{{Short description|Pakistani footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ayaz Butt | image = | caption = | fullname = Muhammad Ayaz Butt | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1957|09|27}} | birth_place = Pakistan | height = | position = Defender | years1 = | clubs1 = | nationalyears1 = 1982 | nationalteam1 = Pakistan | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | managerclubs1 = Khan Research Laboratories (team manager) | manageryears1 = 2006– | manageryears2 = 2019 | managerclubs2 = Pakistan (team manager) }} '''Muhammad Ayaz Butt''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|محمد ایاز بٹ}}}}; born 27 September 1957), is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a defender and manager. Butt represented the Pakistan national football team at the 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament, and served as team manager of Khan Research Laboratories.
== Playing career == Butt played as a defender.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-09-18 |title=KRL face PAF in Pakistan Premier League today |url=https://nation.com.pk/18-Sep-2010/KRL-face-PAF-in-Pakistan-Premier-League-today |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=The Nation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2008-08-02 |title=Premier Football League: KRL to take on Afghans FC on August 3 |url=http://www.brecorder.com/news/3537979 |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=Brecorder |language=en}}</ref> He represented the Pakistan national football team at the 1982 Quaid-e-Azam International Tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-04-13 |title=KRL to utilise Challenge Cup as training camp |url=https://nation.com.pk/13-Apr-2010/KRL-to-utilise-Challenge-Cup-as-training-camp |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=The Nation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Quaid-E-Azam International Cup (Pakistan) |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesq/quaid-e-azam.html#82 |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>
== Managerial career == Butt joined Khan Research Laboratories football setup as team manager in 2006.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Tatheer |date=2020-07-18 |title=KRL to make footballers feel more secure |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/688227-krl-to-make-footballers-feel-more-secure |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}</ref> He also served as Principal Scientific Officer of the department.<ref name=":0" /> Butt subsequently oversaw the club's rise to domestic dominance, including five Pakistan Premier League titles and six National Challenge Cups, and a stunt to the 2013 AFC President's Cup final, the first time a Pakistani club reached an Asian club final round.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wasim |first=Umaid |date=2017-01-30 |title=After President's Cup crown, KRL hungry for more glory |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1311500 |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=Dawn |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wasim |first=Umaid |date=2018-11-24 |title=No AFC Cup slot for winners of this season's controversy-filled PPFL |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1447261 |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=Dawn |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wasim |first=Umaid |date=2017-11-23 |title=KRL's bid to reassert domestic supremacy begins with narrow win |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1372184 |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=Dawn |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=natasha.raheel |date=2019-01-14 |title=Pakistan Premier Football League: KRL crowned champions for record fifth time |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1888117/pakistan-premier-football-league-krl-crowned-champions-record-fifth-time |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Newspaper |first=From the |date=2012-05-05 |title=Erchim, Taipower arrive for AFC President's Cup |url=https://www.dawn.com/2012/05/05/erchim-taipower-arrive-for-afc-presidents-cup/ |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=Dawn |language=en}}{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
In December 2019 he was named Pakistan national team manager for a friendly tour to Malaysia.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 December 2019 |title=Ayaz, Lutfi and Gohar named officials for Pakistan's tour of Malaysia |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1524600 |work=Dawn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=The Newspaper's Sports |date=2019-12-27 |title=Ayaz, Lutfi and Gohar named officials for Pakistan's tour of Malaysia |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1524600 |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=Dawn |language=en}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
=== International === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strack-Zimmermann |first=Benjamin |title=Ayaz Butt (Player) |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/100733/Ayaz_Butt.html |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=www.national-football-teams.com |language=en}}</ref> !National team !Year !Apps !Goals |- |Pakistan |1982 |1 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !1 !0 |}
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== External links ==
* {{NFT player|pid=100733}} * {{GSA player|ayaz-butt/247432}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Butt, Ayaz}} Category:1957 births Category:Pakistani men's footballers Category:Pakistan men's international footballers Category:Pakistani football managers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Living people