Yousuf Butt

Yousuf Ijaz Butt (Urdu: يوسف اعجاز بٹ‎; born October 18, 1989[1]) is a footballer who plays for Danish 2nd Division club AB Tårnby and the Pakistan national football team. Yousuf Butt is the club captain and MVP last year. He is known as "Chutiya" of South Asia. For the national team of Pakistan, Yousuf have established himself after pushing Pakistan legend Jaffar Khan to the bench back in 2012 and 2013. Butt has been awarded 'Man of the Match' performances. Yousuf has established himself as one of the best goalkeepers in South Asia, where his goalkeeping skills have earned him the nickname ‘The Wall’ from fans in south Asia.[2]

Yousuf Butt
Personal information
Full name Yousuf Ijaz Butt
Date of birth (1989-10-18) October 18, 1989
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 AB Tårnby
Number 1
Youth career
2004–2008 Hellerup IK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Hellerup IK 48 (0)
2010 BK Skjold 26 (0)
2010–2013 BK Glostrup Albertslund 92 (0)
2014–2015 Brønshøj Boldklub 10 (0)
2015–2016 Svebølle B&I 28 (0)
2016–2017 Brønshøj Boldklub 12 (0)
2017 Fredensborg BI 16 (0)
2017–2018 Herlev IF 18 (0)
2018– AB Tårnby 51 (0)
National team‡
Canada U20
2011 Pakistan U23 5 (0)
2012– Pakistan 20 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 July 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Yousuf also was awarded the Goalkeeper with the most saves under the 2018 SAFF Championship.

Club career

Butt has played over 200 division games in Denmark. He started his professional career at Hellerup IK in 2007 in the Danish 1 division, having previously played for the team's youth academy. He was initially the third choice at Hellerup, but worked his way to become the first-choice goalkeeper at age of 18. Afterwards, he joined 2 BK Skjold for the 2009–10 season 2 division season and played at the club and Skjold Birkerød the following season. Butt was then brought into 2 division side BK Glostrup Albertslund where he eventually became the number one and the club captain. In 2014, Butt signed with 1 division club Brønshøj Boldklub[3] and later moved to Svebølle B&I the next season.[4]

League career

1 Division clubs Hellerup IK Brønshøj Boldklub

2 Division clubs BK Glostrup Albertslund Svebølle B&I BK Skjold Fredensborg BI and Greve Fodbold [5]

International career

Although Butt had been previously called up for Canada under–20 team due to his family's residency in the country, he chose to represent Pakistan at various levels from the under-23s to the national team between 2011 and 2012.[6] He made his debut for the national team in November 2012 against Singapore.[7]

Butt worked his way into becoming Pakistan number-one. He has played 18 games for Pakistan including the AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers of 2013, the 2013 SAFF Championship, as well as the 2013 Philippine Peace Cup. Butt became 2018 SAFF Championship SAFF Cup Safe Hands, meaning that he was the one with the most saves.[8]

Family

Butt is the younger brother of Yaqoob Butt, who has also represented Pakistan at the international level.[8]

References
  1. Yousuf Butt at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. Sohail, Shahrukh (3 January 2012). "Who is Pakistan's best goalkeeper?". newspakistan.pk. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  3. Knebent nederlag i første kamp Retrieved on 14 August 2015
  4. "Stor udskiftning i Fredensborg". sn.dk. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  5. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Yousuf Butt". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  6. Pakistan call up 10 overseas players for India football series 14 August 2015
  7. "Paddy Power CONIFA World Football Cup 2018 Team List" (PDF). CONIFA. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  8. https://www.footballpakistan.com/tag/yousuf-butt/
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