Aurélio Gabriel Ulineia Buta (born 10 February 1997) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

club

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

Club career

On 6 August 2016, Buta made his professional debut with Benfica B in a

2016–17 LigaPro The 2016–17 LigaPro (also known as Ledman LigaPro for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th season of Portuguese football's second-tier league, and the third season under the current LigaPro title. A total of 22 teams competed in this division, incl ...

match against

Cova da Piedade Cova da Piedade is a former civil parish in the municipality of Almada, Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal e Cacilhas. The population in 2011 was 19,904, in an area of ...

. On 31 August 2017, he joined Belgian side

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on a season-long loan deal. For the next season, he signed a permanent three-year contract with the latter club. On 3 June 2022, it was announced that Buta would join

side

when his contract with Antwerp expired on 30 June.

Career statistics

Honours

Benfica *

UEFA Youth League The UEFA Youth League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 2013. In its current format, it is contested by the youth teams of the clubs competing in the UEFA Champions League ...

runner-up: 2016–17 Antwerp *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

: 2019–20 Belgian Cup, 2019–20 Individual * 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship#Team of the Tournament, UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2016

References

External links

Stats and profile at LPFP
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National team data
1997 births Sportspeople from Cabinda Province Living people Portuguese footballers Angolan footballers Angolan emigrants to Portugal Association football defenders Liga Portugal 2 players Belgian First Division A players Bundesliga players S.C. Beira-Mar players S.L. Benfica B players Royal Antwerp F.C. players Eintracht Frankfurt players Portugal youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Germany Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Portugal-footy-defender-stub