Cornel Râpă

Cornel Râpă
Râpă in March 2011
Personal information
Full name Cornel Emilian Râpă
Date of birth (1990-01-16) 16 January 1990
Place of birth Galați, Romania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
2005–2008 Oțelul Galați
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 Oțelul Galați 118 (1)
2013–2016 Steaua București 49 (1)
2016–2018 Pogoń Szczecin 55 (1)
2018–2024 Cracovia 179 (8)
2024–2025 UTA Arad 26 (0)
International career
2006–2007 Romania U17 3 (0)
2008–2009 Romania U19 6 (2)
2009–2012 Romania U21 9 (0)
2010–2011 Romania 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2025

Cornel Râpă (born 16 January 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a right-back.[1]

Club career

Râpă made his professional debut for his youth club Oțelul Galați, in 2008. He scored his first professional goal in March 2011, in a match against Universitatea Cluj.[2] In 2013, Râpă left Oțelul Galați in order to join fellow Liga I club Steaua București.

International career

Râpă made his debut for the Romania national team at the age of 20 in 2010 in a friendly game against Italy played in Klagenfurt.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 May 2025[4]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Oțelul Galați 2008–09 Liga I 9 0 0 0 — — — 9 0
2009–10 Liga I 32 0 0 0 — — — 32 0
2010–11 Liga I 33 1 1 0 — — — 34 1
2011–12 Liga I 30 0 2 0 — 5[c] 0 1[d] 0 38 0
2012–13 Liga I 14 0 2 0 — — — 16 0
Total 118 1 5 0 — 5 0 1 0 129 1
Steaua București 2012–13 Liga I 8 0 0 0 — 4[e] 0 — 12 0
2013–14 Liga I 7 0 3 0 — 0 0 0 0 10 0
2014–15 Liga I 16 0 5 0 3 0 8[f] 1 1[d] 0 33 1
2015–16 Liga I 18 1 3 0 2 0 1[c] 0 1[d] 0 25 1
Total 49 1 11 0 5 0 13 1 2 0 80 2
Pogoń Szczecin 2016–17 Ekstraklasa 24 1 5 0 — — — 29 1
2017–18 Ekstraklasa 31 0 2 0 — — — 33 0
Total 55 1 7 0 — — — 62 1
Cracovia 2018–19 Ekstraklasa 33 1 1 0 — — — 34 1
2019–20 Ekstraklasa 35 3 3 0 — 2[e] 0 — 40 3
2020–21 Ekstraklasa 30 1 5 1 — 1[e] 0 1[g] 0 37 2
2021–22 Ekstraklasa 33 3 0 0 — — — 33 3
2022–23 Ekstraklasa 26 0 2 0 — — — 28 0
2023–24 Ekstraklasa 22 0 3 0 — — — 25 0
Total 179 8 14 1 — 3 0 1 0 197 9
UTA Arad 2024–25 Liga I 26 0 3 0 — — — 29 0
Career total 427 11 40 1 5 0 21 1 4 0 497 13
  1. ^ Includes Cupa României, Polish Cup
  2. ^ Includes Cupa Ligii
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ a b c Appearance in Supercupa României
  5. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ Appearance in Polish Super Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Romania
2010 1 0
2011 4 0
Total 5 0

Honours

Oțelul Galați
Steaua București
Cracovia

References

  1. ^ "Cornel Râpă w FC UTA". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Neputinciosi in fata liderului" (in Romanian). universitateacluj.ro. 21 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Marica own goal spares Azzurri". UEFA. 17 November 2010. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012.
  4. ^ "C. Râpă". soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
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