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
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|1996–97||10||0
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|1997–98||rowspan="2"|Brisbane Strikers||rowspan="2"|National Soccer League||22||2
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|1998–99||24||3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

National team statistics

 Australia national teamYearAppsGoals200081200120200200200310200440Total151

Australia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Laybutt goal

+ List of international goals scored by Stephen LaybuttNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition123 February 2000Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary41–03–0Friendly

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

References

Other websites
 Oz Football profile


Category:1977 births
Category:2024 deaths
Category:Australian soccer players
Category:Sportspeople from New South Wales