Alexander Anatolyevich Butko

Alexander Butko
portrait
Date of birth	March 18, 1986
place of birth	Hrodna, Soviet Union
size	1.98 m
position	passing
societies
2001–2003 2003–2004 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–2009 since 2009	Kommunalnik Hrodna VK Dynamo Moscow VK Lutsch Moscow VK Lokomotiv Novosibirsk VK Iskra Odinzowo VK Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
National team
since 2009	A national team
successes
3 times in 2012	Russian runner-up Olympic champion
As of August 22, 2012

Alexander Anatoljewitsch Butko ( Russian Александр Анатольевич Бутько , English transcription: Alexander Butko ; born March 18, 1986 in Hrodna ) is a Russian volleyball player .

Career

Butko started his career in 2001 with the Belarusian association Kommunalnik Hrodna . In 2003 the setter moved to the Russian league for VK Dynamo Moscow . He also played for Luch Moscow in the capital before joining VK Iskra Odintsovo . From there he moved to his current club VK Lokomotiv Novosibirsk . With Dynamo Moscow, Odintsovo and Novosibirsk Butko was each runner-up. In 2009 he made his debut for the Russian national team in the world league match against Cuba . In 2012 he won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in London .

Web links

• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile in the World League 2011 (English)
• Profile at CEV (English)
• Alexander Anatoljewitsch Butko in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )