| Cornel Buta | |
| Birth Date: | 1977 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Vaslui, Romania |
| Position: | Right back |
| Years1: | 1996–1999 |
| Years2: | 2000 |
| Years3: | 2000–2004 |
| Years4: | 2001 |
| Years5: | 2003 |
| Years6: | 2004–2005 |
| Years7: | 2006 |
| Years8: | 2006–2010 |
| Years9: | 2010–2011 |
| Clubs1: | FC Brașov |
| Clubs2: | Dinamo București |
| Clubs3: | Rapid București |
| Clubs4: | → FC Brașov (loan) |
| Clubs5: | → Naţional București (loan) |
| Clubs6: | Volyn Lutsk |
| Clubs7: | Pandurii Târgu Jiu |
| Clubs8: | Politehnica Iaşi |
| Clubs9: | Volyn Lutsk |
| Caps1: | 88 |
| Caps2: | 9 |
| Caps3: | 25 |
| Caps4: | 26 |
| Caps5: | 21 |
| Caps6: | 42 |
| Caps7: | 12 |
| Caps8: | 105 |
| Caps9: | 20 |
| Goals1: | 6 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 4 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Goals8: | 3 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Totalcaps: | 348 |
| Totalgoals: | 18 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2000 |
| Nationalteam1: | Romania |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 1 November 2010 |
| Ntupdate: | 10 August 2008 |
Cornel Buta (born 1 November 1977) is a Romanian retired footballer. He played as a right back and occasionally as a libero.
He started his professional career at FC Brașov, playing in the first two football leagues in Romania. After three and a half seasons he transferred to Dinamo București 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 București, 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