Jean Butez

Early career

Butez started playing football at the local club from his home town of Merris. Two years later, he made the move to the Lille academy, who had scouted him down during a futsal tournament in which he was named best goalkeeper. In the 2012–13 season, he gained his first playing minutes for Lille B in the CFA, the fourth tier in French football. After being relegated from the CFA with the club in 2015, he won the CFA 2 title a year later. In five seasons, he made 81 official appearances for Lille's second team. In the meantime, he occasionally was part of the first team of Lille, but he never made his professional debut.

Mouscron

For the 2017–18 season, Butez was sent on a one-season loan to Mouscron, Lille's former cooperation club. On the first match day of the Belgian First Division A, he immediately made a start against Oostende (0–1 win). On the second matchday, he received a red card against Charleroi in the 82nd minute for a handball outside of the penalty area. Logan Bailly took his place in goal on the third day matchday. Butez would only make eleven appearances for the Hainaut-based club that season. After Lille terminated his contract in the summer of 2018, Mouscron permanently signed him. In the 2018–19 season, Butez left a strong impression as Mouscron won 23 out of a possible 27 points in the spring. In the winter of 2019, he was explicitly mentioned as a potential successor to Lovre Kalinić at Gent, and in February 2019, football…

On 20 September 2026, Butez was called up to the France national team for the first time by Zinedine Zidane, replacing the injured Robin Risser. Aged 31 years and 3 months, he became the oldest player to receive his first call-up to the national team since Gérard Farison in 1976, who was 32 years and 1 month old.

As of match played 10 September 2026

Antwerp

Belgian Pro League: 2022–23 Belgian Cup: 2022–23 Belgian Super Cup: 2023 Individual

Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year: 2023