Hans-Jörg Butt
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Hans-Jörg Butt[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 28 May 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Oldenburg, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1980–1991 | TSV Großenkneten | |||||||||||||||||||
1991–1994 | VfB Oldenburg | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
1994–1997 | VfB Oldenburg | 87 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
1997–2001 | Hamburger SV | 133 | (19) | |||||||||||||||||
2001–2007 | Bayer Leverkusen | 191 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Benfica | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2008–2012 | Bayern Munich | 63 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
2009 | Bayern Munich II | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 479 | (32) | ||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2010 | Germany | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Hans-Jörg Butt (German pronunciation: [hans ˈjœʁk ˈbʊt]; born 28 May 1974), often simply called Jörg Butt, is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Known for taking penalty kicks,[2] and for often running into the opposing penalty box in an attempt to find a winner whenever his team were trailing,[3] he scored 26 goals in the Bundesliga.[4] He played for Hamburger SV, Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich in his country, having arrived at Munich already aged 34.
Butt represented Germany in two World Cups and at Euro 2000.
Personal life
Butt was born in
Butt is married to Katja. As of November 2010, the couple had three children – a daughter and two sons.[5]
Club career
Hamburg/Leverkusen
Butt started his professional career with modest Oldenburg, achieving promotion to the second division in 1996.[8] He moved to Hamburg in the 1997 summer and, in his second season, scored seven goals for the team – all from the penalty spot – adding nine in similar fashion the following campaign.
Butt joined
In 2003–04, after scoring a penalty in an away match against Schalke 04 on 17 April 2004, Butt turned away from midfield and began to enthusiastically celebrate with his teammates. He did not notice the whistle for the restart of the game and continued to celebrate. Schalke player Mike Hanke took the opportunity to shoot from the halfway line and scored while Butt was still jogging back to his position.[9][10]
Benfica
After losing Leverkusen's nets to the young René Adler during the 2006–07 season, Butt decided to cancel the contract that linked him to the club until 2009, activating a clause that allowed him to leave the club should he fail to appear in more than half of the games during the second half of the campaign.[11] In July 2007, he signed a two-year deal with Portuguese club Benfica.[12]
Butt made his Eagles debut in the summer tournament of
Bayern Munich
On 4 June 2008, Butt signed a two-year contract with
After the team's poor start to the 2009–10 season with Rensing in goal, Butt was reinstated as the first-choice. On 8 December 2009, he scored his first goal for the club, a crucial penalty in the club's last Champions League group stage match at Juventus, coming from behind to a 4–1 victory – after this feat, he has managed to score a goal against Juventus in the Champions League for all three major German clubs he represented.[14]
On 30 January 2010, Butt missed out on the opportunity to score his first league goal for Bayern as his penalty was saved by
Midway through the 2010–11 season, 36-year-old Butt lost his starting place to another club youth graduate, Thomas Kraft. However, a series of unconvincing displays by the youngster, including a 2–3 home loss against Inter Milan in the Champions League Round of 16 on 15 March 2011, and a 1–1 away draw with 1. FC Nürnberg on 9 April, paved the way for the veteran to return to the starting line-up, which happened on 17 April, in a 5–1 home victory over former club Bayer Leverkusen, and he still appeared in 30 official games during the campaign (23 in the league), as his team finished in third position.
On 3 May 2011, Butt signed a one-year extension to his contract with Bayern,[16] backing up newly signed Manuel Neuer. He retired at the end of the season at the age of 38, after a friendly with the Netherlands on 22 May 2012 in which he acted as captain.
International career
Butt was Germany's third-choice goalkeeper, behind Oliver Kahn and Jens Lehmann, at both the UEFA Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup, remaining an unused substitute in both tournaments.
He won three international caps for Germany in friendly matches, his debut coming against Liechtenstein on 7 June 2000, where he appeared for the second half of an 8–2 routing.
Butt, Manuel Neuer and Tim Wiese were chosen as Germany's goalkeepers for the 2010 World Cup, with Butt taking the place of former Leverkusen teammate René Adler, who had to withdraw due to a rib injury.[17] He made his only competitive international appearance on 10 July, appearing in the 3–2 win against Uruguay in the tournament's third-place playoff.[18]
Post-retirement
Butt was appointed head of the
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Hamburger SV | 1997–98 | Bundesliga | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
1998–99 | Bundesliga | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | |
1999–00 | Bundesliga | 34 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 9 | |
2000–01 | Bundesliga | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 4 | |
Total | 133 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 147 | 20 | ||
Bayer Leverkusen | 2001–02 | Bundesliga | 34 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 57 | 3 |
2002–03 | Bundesliga | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | |
2003–04 | Bundesliga | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
2004–05 | Bundesliga | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 44 | 2 | |
2005–06 | Bundesliga | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
2006–07 | Bundesliga | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
Total | 191 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 255 | 8 | ||
Benfica | 2007–08 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Bayern Munich | 2008–09 | Bundesliga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
2009–10 | Bundesliga | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 46 | 1 | |
2010–11 | Bundesliga | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
2011–12 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 63 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 89 | 1 | ||
Career total | 388 | 26 | 37 | 0 | 71 | 3 | 496 | 29 |
International
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Germany | 2000 | 1 | 0 |
2001 | 0 | 0 | |
2002 | 1 | 0 | |
2003 | 1 | 0 | |
2004 | 0 | 0 | |
2005 | 0 | 0 | |
2006 | 0 | 0 | |
2007 | 0 | 0 | |
2008 | 0 | 0 | |
2009 | 0 | 0 | |
2010 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 4 | 0 |
Honours
VfB Oldenburg
Bayer Leverkusen
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2001–02
- DFB-Pokal runner-up: 2001–02
Bayern Munich
- Bundesliga: 2009–10
- DFB-Pokal: 2009–10
- DFL-Supercup: 2010
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2009–10, 2011–12
Germany
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2002, third place 2010
Individual
- kicker Goalkeeper of the Year : 2009–10[23]
- kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1999–2000,[24] 2009–10[25]
References
- ^ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 12 June 2010. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2019.
- ^ "Rogerio Ceni: Sao Paulo keeper into club record books". BBC. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "Hans-Joerg Butt". BBC Sport. 7 May 2002. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Jörg Butt" (in German). Fussballdaten. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
- ^ a b "Jörg Butt". FC Bayern Munich. Archived from the original on 7 November 2010.
- ^ Glauche, Peter (5 February 2000). "Hans Jörg Butt – Die nüchterne Besessenheit zwischen den Torpfosten" [Hans Joerg Butt – The sober obsession between the goal posts]. Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ a b Kramer, Jörg (21 August 2000). "Vater des Sieges" [Father of victory]. Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (16 August 2018). "Hans-Jörg Butt - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ "2 Goals in a 30 Seconds Amazing". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- Kicker. 17 April 2004. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
- ^ "Butt logs off at Leverkusen". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 30 April 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
- ^ "Butt begins Benfica career". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 July 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2007.
- ^ "Butt returns to Germany with Bayern". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2008. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
- ^ "Three out of three for Butt against Juve". FC Bayern Munich. 9 December 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
- ^ "'I think some very good times lie ahead'". FC Bayern Munich. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
- ^ "'Another year for Butt, Kraft on the move'". FC Bayern Munich. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ "Eight FCB men in Löw's provisional squad". FC Bayern Munich. 6 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (16 August 2018). "Hans-Jörg Butt - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ "Club bids official farewell to Butt & Co". FC Bayern Munich. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ "Butt to leave FCB youth development post". FC Bayern Munich. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ "Butt, Jörg" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ^ "Butt, Hans-Jörg". National-Football-Teams. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ "Lahm zieht an Robben vorbei" (in German). kicker.de. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1999/2000" (in German). kicker.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 2009/10" (in German). kicker.
External links
- Hans-Jörg Butt at WorldFootball.net
- Hans-Jörg Butt at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Hans-Jörg Butt at National-Football-Teams.com
- Leverkusen-who's who (in German)