Cornel Râpă

Cornel Râpă
Râpă in 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 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)
Total 427 (11)
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

Cornel Râpă (born 16 January 1990) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played 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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[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 9000———90
2009–10 Liga I 32000———320
2010–11 Liga I 33110———341
2011–12 Liga I 30020—5[c]01[d]0380
2012–13 Liga I 14020———160
Total 118150—50101291
Steaua București 2012–13 Liga I 8000—4[e]0—120
2013–14 Liga I 7030—0000100
2014–15 Liga I 16050308[f]11[d]0331
2015–16 Liga I 18130201[c]01[d]0251
Total 4911105013120802
Pogoń Szczecin 2016–17 Ekstraklasa 24150———291
2017–18 Ekstraklasa 31020———330
Total 55170———621
Cracovia 2018–19 Ekstraklasa 33110———341
2019–20 Ekstraklasa 35330—2[e]0—403
2020–21 Ekstraklasa 30151—1[e]01[g]0372
2021–22 Ekstraklasa 33300———333
2022–23 Ekstraklasa 26020———280
2023–24 Ekstraklasa 22030———250
Total 1798141—30101979
UTA Arad 2024–25 Liga I 26030———290
Career total 42711401502114049713
  1. ↑ Includes Cupa României, Polish Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Cupa Ligii
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  4. 1 2 3 Appearance in Supercupa României
  5. 1 2 3 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 teamYearAppsGoals
Romania
201010
201140
Total50

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.