Cătălin Alin Vulturar (born 9 March 2004) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Rapid București.
[2] After rejecting an offer from FCSB, and trialling with Barcelona and Liverpool, he signed for Italian side Lecce in 2020.
[4][5] In October 2021, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2004 worldwide.
[8] Lecce reserved 40% of the sell-on fee and an option to match a purchase offer.
Three weeks later, in order to gain playing minutes and adapt to Romanian football, he was sent on loan to UTA Arad until the summer, due to a huge number of midfielders in the team squad.