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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marius Dumitru Corbu | ||
| Date of birth | 7 May 2002 | ||
| 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) |
| 2020 | → Csákvár (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Csákvár (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) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 June 2025 | |||
Club career
editCorbu 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
editOn 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
editCorbu'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
edit| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FK Csíkszereda | 2019–20 | Liga II | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Puskás Akadémia | 2020–21 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 32 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | — | 37 | 4 | ||
| 2022–23 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 30 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 36 | 6 | ||
| 2023–24 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 2 | |||
| Total | 112 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 130 | 12 | |||
| Csákvár (loan) | 2020–21 | Nemzeti Bajnokság II | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Nemzeti Bajnokság II | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||||
| APOEL | 2024–25 | Cypriot First Division | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| 2025–26 | Cypriot First Division | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 4 | |||
| Total | 45 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 7 | ||
| Ferencváros | 2025–26 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 2 | |
| Career total | 175 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 205 | 22 | ||
- ↑ Includes Magyar Kupa, Cypriot Cup
- ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League and three appearances in UEFA Conference League
- ↑ Appearance in Cypriot Super Cup
Honours
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Németh, Krisztián (15 May 2021). "Szerelme Erdély, mindene a futball". Fejér Megyei Hirlap. p. 9.
- 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.
- ↑ Orbán, Zsolt (31 August 2020). "Először kapott ki a Budafok, Corbu debütált az NB I-ben" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ↑ Darvas, Attila (7 November 2024). "Rangsorolták az akadémiákat. Ezüstérmes az FK Csíkszereda". Hargita Népe. p. 19.
- ↑ "Marius Corbut szerződtette a Ferencváros – hivatalos". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 26 January 2026. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
- ↑ "Szerződtettük Marius Corbut". www.fradi.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 26 January 2026.
- ↑ "Gundel-Takács tizenegyest védett, de Raemaekers a Fradi javára döntötte el a kupadöntőt". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 9 May 2026. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
- ↑ Marius Corbu at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ↑ "CORBU MARIUS DUMITRU" (in Hungarian). MLSZ. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
External links
edit- Marius Corbu at Soccerbase