Alexander

Büttner

LB Vitesse #28

Left-Back – Defender

Alexander Büttner

Vitesse Eerste Divisie

#1520 full-back aged 30+

Date of birth / Age: 11 Feb 1989 (37)
Citizenship: Netherlands
Foot: Left
Height · Weight: 1.74 m / 72 kg
Main position: Left-Back
Contract until: 2028

Benchmarks

full-backs with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#5901

full-back in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#1520

among full-backs aged 30+

In his league

19%

of Eerste Divisie full-backs rank below him

Finishing

+1.3

goals above expected · better than 77% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

5 Expected

3.7

86 shots. He scores more than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

12 Expected

21.3

Teammates converted fewer of his chances than expected.

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 32
Starting eleven: 30
Goals: 6
Assists: 3
Yellow cards: 8
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 2,521

Starting eleven94%

30 of 32 appearances

Minutes played2,521

79 per appearance

Goal involvement9

6 goals · 3 assists

Positions played

268 matches · since 2014/15

RBCMDMAMLWLB

Position	Apps	G	A
Left-Back	236	24	41
Left Winger	16	1	3
Attacking Midfield	6	0	1
Defensive Midfield	4	0	0
Other · CM, RB	6	0	0

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Eerste Divisie	Vitesse	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	61
2025/26	Eerste Divisie	Vitesse	32	30	6	3	8	0	0	2,521
2024/25	Eerste Divisie	Vitesse	27	27	8	2	5	1	0	2,315
2023/24	Eerste Divisie	De Graafschap	30	30	1	7	7	0	0	2,413
2023/24	Play-offs 1/2	De Graafschap	2	2	1	–	0	–	0	185
2022/23	Eerste Divisie	De Graafschap	35	35	4	9	9	0	0	2,946
2022/23	KNVB Beker	De Graafschap	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2021/22	Eredivisie	RKC Waalwijk	26	25	3	3	6	0	0	1,898
2021/22	KNVB Beker	RKC Waalwijk	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	30
2020	MLS is back Tournament	New England	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	262
2020	MLS	New England	15	13	0	3	0	0	0	1,080
2018/19	Eredivisie	Vitesse	32	29	2	4	7	0	1	2,566
2018/19	UEFA Europa League	Vitesse	4	4	0	–	1	–	0	357
2018/19	KNVB Beker	Vitesse	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	118
2017/18	Eredivisie	Vitesse	21	19	0	8	3	0	0	1,710
2017/18	UEFA Europa League	Vitesse	4	4	0	–	2	–	1	271
2017/18	Super Cup	Vitesse	1	1	1	–	0	–	0	87
2017/18	KNVB Beker	Vitesse	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	120
2016/17	Eredivisie	Vitesse	10	2	0	2	2	0	0	284
2016/17	Tweede Divisie	Vitesse U23	7	7	3	–	3	–	0	551
2016/17	First League	Dinamo Moskva	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	204
2016/17	KNVB Beker	Vitesse	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	1
2015/16	Pro League	Anderlecht	14	14	1	3	3	0	0	1,127
2015/16	Youth Championship	Dinamo Moskva Youth	2	2	1	–	0	–	0	152
2015/16	Premier League	Dinamo Moskva	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
2015/16	UEFA Europa League	Anderlecht	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	179
2014/15	Premier League	Dinamo Moskva	19	18	0	0	7	1	0	1,437
2014/15	UEFA Europa League	Dinamo Moskva	12	10	1	–	2	–	1	933
2013/14	Premier League	Manchester United	8	5	0	–	2	–	0	497
2013/14	UEFA Champions League	Manchester United	3	2	0	–	1	–	0	182
2013/14	Carabao Cup	Manchester United	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	265
2013/14	FA Cup	Manchester United	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2012/13	U21 Premier League Division 1 (OLD)	Manchester United U21	6	6	0	–	0	–	0	427
2012/13	Premier League	Manchester United	5	4	2	–	1	–	0	382
2012/13	UEFA Champions League	Manchester United	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	270
2012/13	FA Cup	Manchester United	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	270
2012/13	Carabao Cup	Manchester United	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	132
2011/12	Eredivisie	Vitesse	35	35	5	–	3	–	0	3,072
2011/12	KNVB Beker	Vitesse	4	4	0	–	1	–	0	360
2010/11	Eredivisie	Vitesse	24	22	0	–	7	–	0	1,853
2010/11	KNVB Beker	Vitesse	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2009/10	Eredivisie	Vitesse	27	11	2	–	4	–	0	1,229
2008/09	Eredivisie	Vitesse	23	14	3	–	1	–	0	0
2007/08	Eredivisie	Vitesse	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	0

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			462	400	44	45^*	86	2^*	3	33,116

By competition	Apps	G	A
Eredivisie	199	15	17
Eerste Divisie	127	19	21
Premier League	33	2	0
UEFA Europa League	22	1	–
MLS	15	0	3
Pro League	14	1	3
KNVB Beker	12	0	–
Tweede Divisie	7	3	–
U21 Premier League Division 1 (OLD)	6	0	–
UEFA Champions League	6	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Aug 2024 Aug 2024 · Transfer De Graafschap Vitesse Transfer
Jul 2022 Jul 2022 · Free Transfer RKC Waalwijk De Graafschap Free Transfer Free
Jul 2021 Jul 2021 · Free Transfer – RKC Waalwijk Free Transfer Free
Jan 2021 Jan 2021 · Free Agent New England Apollon Free Agent Free
Jan 2020 Jan 2020 · Free Transfer – New England Free Transfer Free
Jul 2019 Jul 2019 · Free Agent Vitesse – Free Agent Free
Jan 2017 Jan 2017 · Free Transfer Dinamo Moskva Vitesse Free Transfer Free
Jun 2016 Jun 2016 · Back from Loan Anderlecht Dinamo Moskva Back from Loan
Jun 2016 Jun 2016 · Back from Loan Anderlecht Dinamo Moskva Back from Loan
Jan 2016 Jan 2016 · Loan Dinamo Moskva Anderlecht Loan Loan
Jul 2014 Jul 2014 · Transfer Manchester United Dinamo Moskva Transfer €5.5M
Aug 2012 Aug 2012 · Transfer Vitesse Manchester United Transfer €3.3M

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Vitesse 2007–2027 253 27
De Graafschap 2022–2024 69 6
RKC Waalwijk 2021 27 3
New England 2020 18 0
Dinamo Moskva 2014–2017 36 1
Vitesse U23 2016 7 3
Anderlecht 2015 16 1
Dinamo Moskva Youth 2015 2 1

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