Cornel Râpă (born 16 January 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga I club UTA Arad.

[1] Râpă made his professional debut for his youth club Oțelul Galați, in 2008.

He scored his first professional goal in March 2011, in a match against Universitatea Cluj.

[2] In 2013, Râpă left Oțelul Galați in order to join fellow Liga I club Steaua București.

Râpă made his debut for the Romania national team at the age of 20 in 2010 in a friendly game against Italy played in Klagenfurt.