Jan Budtz

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Personal information
Jan Budtz
Full name	Jan Budtz
Date of birth	April 20, 1979 (age 27)
Place of birth	?, Denmark
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Wolves (on loan from Doncaster Rovers)
Number	40
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-2005 2005 2005- 2007	B 1909 FC Nordsjælland Doncaster Rovers → Wolves (loan)	0? (?) 0? (?) 25 (0) 01 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:28, 20 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Jan Budtz (born April 20, 1979) is a Danish footballer, currently playing for Wolves on loan from Doncaster Rovers. He is also the twin brother of Ole Budtz, who currently plays for the danish club, Aarhus GF.

Jan became an instant hero in his first game for Doncaster Rovers when he replaced the injured Andy Warrington during the Carling Cup match with Manchester City in 2005. One of his first actions was to pull off a magnificent last minute save to deny Darius Vassell a 25 yard stike by tipping it round the post. When the match finally went to penalties, Jan saved two of the three taken by Manchester City (the first penalty being taken by Darius Vassell hitting the crossbar). Doncaster won the shootout 3-0 with Jan's name being plastered all over local and national newspapers the following day. He also made several appearances on local TV news channels.[[1]]

Following his day of glory, he largely failed to progress from this. Although he enjoyed a good run in the first team in the 2005/2006 season, he was increasingly side-lined when Doncaster Rovers signed Alan Blaney from Southampton for £50,000. [[2]]

By the beginning of the 2006/2007 season, he was down to 3rd choice behind Benjamin Smith and Alan Blaney.

Budtz recently signed on an emergency loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers from Doncaster Rovers. He has since signed a six week extension and made his debut on the 17th March against Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough, the game ended 2-2.