Hans-Jörg Butt

Jörg Butt in May 2011

Hans Jörg Butt ( born May 28, 1974 in Oldenburg ) is a former German football goalkeeper, who played 387 games in his career, inter alia, for Hamburger SV, Bayer 04 Leverkusen and FC Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga and 26 goals achieved.

• 3.1 club
• 3.2 national team
• 3.3 Awards

Club career

VfB Oldenburg

For the youth of the TSV Großenkneten emerged, changed Butt 1991 VfB Oldenburg, for the 1994/ 95 in the Regionalliga Nord for the first time in the first team was deployed and played 33 of 34 league games. After another season in which he played in all 34 league games and even scored four goals, he reached with the team as the champions the promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga, in which he on August 4 (1st Round ) in the 1-1 - Draw made ​​his debut in the home match against SV Meppen. On September 22 (7th Round ) defeated VfB Oldenburg at home to VfL Wolfsburg 1:4 gates; the only goal for VfB achieved Jörg Butt. At times, Henning, Hans Jorg was brother, second goalkeeper for VfB Oldenburg.

Hamburger SV

In 1997 he moved to Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga. He pushed Richard Golz and remained there for four years goalkeeper. His Bundesliga debut he gave on August 3, 1997 ( 1st Round ) 2-2 draw at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach; He scored his first Bundesliga goal on 12 September 1998 ( 4th Round ) in the 1-1 draw at home against VfL Wolfsburg penalty taken by the interim 1-0 in the 39th minute. The seven transformed penalty kicks this season he surpassed the following season with nine and was thus one of the top three scorers for Hamburger SV in addition to Roy Präger and Anthony Yeboah.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

From 2001 to 2007 he was a member of the Squad from Bayer 04 Leverkusen. From 3 August 1997 to February 10, 2007 Butt missed only four league games; in the last season he was just in this February 10 ( 21 Round ) - referenced in the 28 minutes of the field, banned for two games, replaced by René Adler and - in a 2-2 draw at home against Eintracht Frankfurt this eventually displaced. Then Butt announced his running until 30 June 2009 contract on 30 April 2007 ahead of the end of the season.

Benfica Lisbon

Despite offers English and Spanish clubs came Butt opted for the Champions League qualifying participants Benfica, who announced the change on July 16, 2007. His first game for Benfica, he completed on 28 October 2007 compared Marítimo Funchal. However, he was unable to Quim, a reserve goalkeeper of the Portuguese national team, will prevail. Butts contract was terminated in agreement with the club.

FC Bayern Munich

Butt returned free transfer back to Germany, where he was engaged by the FC Bayern Munich for the season 2008/ 09 as an internationally experienced goalkeeper. Under coach Jurgen Klinsmann Butt rose to become the first-choice goalkeeper in April 2009. He first had to cede to Michael Rensing, until he again ascended by the uncertainties from the 4th Round to the goalkeeper position this at the beginning of the 2009/10 season under the new coach Louis van Gaal. With one on 8 December 2009 in the final group match of the Champions League in a 4-1 away victory turned against Juventus penalty Butt is the first goalkeeper of Bayern, which scored a goal in the regular season. Butt took with Bayern 2010, the Double and stood by the lost Champions League final in May 2010 at the gate.

Butt extended in February 2010, his contract with Bayern Munich for one year to 30 June 2011. Early 2011 made ​​him coach Louis van Gaal, despite decent performances behind Thomas Kraft to number two in the Gate of Bavaria. After the sacking of Van Gaal promoted interim coach Andries Jonker Butt five games before the end of the season back to number one. In May 2011, Butts contract was prematurely extended until 30 June 2012. After the signing of Manuel Neuer was Hans Jorg Butt in the season 2011/12, again the number two. His last game he played 28 April 2012 in a 2-0 win against VfB Stuttgart in the domestic Allianz Arena.

For the 2012/13 season he followed Werner Kern, head of youth performance center for Bayern Munich, after, however, Butt came in early August 2012 again from this post back.

National team career

In the senior team Butt debuted on June 7, 2000 at the preseason game for Euro 2000 against Liechtenstein, as he came off the bench in the 8-2 victory for the second half of Jens Lehmann. At the tournament, he was a third-choice goalkeeper in the squad.

Even in his subsequent operations, he played only one half. In the 4-2 victory over the United States on March 27, 2002, he came in to replace Frank Rost. At the World Cup tournament in the same year he was again second replacement and was with the team - without the use - second in the World Championship. To his third National team commitment, he came on 1 June 2003 in a 4-1 win over Canada with Substitutes for the second half again for Frank Rost.

After René Adler, who was to go for the national team as the number 1 to the World Cup in South Africa, got injured just before the end of season 2009/10 and had to cancel national coach Joachim Löw, Butt was born on 6 May 2010, next to Manuel Neuer and Tim Wiese as one of three gatekeepers for the World Cup team nominated. On 10 July 2010, he played in the 3-2 win against Uruguay in the 3rd place match his only World Cup game and at the same time his first international game he completed 90 minutes.

Achievements

Association

• Champions League finalist ( 3): 2002 with Bayer Leverkusen, 2010, 2012 with FC Bayern Munich
• Bundesliga: German champion: 2010 with FC Bayern Munich
• German Vice Champion ( 3): 2002 with Bayer Leverkusen, 2009 and 2012 with FC Bayern Munich

• Winner: 2010 with FC Bayern Munich
• Finalist (2): 2002, Bayer Leverkusen, 2012 with FC Bayern Munich

National

• World Cup: Vice World Champion 2002 ( without insert)
• Third in 2010 ( an insert )

Awards

• Silver Bay Leaf (2010)

Services as a goalkeeper

Butt was both Hamburger SV and Bayer 04 Leverkusen penalty taker and is with the 26 resulting gates unerring art goalkeeper in Bundesliga history. Here it underwent in 2004, however, a goal, because he was not rushed back in time into the goal in the away match against Schalke 04 after a penalty.

Not only for Hamburg and Leverkusen turned Butt penalty kicks, but also for the FC Bayern Munich: For all three Bundesliga teams he met at the international level, both in the Champions League matches with Juventus.

Butt is not only the only goalkeeper who scored in four leagues and the Champions League goals, but also remains the only goalkeeper to reach two goals in two league games. In the season 1998/1999 ( on 22 May 1999 Full Time 3-0 ) and 1999/2000 ( 21 August 1999 Final also 3:0) Butt scored against Franz Wohlfahrt, the former goalkeeper of VfB Stuttgart respectively. In both games, Butt scored the goal for 2-0 and 3-0. In the season 1999/2000 Jörg Butt, Roy embossers, and Tony Yeboah were each nine goals scorers of Hamburger SV.

In addition, he was also considered a good penalty goalkeeper who plays Rank 5 of all Bundesliga goalkeeper repelled with 14 penalty kicks.

Butt is the only player in the history of the Bundesliga, who with three second places twice a season - has been completed - the tragic, the so-called " Vice - triple" with 2nd place in Championship, Cup and international competition. This " Vice - triple" was recorded only in 2002 by Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich in 2012 in the history of the Bundesliga, with Butt belonged as a single in each of the squad of each team, although in Munich., Only as a substitute goalkeeper with little use time In addition, he was one of the first mentioned in season and the cadres of the senior team that finished finally another second place at the 2002 World Cup.

Others

Butt is socially committed including playing at various charity matches in goal or as a field player. He played on June 3, 2012 in Hamburg as a center forward in the air High Stadium when celebrities kicking game with a heart for the children of Heart Station of the UKE.