 Butt playing for Newcastle United in 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Nicholas Butt[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 January 1975[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gorton, Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Salford City (chief executive officer) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Manchester United | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–2004 | Manchester United | 270 | (21) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2010 | Newcastle United | 134 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 24 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | South China | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 431 | (30) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | England U18 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992 | England U19 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | England U21 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2004 | England | 39 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Manchester United U23 (interim) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Nicholas Butt (born 21 January 1975) is an English football coach and former player who was most recently the head of first-team development at Manchester United. He is also a co-owner and chief executive officer of Salford City. Butt played professional football as a midfielder from 1992 to 2011. He spent the majority of his career with Manchester United, where he won six Premier League titles, three FA Cups, four FA Community Shields, the UEFA Champions League and the Intercontinental Cup.
Butt moved to Newcastle United in 2004. He spent one season on loan to Birmingham City in 2005–06. He finished his career abroad, playing for South China where he won the Hong Kong League Cup.
Butt earned 39 caps for England between 1997 and 2004. He was chosen for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2004.
- ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.