Hans-Jörg Butt

Personal information
Hans-Jörg Butt
Full name	Hans-Jörg Butt
Date of birth	May 28, 1974 (age 32)
Place of birth	Oldenburg, Germany
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (200 lb)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Bayer Leverkusen
Number	1
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1997 1997-2001 2001-	Oldenburg Hamburg Bayer Leverkusen	87 (0) 133 (19) 185 (7)
National team²
2000	Germany	3 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 10, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of December 10, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

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

[edit] Personal life

He is currently single. His hobbies are reading, waterskiing, beach volleyball and going to the movies.^{[citation needed]}

Butt is 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.

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

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 \| 44 Hübener

	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