Nils Butzen

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Nils Butzen
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Butzen in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-04-02) 2 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Mühlhausen, Germany
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back, right midfielder [1]
Youth career
0000–2009 FC Union Mühlhausen
2009–2011 1. FC Magdeburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011 1. FC Magdeburg II 3 (0)
2011–2019 1. FC Magdeburg 176 (4)
2019–2021 Hansa Rostock 45 (1)
2021–2023 FSV Zwickau 55 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023

Nils Butzen (born 2 April 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right back or right midfielder.

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Career

Butzen was born in Mühlhausen in Thuringia. He started playing youth football at Union Mühlhausen before joining the youth department of 1. FC Magdeburg in 2009. [2] He played three matches in the club's reserve team in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd in 2011, before becoming part of the first team squad for the 2011–12 season. He made his first team debut on 24 August 2011 in a Saxony-Anhalt Cup match, but had to wait until March next year for his league debut against Berliner AK. In the following years, Butzen established himself as a first team regular on the rightback position and saw his contract extended until June 2016 eventually. [2]

Butzen played in 22 of 30 league matches in Magdeburg's successful 2014–15 campaign and scored his first two goals for the club against Carl Zeiss Jena in May. [3] Following the club's promotion to Germany's 3. Liga, he made his professional debut as a rightback in Magdeburg's 2–1 victory over Rot-Weiß Erfurt in the season opener of the 2015–16 3. Liga season. [4]

Honours

Club

1. FC Magdeburg

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References

  1. Nils Butzen at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 "FCM verlängert mit Nils Butzen und Torge Bremer" [FCM extends Butzen's and Bremer's contracts]. Volksstimme.de (in German). Magdeburger Verlags- und Druckhaus. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. "Souveräner Sieg des 1. FC Magdeburg im "Paradies"" [Clear victory for 1. FC Magdeburg in "Paradise"]. Volksstimme.de. Magdeburger Verlags- und Druckhaus. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. "1. FC Magdeburg - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2:1, 3. Liga, Saison 2015/16, 1. Spieltag - taktische Aufstellung". kicker online. Olympia Verlag. Retrieved 25 July 2015.