Tameka Butt
 Tameka Butt playing for Australia at the 2016 Olympics | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tameka Butt | ||
| Date of birth | 16 June 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Orange, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Klepp IL | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mudgeeraba | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008 | QAS | ||
| 2008–2018 | Brisbane Roar | 108 | (49) |
| 2012 | Boston Breakers | 8 | (3) |
| 2013 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 8 | (3) |
| 2014 | → Iga F.C. Kunoichi (loan) | ||
| 2016 | Mallbackens | 19 | (2) |
| 2017– | Klepp IL | 34 | (21) |
| 2018– | Melbourne City | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Australia U-17 | 7 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Australia U-20 | 16 | (3) |
| 2007– | Australia | 67 | (10) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 February 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 April 2018 | |||
Tameka Butt (born 16 June 1991)[1] is an Australian professional football midfielder who plays for Klepp IL in the Toppserien. She previously played for the Boston Breakers in the WPSL Elite, German Frauen-Bundesliga club, 1. FFC Frankfurt, Japanese Nadeshiko League club Iga F.C. Kunoichi, Swedish Damallsvenskan club Mallbackens, Brisbane Roar in the Australian W-League and has been a member of the Australian national team since 2007.
Club Career
Brisbane Roar, 2008-2018
Butt joined the Brisbane Roar (then Queensland Roar) in 2008, as they were one of the founding members of the W-League. They won the W-League Championship and Premiership in 2008-09. In the 2010-11 season, Brisbane returned to the Grand Final. Butt scored a goal in the 9th minute, helping the team to a 2-1 victory. [2]
Butt won the Westfield W-League Players Player of the Year Award for the 2012-13 season. She was the recipient of the Julie Dolan Medal for W-League Player of the year in 2014. [3]
As of February 2018, Butt ranks 5th in all-time W-League history with 108 appearances and ranks 3rd in goals with 49. [4]
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.[5]
FFC Frankfurt, 2013–2014
In January 2013, Butt signed for German Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FFC Frankfurt.[6]
Iga F.C. Kunoichi, 2014
Butt was loaned by Brisbane Roar to Iga F.C. Kunoichi along with Elise Kellond-Knight in late May 2014, and returned to Brisbane Roar for the 7th W-League season.[7]
Mallbackens IF, 2016
In March 2016, Butt signed for Swedish club Mallbackens.
Klepp IL, 2017–present
Melbourne City, 2018–present
After spending ten seasons with the Brisbane Roar, Butt signed with Melbourne City for the 2018–19 W-League season. [9]
International Career
Butt has represented the Young Matildas at various age levels. She was member of the 2007 AFC Women's U-17 Asian Championship team and 2008 AFC Women's U-20s Women's Asian Championship team. Butt captained the Australian U-20s National Team from 2007–2009 which included winning the 2008 AFF Women's Championship.
Butt has been a been a member of the Australia women's national soccer team since 2007. She was part of the team that won the 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup. Butt played for Australia at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Australia lost in the quarter-finals in 2011 and 2015.
In 2016, Butt was named to her first Olympic Team for Rio 2016. Australia lost in the quarter-finals and Butt did not appear in any games. [2]
At the 2017 Tournament of Nations Butt scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over the United States. This was the first time Australia had ever defeated the United States. The Matildas won the 2017 Tournament of Nations[10]
At the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Butt appeared in three games for Australia. The Matildas advanced to the Final where they lost 1-0 to Japan. Australia qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[11]
Career statistics
International goals
| Key (expand for notes on “international goals” and sorting) | |
|---|---|
| Location | Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name |
| Lineup | Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time |
| # | NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match) |
| Min | The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal. |
| Assist/pass | The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information. |
| penalty or pk | Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.) |
| Score | The match score after the goal was scored. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team |
| Result | The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation |
| aet | The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation |
| pso | Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time |
| Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match | |
| Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament | |
| Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match | |
| Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match | |
| Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament | |
| Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament | |
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NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player | |
Honours
Club
International
Individual
References
- ↑ "Player profile – Tameka Butt". Brisbane Roar FC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
- 1 2 "T.Butt". Retrieved October 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Player of the year Tameka Butt's ankle no longer rankles as AFC Women's Asian Cup looms". April 24, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Australia". Retrieved October 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Tameka Butt agrees to terms with Boston Breakers, joins fellow Australian Kyah Simon". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ↑ Juchem, Marcus (1 February 2013). "Frankfurt holt Australierin Tameka Butt" (in German). WomenSoccer.de. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ↑ "Tameka Butt and Elise Kellond-Knight sign with Japanese side Iga FC". The Women's Game. 29 April 2014. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Spillere". kleppil.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ↑ "Two Westfield Matildas headline raft of Melbourne City signings". September 24, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Australian women beat U.S. in Tournament of Nations". 28 July 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ↑ "WOMEN'S ASIAN CUP". Retrieved 1 October 2018.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tameka Butt. |
- Tameka Butt – FIFA competition record (archive)
- Brisbane Roar player profile
- Boston Breakers player profile
- Tameka Butt on Twitter
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