# Cornel Râpă

Cornel Râpă (born 16 January 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga I club UTA Arad.

## 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. 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.

## Club statistics

As of 16 March 2025.
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | 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 |
| Oțelul Galați | 2009–10 | Liga I | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | 0 |
| Oțelul Galați | 2010–11 | Liga I | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 1 |
| Oțelul Galați | 2011–12 | Liga I | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| Oțelul Galați | 2012–13 | Liga I | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 0 |
| Oțelul Galați | Total | 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 |
| Steaua București | 2013–14 | Liga I | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Steaua București | 2014–15 | Liga I | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| Steaua București | 2015–16 | Liga I | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Steaua București | Total | Total | 49 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 2 |
| Pogoń Szczecin | 2016–17 | Ekstraklasa | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | 1 |
| Pogoń Szczecin | 2017–18 | Ekstraklasa | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | 0 |
| Pogoń Szczecin | Total | Total | 55 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 62 | 1 |
| Cracovia | 2018–19 | Ekstraklasa | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 1 |
| Cracovia | 2019–20 | Ekstraklasa | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 3 |
| Cracovia | 2020–21 | Ekstraklasa | 30 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 2 |
| Cracovia | 2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | 3 |
| Cracovia | 2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 0 |
| Cracovia | 2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 0 |
| Cracovia | Total | Total | 179 | 8 | 14 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 197 | 9 |
| UTA Arad | 2024–25 | Liga I | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 421 | 11 | 40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 491 | 13 |

### International

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

## Honours
### Oțelul Galați

* Liga I: 2010–11
* Supercupa României: 2011

### Steaua București

* Liga I: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
* Cupa României: 2014–15
* Cupa Ligii: 2014–15, 2015–16
* Supercupa României: 2013

### Cracovia

* Polish Cup: 2019–20
* Polish Super Cup: 2020