Yousuf Butt

Yousuf Ijaz Butt (Urdu: يوسف اعجاز بٹ‎; born October 18, 1989) is a footballer who plays for Ishoj IF and the Pakistan national football team. Yousuf Butt is the club captain and MVP last year. For the national team of Pakistan, Yousuf have established himself after pushing Pakistan legend Jaffar Khan to the bench back in 2012 and 2013. Butt has been awarded several 'Man of the Match' performances. Yousuf has established himself as one of the best goalkeepers in South Asia, where his goalkeeping skills have earned him the nickname ‘The Wall’ from fans in south Asia.

Yousuf also was awarded the Goalkeeper with the most saves under the 2018 SAFF Championship.

Club Career

Butt has played over 200 division games in Denmark. He started his professional career at Hellerup IK in 2007 in the Danish 1 division, having previously played for the team's youth academy. He was initially the third choice at Hellerup, but worked his way to become the first-choice goalkeeper at age of 18. Afterwards, he joined 2 BK Skjold for the 2009–10 season 2 division season and played at the club and Skjold Birkerod the following season. Butt was then brought into 2 division side BK Glostrup Albertslund where he eventually became the number one and the club captain. In 2014, Butt signed with 1 division club Bronshoj Boldklub and later moved to Svebolle B&I the next season.