Nils Butzen
German footballer
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Nils Butzen (born 2 April 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right back or right midfielder for Carl Zeiss Jena.
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Butzen in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 April 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Mühlhausen, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Carl Zeiss Jena | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2009 | FC Union Mühlhausen | ||
| 2009–2011 | 1. FC Magdeburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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) |
| 2023– | Carl Zeiss Jena | 82 | (6) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 March 2026 | |||
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
- Regionalliga Nordost: 2015
- Dritte Liga: 2018