Full name Cornel Buta 1996-1999 FC Brasov Position Defender Years Team Height 1.78 m | Playing position Role Football player Name Cornel Buta | |
Date of birth (1977-11-01) 1 November 1977 (age 38) |
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Cornel Buta (born 1 November 1977 in Găgești, Vaslui County) is a Romanian retired football player. He played for as a right back and occasionally as a libero.
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He started his professional career at FC Braşov, playing in the first two football leagues in Romania. After three and a half seasons he transferred to Dinamo Bucureşti as a replacement for Cosmin Contra, who moved to Deportivo Alavés earlier. He stayed only a few months, however, and at the beginning of the next season he moved to Rapid Bucureşti, where he still could not confirm. As a result, he returned to FC Braşov, where he played for another season and a half.
After further spells at Rapid, twice, and FC Naţional, Buta played in Ukraine, at FC Volyn Lutsk, before returning in Romania, at Pandurii Târgu-Jiu. After a full season played, his next club would be Politehnica Iaşi, moving there as a free agent.
In his career, he won 4 trophies: Divizia A in 2000 with Dinamo, the Romanian Cup in 2000 with Dinamo and in 2002 with Rapid, and the Romanian Supercup in 2002 with Rapid