Cornel Buta

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Cornel Buta

Full name	Cornel Buta
Date of birth	November 1, 1977 (1977-11-01) (age 30)
Place of birth	Găgeşti, Romania
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Politehnica Iaşi
Number	77
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-1999 2000 2000 2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-	FC Braşov Dinamo Bucureşti Rapid Bucureşti FC Braşov Rapid Bucureşti FC Naţional Rapid Bucureşti FC Volyn Lutsk Pandurii Târgu-Jiu Politehnica Iaşi	88 (6) 9 (3) 8 (0) 26 (0) 16 (0) 21 (0) 1 (0) 42 (4) 12 (1) 46 (2)
National team²
2000	Romania	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 11, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of December 11, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Cornel Buta (born November 1, 1977 in Găgeşti, Vaslui County, Romania) is a Romanian football player. He currently plays for Politehnica Iaşi as a right back and occasionally as a libero.

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 couldn't 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