Stephen Laybutt

**Stephen Laybutt** (3 September 1977 – 13 January 2024) was an Australian football player. He played for Australia national team.

## Death

Laybutt was reported missing on 13 January 2024 when he could not be contacted after having last been seen the previous night. Police discovered his body on 14 January 2024 in bushland near Cabarita Beach, New South Wales. He was 46.

## Club career statistics

|-
|1995–96||rowspan="2"|Wollongong Wolves||rowspan="2"|National Soccer League||7||0
|-
|1996–97||10||0
|-
|1997–98||rowspan="2"|Brisbane Strikers||rowspan="2"|National Soccer League||22||2
|-
|1998–99||24||3

|-
|1999||Bellmare Hiratsuka||J. League 1||10||0

|-
|1999–00||Parramatta Power||National Soccer League||7||1

|-
|2000–01||Roosendaal||Eredivisie||3||0

|-
|2001||Lyn Oslo||Premier League||6||0

|-
|2001–02||Sydney Olympic||National Soccer League||12||1
|-
|2002–03||Brisbane Strikers||National Soccer League||22||1

|-
|2003–04||Mouscron||First Division||30||1
|-
|2004–05||rowspan="3"|Gent||rowspan="3"|First Division||30||1
|-
|2005–06||26||0
|-
|2006–07||14||0

|-
|2007–08||Newcastle United Jets||A-League||10||0
114||8
10||0
3||0
6||0
100||2
233||10

## National team statistics

|colspan=3|Australia national team||
| --- | --- | --- |
|2000|8|1|
|2001|2|0|
|2002|0|0|
|2003|1|0|
|2004|4|0|

- _Australia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Laybutt goal_

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|23 February 2000|Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary|4||1–0|3–0|Friendly|||||||||||

## Honours

**With Australia:**
- OFC Nations Cup: 2000, 2004
**With Sydney Olympic:**
- NSL Championship: 2001-2002

## Other websites

- Oz Football profile

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Stephen Laybutt
- **fullname**: Stephen John Laybutt
- **image**: SteveLaybut.jpg
- **caption**: Laybutt training with Newcastle Jets FC, Newcastle Jets
- **image size**: 200
- **birth place**: Lithgow, New South Wales, Lithgow, Australia
- **death place**: Cabarita Beach, New South Wales, Cabarita Beach, Australia
- **position**: Defender (association football), Centre back
- **youthyears1**: 1994–1995
- **youthclubs1**: Australian Institute of Sport - Football (soccer), AIS
- **years1**: 1995–1997
- **years2**: 1997–1999
- **years3**: 1999
- **years4**: 1999–2000
- **years5**: 2000–2002
- **years6**: 2000–2001
- **years7**: 2001
- **years8**: 2002
- **years9**: 2002–2003
- **years10**: 2003–2004
- **years11**: 2004–2007
- **years12**: 2007–2008
- **years13**: 2009–2010
- **clubs1**: Wollongong Wolves
- **clubs2**: Brisbane Strikers
- **clubs3**: Shonan Bellmare, Bellmare Hiratsuka
- **clubs4**: Parramatta Power
- **clubs5**: Feyenoord
- **clubs6**: →RBC Roosendaal (loan)
- **clubs7**: →FC Lyn Oslo, Lyn Oslo (loan)
- **clubs8**: Sydney Olympic FC, Sydney Olympic
- **clubs9**: Brisbane Strikers
- **clubs10**: R.E. Mouscron, Excelsior Mouscron
- **clubs11**: K.A.A. Gent, Gent
- **clubs12**: Newcastle Jets FC, Newcastle Jets
- **clubs13**: Dandaloo FC
- **caps1**: 29
- **goals1**: 2
- **caps2**: 68
- **goals2**: 6
- **caps3**: 10
- **goals3**: 0
- **caps4**: 7
- **goals4**: 1
- **caps5**: 0
- **goals5**: 0
- **caps6**: 3
- **goals6**: 0
- **caps7**: 6
- **goals7**: 0
- **caps8**: 12
- **goals8**: 1
- **caps9**: 22
- **goals9**: 1
- **caps10**: 30
- **goals10**: 1
- **caps11**: 70
- **goals11**: 1
- **caps12**: 10
- **goals12**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 1998–2000
- **nationalyears2**: 2000–2004
- **nationalteam1**: Australia national under-23 football team, Australia U-23
- **nationalteam2**: Australia national football (soccer) team, Australia
- **nationalcaps1**: 14
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalcaps2**: 15
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **club-update**: 17 January 2008
- **nationalteam-update**: 17 September 2007