Marius Corbu

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.

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.¹² 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

On 26 January 2026, Corbu was signed by the NB I club Ferencváros.⁵⁶ 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

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

As of match played 16 May 2026⁸⁹

APOEL

• Cypriot Super Cup: 2024

Ferencváros

• Magyar Kupa: 2025–26