Alexandru Borbei

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alexandru Borbei

| image =

| fullname = Gabriel Alexandru Borbei

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|06|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Petrila, Romania

| height = 1.91 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = CFR Cluj
(on loan from Lecce)

| clubnumber = 30

| youthyears1 =2009–2013 | youthclubs1 = Pro Junior Petroșani

| youthyears2 =2013–2015 | youthclubs2 = LPS Banatul Timișoara

| youthyears3 =2015–2018 | youthclubs3 = ASU Politehnica Timișoara

| youthyears4 =2020–2024 | youthclubs4 = Lecce

| years1 = 2019–2020 |clubs1 = ASU Politehnica Timișoara |caps1 = 8 |goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2022– |clubs2 = Lecce |caps2 = 0 |goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2025– |clubs3 = → CFR Cluj (loan) |caps3 = 0 |goals3 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2019 | nationalteam1 = Romania U16 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2019–2020 | nationalteam2 = Romania U17 | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2021–2022 | nationalteam3 = Romania U19 | nationalcaps3 = 5 | nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2021–2024 | nationalteam4 = Romania U20 | nationalcaps4 = 4 | nationalgoals4 = 0

| pcupdate = 4 February 2025

| ntupdate = 16 October 2023

}}

Gabriel Alexandru Borbei (born 27 June 2003) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga I club CFR Cluj, on loan from Serie A club Lecce.{{cite web|url=https://cfr1907.ro/bun-venit-alexandru-borbei/|title=BUN VENIT, ALEXANDRU BORBEI!|publisher=cfr1907.ro|language=ro|date=4 February 2025|access-date=6 February 2025}}

Club career

Borbei started his senior career with ASU Politehnica Timișoara, at the age of 15, {{Cite web|url=https://www.sspolitehnica.ro/multumim-si-mult-succes-alex-borbei/|title=Mulţumim şi mult succes, Alex Borbei!|publisher=sspolitehnica.ro}} making his Liga II debut on 14 April 2019 in a 4–0 victory over Dacia Unirea Brăila.

In October 2020, Borbei moved to Italian Serie B club Lecce.{{cite web|url=https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-2/ce-mutare-portarul-roman-care-la-15-ani-marca-din-propria-poarta-a-ajuns-in-serie-a-919422|title=Ce mutare! Portarul român care la 15 ani marca din propria poartă a ajuns în Serie B|publisher=digisport.ro|language=ro|date=2 October 2020|accessdate=6 February 2025}} A mainstay of their Primavera team, he signed his first professional contract with Lecce in July 2022.

On 4 February 2025, he was loaned to Liga I club CFR Cluj, until the end of the season with a buy option clause.