Sebastián Dubarbier

Sebastián Rakán Dubarbier Bruschini (born 19 February 1986) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a left midfielder or left back.

Gimnasia and Olimpo
Sebastián Dubarbier was born on 19 February 1986 in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, starting to play football at local club, Gimnasia where he made his Argentine Primera División debut on 13 May 2006 when coach Pedro Troglio sent him on the field in order to replace Diego Herner in the 74th minute of a 2–0 home loss in front of Banfield. In the same year he made one appearance in the Copa Sudamericana in which he received a red card in the home loss with Colo-Colo. In the following year he played three games in the Copa Libertadores group stage. He went to play for the second half of 2007 on loan at Olimpo.

CFR Cluj
In January 2008, Dubarbier was transferred by CFR Cluj who paid Gimnasia €775.000, being presented at a press conference alongside fellow Argentinian Diego Ruiz.

He made his Liga I debut on 23 February when coach Ioan Andone sent him on the 74th minute in order to replace André Leão in a 4–1 win over Universitatea Craiova. He scored his first goal in the league on 7 March in a 2–0 victory with Gloria Buzău, afterwards scoring in another two wins with UTA Arad and Gloria Bistrița. Dubarbier ended his first season with CFR by helping the club win The Double which were the first trophies in the club's history, contributing with three goals in 15 league matches, however in the 2–1 victory with Unirea Urziceni from the Cupa României final, coach Andone left him on the bench.

In the first round of the following season he scored a goal in the 4–0 victory with Otopeni, scoring another four goals in the league by the end of the season against Farul Constanța, Steaua București, Gaz Metan Mediaș and Politehnica Timișoara, except for the game with Steaua which was a draw, all the other ones finished with victories. Also he started to play in European competitions, making six appearances in the 2008–09 Champions League group stage with The Railway Men, in the first one the team obtained a historical 2–1 victory on Stadio Olimpico against AS Roma and at the end of the season he helped the team win the Cupa României, being sent by coach Toni Conceição in to replace Ciprian Deac in the 69th minute of the 3–0 win over Politehnica Timișoara in the final. His performances achieved in 2008 earned him the Gazeta Sporturilor Foreign Player of the Year award.

He started the 2009–10 season by winning the 2009 Supercupa României where coach Conceição sent him in the 68th minute in order to replace Bogdan Mara in the victory at the penalty shoot-out over Unirea Urziceni, scoring his first goal in the first round of the season in another win against Urziceni. By the end of the first half of the season he scored two more goals in another two wins with FC Brașov and Astra Ploiești, then transferring in the middle of the season at Lorient, but CFR Cluj still managed to win the Double at the end of the season without him. He also made six appearances in the 2009–10 Europa League group stage, scoring a goal in a 3–2 loss in front of Sparta Prague, during his time spent at CFR he gained a total of 13 games with one goal scored in European competitions.

Lorient and loans
In February 2010, Dubarbier moved teams and countries again, joining Ligue 1 side Lorient who paid CFR Cluj 2 million€ for his transfer, being presented by coach Christian Gourcuff at a press conference alongside Grégory Bourillon. He made his debut on 20 February in a 1–0 away loss with Nice, scoring his first goal on 28 March in a 4–0 home win with Saint-Étienne.

On 14 January of the following year he was loaned to Segunda División club Tenerife in Spain, remaining in the country the following seasons.

Dubarbier signed for fellow Segunda División club Córdoba on 30 January 2012, also on loan. The move was made permanent in August and he scored twice during the campaign to help the Andalusians rank in 14th position, being reconverted as a left back in the process.

Almería
On 28 June 2013, Dubarbier joined Almería in La Liga for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut in the Spanish top flight on 19 August, being used from the start by coach Francisco in a 3–2 home loss to Villarreal. On 4 January 2015 he scored his first goal in the Spanish top-league when he opened the score in a 3–0 home win over Granada.

On 24 July 2015, Dubarbier agreed to an extension with the Rojiblancos until 2019. On 7 December of the following year, however, he terminated his contract after alleging personal problems and joined Estudiantes de La Plata two weeks later.

Late career
During his period spent at Estudiantes, Dubarbier scored his only two goals in the Argentine top-division in victories over Aldosivi and Godoy Cruz. He also played seven games in the Copa Libertadores group stage over the course of two seasons and made two appearances in the Copa Sudamericana.

Dubarbier returned to Spain on 15 June 2018, with the 32-year-old signing a one-year deal at Deportivo de La Coruña as a free agent. He left Galicia after only one match and retired in 2020 at Banfield where he made his last Argentine Primera División appearances, having a total of 69 games with two goals scored in the competition.

Personal life
He holds Italian nationality.

Both of his parents were athletes, his mother practiced long jump, while his father was nine times champion of Argentina at 100 and 200 metres sprint, for a while holding the country's record for 100 metres with 10.4 seconds. Dubarbier himself was a player known for his speed, being known to run the 100 meters in 11 seconds, for this performance while he was playing in Romania he earned the nickname "Ghepardul" (The Cheetah).

In October 2008, while the 22-year-old Dubarbier was in Romania at CFR, he married Maria Minones in Cluj-Napoca in the same day as teammate and compatriot Cristian Sánchez Prette, the city's mayor, Emil Boc officiated the ceremony. Dubarbier claims he met Maria when they were both 14 years old in his native town of La Plata with him wearing a Romania's national team t-shirt with Gheorghe Hagi's name on it.

After he ended his playing career, Dubarbier started to sing rock music under the stage name "Seba Dubar".

Honours
CFR Cluj Individual
 * Liga I: 2007–08, 2009–10
 * Cupa României: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
 * Supercupa României: 2009
 * Gazeta Sporturilor Foreign Player of the Year: 2008