Tameka Butt

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Tameka Butt
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-06-16) 16 June 1991
Place of birthOrange, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current club1. FFC Frankfurt
Number13
Youth career
Mudgeeraba
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
QAS
2008–Brisbane Roar[1]43(32)
2012Boston Breakers
2013–1. FFC Frankfurt8(3)
National team‡
2007–Australia23(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 July 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 July 2011

Tameka Butt (born 16 June 1991 in Orange, New South Wales)[2] is an Australian professional football (soccer) midfielder who plays for the Brisbane Roar in the Australian W-League as well as German Frauen-Bundesliga club, 1. FFC Frankfurt. She previously played for the Boston Breakers in the WPSL Elite and has been a member of the Australian national team since 2007.

Playing career

Club

Brisbane Roar (2008–present)

Butt has played for the Brisbane Roar since 2008.[3]

Boston Breakers (2012)

Butt signed with the Boston Breakers in the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite (WPSL Elite), the top division of women's soccer in the United States at the time, for the 2012 season.[4]

FFC Frankfurt (2013–present)

In January 2013, Butt signed for German Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FFC Frankfurt.[5]

International

Butt has played for the Australia women's national football team since 2007. She served as captain of the Australian Under-20s National Team from 2007–2009 and was the captain of the squad that won the 2008 ASEAN Women's Cup Championship. She was a member of the 2007 AFC Women's Under-17 Asian Championship team as well as the 2008 AFC Under-20s Women's Asian Championship squad. She was also a member of the team that won the AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2010. During the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany, Butt played in two matches, with one start.[6]

Honours

Butt playing for the Brisbane Roar

Club

Brisbane Roar

International

Australia
  • AFC Women's Asian Cup Winners: 2010

See also

  • Women's association football in Australia

References

  1. ↑ "Sydney Westfield W-League Player Stats". Brisbane Roar FC. Retrieved 7 October 2009. 
  2. ↑ "Player profile – Tameka Butt". Brisbane Roar FC. Retrieved 7 October 2009. 
  3. ↑ "Tameka Butt". Soccer Way. Retrieved 31 July 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Tameka Butt agrees to terms with Boston Breakers, joins fellow Australian Kyah Simon". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved 31 July 2013. 
  5. ↑ Juchem, Marcus (1 February 2013). "Frankfurt holt Australierin Tameka Butt" (in German). WomenSoccer.de. Retrieved 18 May 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Tameka Butt". Boston Breakers. Retrieved 31 July 2013. 

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