Aurélio Gabriel Ulineia Buta (born 10 February 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back or right wing-back for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt. Born in Angola, he is a youth international for Portugal.
![]() Buta training with Royal Antwerp in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aurélio Gabriel Ulineia Buta | ||
Date of birth | 10 February 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Miconge, Cabinda, Angola | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Right wing-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2009 | Águeda | ||
2009–2011 | Beira-Mar | ||
2011–2016 | Benfica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2018 | Benfica B | 29 | (2) |
2017–2018 | → Royal Antwerp (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2018–2022 | Royal Antwerp | 90 | (2) |
2022– | Eintracht Frankfurt | 48 | (4) |
International career | |||
2013 | Portugal U16 | 11 | (2) |
2013–2014 | Portugal U17 | 18 | (2) |
2015 | Portugal U18 | 7 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Portugal U19 | 16 | (6) |
2016–2017 | Portugal U20 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2024 |
Club career
editOn 6 August 2016, Buta made his professional debut with Benfica B in a 2016–17 LigaPro match against Cova da Piedade.[2] On 31 August 2017, he joined Belgian side Royal Antwerp on a season-long loan deal.[3] For the next season, he signed a permanent three-year contract with the latter club.[4][5]
On 3 June 2022, it was announced that Buta would join Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt when his contract with Antwerp expired on 30 June.[6]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 18 May 2024[7]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Benfica B | 2016–17 | LigaPro | 29 | 2 | — | — | — | 29 | 2 | |||
Royal Antwerp (loan) | 2017–18 | Belgian Pro League | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
Royal Antwerp | 2018–19 | Belgian Pro League | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | Belgian Pro League | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | — | 35 | 2 | ||
2020–21 | Belgian Pro League | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||
Total | 90 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 111 | 2 | |||
Eintracht Frankfurt | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
2023–24 | Bundesliga | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | — | 41 | 1 | ||
Total | 48 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 4 | ||
Career total | 182 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 222 | 8 |
- ^ Includes Belgian Cup
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
Honours
editBenfica
- UEFA Youth League runner-up: 2016–17
Antwerp
Individual
References
edit- ^ "Aurélio Buta". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Benfica B 1-1 Cova da Piedade". ForaDeJogo. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ Rechtsback Aurélio Buta nieuw bij Great Old Archived 19 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine Royal Antwerp F.C. (in Dutch)
- ^ Aurélio Buta blijft definitief bij RAFC Archived 23 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Royal Antwerp F.C. (in Dutch)
- ^ OFICIAL: Antuérpia confirma Aurélio Buta Maisfutebol (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Aurélio Buta signs with the Eagles". eintracht.de. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ Aurélio Buta at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "Club Brugge v Antwerp". goal.com. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "Team of the Tournament" (PDF). UEFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Aurélio Buta.
- Stats and profile at LPFP
- Aurélio Buta at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Aurélio Buta at Soccerway
- Aurélio Buta national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)