Jean Butez
Butez in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-06-08) 8 June 1995
Place of birth Lille, France
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Antwerp
Number 1
Youth career
2001–2003 FC Merris
2003–2016 Lille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Lille II 81 (0)
2017–2018 Lille 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Mouscron (loan) 10 (0)
2018–2020 Mouscron 47 (0)
2020– Antwerp 113 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:29, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Jean Butez (born 8 June 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays for Belgian club Antwerp as a goalkeeper.[1] A prospect of the Lille academy, Butez made his breakthrough with Mouscron and signed with Antwerp in 2020.

Career

Early career

Butez started playing football at FC Merris, the club from his home town of Merris.[2] Two years later, he made the move to the Lille OSC academy, who had scouted him down during a futsal tournament in which he was named best goalkeeper.[3] In the 2012–13 season, he gained his first playing minutes for Lille B in the CFA, the fourth tier in French football. After being relegated from the CFA with the club in 2015, he won the CFA 2 title a year later. In five seasons, he made 81 official appearances for Lille's second team. In the meantime, he occasionally was part of the first team of Lille, but he never made his professional debut.[1]

Mouscron

For the 2017–18 season, Butez was sent on a one-season loan to Royal Excel Mouscron, Lille's former cooperation club. On the first match day of the Belgian First Division A, he immediately made a start against Oostende (0–1 win).[4] On the second matchday, he received a red card against Charleroi in the 82nd minute for a handball outside of the penalty area.[5] Logan Bailly took his place in goal on the third day matchday. Butez would only make eleven appearances for the Hainaut-based club that season.[1] After Lille terminated his contract in the summer of 2018, Mouscron permanently signed him.[6]

In the 2018–19 season, Butez left a strong impression as Mouscron won 23 out of a possible 27 points in the spring. In the winter of 2019, he was explicitly mentioned as a potential successor to Lovre Kalinić at Gent, and in February 2019, football analyst Stéphane Pauwels had him down as a transfer target at Lyon.[7][8] After the regular season, he was also rumoured as a prospect Standard Liège and Anderlecht.[9] In the summer of 2019, he seemed like a serious option for Club Brugge, but when Mouscron had an asking price of €6 million and Club could sign Liverpool and Belgium international goalkeeper Simon Mignolet for only one million more, they chose not to continue their pursuit of Butez.[10] Later, negotiations with Monaco, who wanted to send him on loan to Cercle Brugge if he signed, also broke down due to the high transfer price. The price had been set high because Mouscron had to share half of the transfer fee with Lille.[11]

Antwerp

On 12 June 2020, it was announced that Butez had signed with Antwerp, where he was set to succeed Sinan Bolat, whose contract was not renewed. The transfer fee was deemed to be around €2 million. Mouscron refused an offer of €1 million not long before.[12][13]

Butez made his debut for Antwerp on 8 August 2020 in the league match against his former club Mouscron.[14] In January 2021, he was sidelined with an ankle injury, after which he was replaced by first Alireza Beiranvand and since Ortwin De Wolf, who had been loaned during the January transfer window.[15][16] At the start of the play-offs, however, manager Frank Vercauteren again opted for Butez as the starter.[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Belgian Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mouscron (loan) 2017–18 Belgian Pro League 10010——110
Mouscron 2018–19 Belgian Pro League 30010——310
2019–20 16000——160
Total 46010——470
Antwerp 2020–21 Belgian Pro League 240005[lower-alpha 1]0—290
2021–22 400008[lower-alpha 1]0—480
2022–23 400606[lower-alpha 2]0—520
2023–24 90004[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 4]0140
Total 113060230101430
Career total 169080230102010

Honours

Antwerp

References

  1. 1 2 3 "France - J. Butez - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ↑ farid (25 December 2013). "Interview: Jean Butez, Losc".
  3. ↑ Deleglise, Thomas (9 May 2020). "Jean Butez : "Je ne regrette pas mon départ"". Le petit Lillois (in French).
  4. ↑ "KV Oostende vs. Royal Excel Mouscron - 31 July 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Un match de suspension pour Butez". notele.be (in French). 7 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Doelman Butez tekent voor 3 seizoenen bij Moeskroen". sporza.be (in Dutch). 18 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Moeskroen-speler kon naar AA Gent: "Ik mocht niet weg"". voetbalbelgie.nl (in Dutch). 10 February 2019. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Butez wordt aan Franse topclub getipt: 'Om in het oog te houden'". voetbalprimeur.be (in Dutch). 11 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "Belgische topclubs openen jacht op Moeskroen-keeper Butez". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 30 March 2019.
  10. ↑ "Club Brugge maakt werk van doelman Jean Butez". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 18 June 2019.
  11. ↑ "Moeskroen vraagt vijf miljoen voor doelman Jean Butez". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 14 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "Moeskroen vraagt Antwerp twee miljoen voor doelman Jean Butez". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 28 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "Antwerp heeft nieuwe doelman officieel beet met Jean Butez". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Flemish). 12 June 2020.
  14. ↑ "Bekerkater voor Antwerp: Moeskroen graait puntje mee op de Bosuil". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Flemish). 8 August 2020.
  15. ↑ "Brute pech voor Antwerp: eerste doelman Butez lange tijd out, dus Beiranvand komt in doel". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 7 January 2021.
  16. ↑ "Goed nieuws voor Jean Butez: Antwerp-doelman moet niet onder het mes". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Flemish). 14 January 2021.
  17. ↑ "Vercauteren over keuze voor Butez: "Niet met een geweer wachten tot een keeper een fout maakt"". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 3 May 2021.
  18. ↑ "Antwerp win Belgian title on dramatic final day". BBC Sport. 4 June 2023. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  19. ↑ "Geen schoonheidsprijs, wel een vierde beker: Antwerp maakt favorietenrol waar tegen KV Mechelen" (in Dutch). Sporza. 30 April 2023.
  20. ↑ "Antwerp wint nu ook de Supercup! KV Mechelen plooit pas na strafschoppen" (in Dutch). Sporza. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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