Aurélio Gabriel Ulineia Buta (born 10 February 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back or right wing-back for Ligue 1 club Reims, on loan from Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt. Born in Angola, he is a former youth international for Portugal.

Aurélio Buta
Buta training with Royal Antwerp in 2022
Personal information
Full name Aurélio Gabriel Ulineia Buta
Date of birth (1997-02-10) 10 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Miconge, Cabinda, Angola
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back, right wing-back
Team information
Current team
Reims
Number 23
Youth career
2005–2009 Águeda
2009–2011 Beira-Mar
2011–2016 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Benfica B 29 (2)
2017–2018Royal Antwerp (loan) 15 (0)
2018–2022 Royal Antwerp 90 (2)
2022– Eintracht Frankfurt 48 (4)
2024–Reims (loan) 0 (0)
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 24 August 2024

Club career

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On 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]

On 28 August 2024, Buta moved to Reims in France on loan with an option to buy.[7]

Career statistics

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As of match played 18 May 2024[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
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
  1. ^ Includes Belgian Cup
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

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Benfica

Antwerp

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Aurélio Buta". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Benfica B 1-1 Cova da Piedade". ForaDeJogo. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. ^ Rechtsback Aurélio Buta nieuw bij Great Old Archived 19 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine Royal Antwerp F.C. (in Dutch)
  4. ^ Aurélio Buta blijft definitief bij RAFC Archived 23 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Royal Antwerp F.C. (in Dutch)
  5. ^ OFICIAL: Antuérpia confirma Aurélio Buta Maisfutebol (in Portuguese)
  6. ^ "Aurélio Buta signs with the Eagles". eintracht.de. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Aurélio Buta s'engage avec le Stade de Reims" [Aurélio Buta signs with Stade de Reims] (in French). Reims. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  8. ^ Aurélio Buta at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Club Brugge v Antwerp". goal.com. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Team of the Tournament" (PDF). UEFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
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