View source for Piet Buter

{{Short description|Dutch football manager}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2009}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Piet Buter
| image                = Portret van oud voetballer Piet Buter, 1997.jpg
| caption              = Buter in 1997
| fullname             = 
| birth_date           = {{birth date and age|1949|6|6|df=y}}
| birth_place          = [[Haarlem]], Netherlands
| currentclub          =
| manageryears1        =  1987–1989
| manageryears2        = 1989–1991
| manageryears3        = 1991–1992
| manageryears4        = 1992–1993
| manageryears5        = 2006–2009
| manageryears6        = 2009–2011
| managerclubs1        = [[Netherlands women's national football team|Netherlands women]]
| managerclubs2        = [[FC Wageningen]]
| managerclubs3        = [[FC Emmen]]
| managerclubs4        = [[FC Eindhoven]]
| managerclubs5        = [[FC Utrecht]] ''(technical director)''
| managerclubs6        = [[Iran national football team|Iran]] ''(assistant coach)''
}}
'''Piet Buter''' ({{IPA|nl|pid ˈbytər}}; born 6 June 1949) is a [[soccer]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]] from [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]. After a number of coaching positions and a spell as technical director of [[FC Utrecht]], he was assistant coach to the [[Iran national football team]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rtvnh.nl/sport/index.asp?newsid=97586&tijdlijn=1|title = NH Nieuws}}</ref>

==Life and early career==
Piet Buter was born in Haarlem, Netherlands, and in his younger years played amateur soccer for VV Schoten. An injury cut short his playing career, and he turned to coaching instead.

Buter began his coaching career with SV Cronje, and subsequently had spells at [[VV Noordwijk]] and RCH. He spent a period under contract with the [[Royal Dutch Football Association|Dutch Football Association]].

==Professional career==
From 1989 to 1991, Buter was coach of Dutch first division club [[FC Wageningen]], and in successive seasons took the club to 10th and 15th positions in the league. In his second season with Wageningen he shared his duties with [[Willem van Hanegem]] (who went on to coach [[FC Utrecht]]), as his assistant coach.

In 1991 Buter moved to [[FC Emmen]]. But he only managed an eighteenth-place finish, and was replaced by [[René Notten]]. Buter then moved on to [[FC Eindhoven]] for one season.

In 1993, he took a break from his coaching career, but returned in 2006 to take on the role of Technical Director at FC Utrecht, where he stayed until 2009.

In 2009, Buter left Utrecht and took the job of assistant coach with the [[Iran national football team]].

==Controversies==
In March 2008, the Dutch FA stated there were no connections between FC Utrecht and player agency Grandstand. Buter had been involved with the company and since he was technical director at Utrecht at the time, there were accusations of a conflict of interest.<ref>[https://www.rtvutrecht.nl/sport/182278/knvb-geen-banden-buter-met-grandstand KNVB: Geen banden Buter met Grandstand] - RTV Utrecht {{in lang|nl}}</ref>

In July 2022, former Dutch footballer and manager [[Vera Pauw]] accused an unnamed Dutch FA director and later football manager of sexually assaulting her during her playing career.<ref>[https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/07/01/ze-hebben-mijn-leven-geruineerd-vertelt-oud-bondscoach-vera-pauw-over-haar-conflict-met-de-knvb-a4135293 ‘Ze hebben mijn leven geruïneerd’, zegt oud-bondscoach Vera Pauw over de KNVB] - NRC {{in lang|nl}}</ref> Buter then declared he assumed her to accuse him and denied all allegations except for having an affair with her at the time.<ref>[https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetbal/voormalig-fc-utrecht-directeur-piet-buter-ontkent-verkrachting-vera-pauw-ik-ben-totaal-verbijsterd~a3d1939d/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.nl%2F Voormalig FC Utrecht-directeur Piet Buter ontkent verkrachting Vera Pauw: ‘Ik ben totaal verbijsterd’] - AD {{in lang|nl}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Netherlands women's national football team managers}}
{{FC Wageningen managers}}
{{FC Emmen managers}}
{{FC Eindhoven managers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Buter, Piet}}
[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Haarlem]]
[[Category:Dutch football managers]]
[[Category:Netherlands women's national football team managers]]
[[Category:FC Wageningen managers]]
[[Category:FC Emmen managers]]
[[Category:FC Eindhoven managers]]
[[Category:Eerste Divisie managers]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Iran]]
[[Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Iran]]
[[Category:FC Utrecht non-playing staff]]
[[Category:Dutch football agents]]
{{Netherlands-footy-bio-stub}}