Cornel Râpă

Romanian footballer
Cornel Râpă
Râpă in March 2011
Personal information
Full name Cornel Emilian Râpă
Date of birth (1990-01-16) 16 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Galați, Romania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Cracovia
Number 2
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– Cracovia 176 (8)
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, correct as of 9 March 2024

Cornel Râpă (born 16 January 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ekstraklasa club MKS Cracovia.

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.[1] 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.[2]

Club statistics

As of 9 March 2024.[3]

Club Season League Cup League Cup 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 0 1 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 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 1 1 0 33 1
2015–16 Liga I 18 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 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 0 — 40 3
2020–21 Ekstraklasa 30 1 5 1 — 1 0 1 0 37 2
2021–22 Ekstraklasa 33 3 0 0 — — — 33 3
2022–23 Ekstraklasa 26 0 2 0 — — — 28 0
2023–24 Ekstraklasa 19 0 3 0 — — — 22 0
Total 176 8 14 1 — 3 0 1 0 194 9
Career total 398 11 37 1 5 0 21 1 4 0 465 13

International

As of 8 September 2021
National team Year Apps Goals
Romania
2010 1 0
2011 4 0
Total 5 0

Honours

Club

Oțelul Galați
Steaua București
Cracovia

References

  1. ^ "Neputinciosi in fata liderului" (in Romanian). universitateacluj.ro. 21 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Marica own goal spares Azzurri". UEFA.com. 17 November 2010.
  3. ^ "C. Râpă". soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.

External links

  • Cornel Râpă at Soccerway
  • Cornel Râpă at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  • Cornel Râpă at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
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