer fee of €100,000. He made his last appearance in the competition on 5 August 2013 in a 4–0 home loss to CFR Cluj, totaling 106 matches with 14 goals scored. 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.

International career 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.

Honours Brașov Liga II: 2007–08