Marius Dumitru Corbu (born 7 May 2002) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Ferencváros.

Marius Corbu
Personal information
Full name Marius Dumitru Corbu
Date of birth (2002-05-07) 7 May 2002 (age 24)
Place of birth Cădărești, Romania
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
Ferencváros
Number 17
Youth career
2013–2019 FK Csíkszereda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 FK Csíkszereda 4 (0)
2020–2024 Puskás Akadémia 112 (12)
2020Csákvár (loan) 2 (0)
2021Csákvár (loan) 1 (1)
2024–2026 APOEL 45 (7)
2026– Ferencváros 11 (2)
International career
2021 Romania U20 2 (0)
2021–2025 Romania U21 21 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 June 2025

Club career

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Corbu was born in Cădărești (Magyarcsügés), in Bacău County, later describing it as a "small, hidden village, with few inhabitants".[1] He attended primary school in that locality, and, having little access to electronic devices, dedicated most of his time to playing football—sometimes competing against grown men.[2] Young Corbu also worked daily on his parents' farm and, with less regularity, at his grandfather's pub.[1] He was allowed to watch matches on television, and became an admirer of Lionel Messi.[1] At the age of eleven, Corbu was taken by his father to Miercurea Ciuc, where he signed up for FK Csíkszereda's youth academy.[1][2] His most influential teachers were Barna Bajkó and Zoltán Dusinszki.[1]

Corbu played for Csíkszereda's youth team during a 2019 tournament in Dunajská Streda, where he signed for the Hungarian club Puskás Akadémia.[2] In 2021, he graduated from a high school in Gyula.[1] His advancement in football was initually hindered by the COVID-19 pandemic, but then helped by it: when the virus affected Puskás's main squad, he was quickly promoted as a permanent fixture; he appeared in a 2020 Europa League qualifier, which his team closely lost to Hammarby Fotboll.[2]

Corbu made his Nemzeti Bajnokság I (NB I) debut for Puskás in a 3–2 home win over Újpest, on 30 August 2020.[3] His contract with Puskás expired in summer 2024. He was scouted by SC Heerenveen, US Lecce and FC Basel, but ended up signing with APOEL FC, in the Cypriot First Division.[4]

Ferencváros

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On 26 January 2026, Corbu was signed by the NB I club Ferencváros.[5][6] On 9 May 2026, he won the 2025–26 Magyar Kupa season with Ferencváros by beating Zalaegerszegi TE 1–0 in the 2026 Magyar Kupa final at Puskás Aréna.[7]

Personal life

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Corbu's native area is multethnic, with villages split between Csángós (part of the wider Hungarian Romanian community) and Romanians; Corbu's ancestors belong to the former group, but, like most other Cădărești inhabitants, were Romanianized.[2] In a 2021 interview, while admitting that he could only speak rudimentary Hungarian growing up, he identified himself as a "proud Csángó" with more distant Székely ancestry (and some Romanian ancestry as well, mostly on his mother's side).[1] Journalist Miklós Novák reconstructs Corbu's Hungarian name as Korbuly Marius.[2]

In early 2021, at a time when he had not been fully inducted by Romania's under-21 squad, the young man stated that his dream was to play for the national Hungarian team.[2] In line with his Csángó identity, Corbu is a practicing Catholic.[1]

Career statistics

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As of match played 16 May 2026[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FK Csíkszereda 2019–20 Liga II 400040
Puskás Akadémia 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 200301[b]0240
2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 324203[c]0374
2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 306501[c]0366
2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 30230332
Total 112121305013012
Csákvár (loan) 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság II 2020
2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság II 1111
Total 3131
APOEL 2024–25 Cypriot First Division 273007[d]01[e]0353
2025–26 Cypriot First Division 18410194
Total 457107010547
Ferencváros 2025–26 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1123000142
Career total 175221701201020522
  1. Includes Magyar Kupa, Cypriot Cup
  2. Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League and three appearances in UEFA Conference League
  5. Appearance in Cypriot Super Cup

Honours

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APOEL

Ferencváros

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Németh, Krisztián (15 May 2021). "Szerelme Erdély, mindene a futball". Fejér Megyei Hirlap. p. 9.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Novák, Miklós (24 February 2021). "Kötélhúzás a csángótehetségért. Corbu Marius utánpótláskorban román válogatott marad, de később még magyar is lehet". Magyar Nemzet. p. 11.
  3. Orbán, Zsolt (31 August 2020). "Először kapott ki a Budafok, Corbu debütált az NB I-ben" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  4. Darvas, Attila (7 November 2024). "Rangsorolták az akadémiákat. Ezüstérmes az FK Csíkszereda". Hargita Népe. p. 19.
  5. "Marius Corbut szerződtette a Ferencváros – hivatalos". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 26 January 2026. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  6. "Szerződtettük Marius Corbut". www.fradi.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  7. "Gundel-Takács tizenegyest védett, de Raemaekers a Fradi javára döntötte el a kupadöntőt". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 9 May 2026. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  8. Marius Corbu at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  9. "CORBU MARIUS DUMITRU" (in Hungarian). MLSZ. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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