Hans-Jörg Butt

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Personal information
Hans-Jörg Butt
Full name	Hans-Jörg Butt
Date of birth	May 28, 1974 (age 32)
Place of birth	Oldenburg, Germany
Height	191cm
Position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Bayer Leverkusen
Number	1
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1994-1997 1997-2001 2001-	Oldenburg Hamburg Bayer Leverkusen	87 (0) 133 (19) 185 (7)
National team**
2000	Germany	3 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 10, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of December 10, 2006.

Hans-Jörg Butt (born May 28, 1974 in Oldenburg, Germany) is a German goalkeeper for Bayer Leverkusen.

1 Personal life
2 Career
3 External links

[edit] Personal life

He is currently single. His hobbies are reading, waterskiing, beach volleyball and going to the movies.

[edit] Career

At 1.91 m and 91 kg, he is one of the taller goalkeepers. He is also known for taking free kicks and penalty kicks. He claims his greatest moments in his career are emerging as World Cup runner-up 2002, UEFA Champions League finalist 2002, and promotion to the 2. Bundesliga with VfB Oldenburg.

[edit] VfB Oldenburg

[edit] Hamburg

[edit] Bayer Leverkusen

He moved to Bayer Leverkusen on a free transfer and has been their number one goalkeeper ever since. He was a member of the team that lost to Real Madrid in the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final.

[edit] International career

Butt was a backup for Germany at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He currently has 3 caps to his name.

[edit] External links

Bayer Leverkusen - Current Squad
1 Butt \| 2 Stenman \| 3 R. Júnior \| 4 Juan \| 5 Haggui \| 6 Rolfes \| 7 Barnetta \| 9 Barbarez \| 10 Freier \| 11 Kießling \| 12 Voronin \| 13 Athirson \| 14 Tadić \| 16 Schwegler \| 17 Meyer \| 19 Babić \| 20 Fernandez \| 22 Adler \| 23 Madouni \| 24 Touré \| 25 Schneider \| 26 Papadopulos \| 27 Castro \| 28 Ramelow \| 29 Callsen-Bracker \| 32 De Wit

	Germany squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Runners-up
1 Kahn \| 2 Linke \| 3 Rehmer \| 4 Baumann \| 5 Ramelow \| 6 Ziege \| 7 Neuville \| 8 Hamann \| 9 Jancker \| 10 Ricken \| 11 Klose \| 12 Lehmann \| 13 Ballack \| 14 Asamoah \| 15 Kehl \| 16 Jeremies \| 17 Bode \| 18 Böhme \| 19 Schneider \| 20 Bierhoff \| 21 Metzelder \| 22 Frings \| 23 Butt \| Coach: Völler