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{{Infobox football biography
| name = [[ Million Butshiire]]
| image = Million Butshiire in the Glory Colours.jpeg
| caption =
| fullname = Million Mwenge Butshiire
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|1|19}}
| birth_place = [[Goma]], [[Zaire]]
| death_date =
| height = [[188 centimetres]]
| position = [[Centre Forward]]
| currentclub = [[Harbin Yiteng F.C.|Harbin Yiteng]]

| youthclubs1 = [[Perth SC]]
| youthclubs2 = [[Football West]] National Training Centre
| youthclubs3 = [[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]]

| years1 = 2007-2008
| years2 = 2009
| years3 = 2011
| years4 = 2011-2012
| years5 = 2012-2013
| clubs1 = [[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]]
| clubs2 = [[Swan United FC|Swan United FC]]
| clubs3 = [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.]] PSG Reserves
| clubs4 = [[Bayswater City SC|Bayswater]]
| clubs5 = [[Harbin Yiteng F.C.|Harbin Yiteng]]
| caps1 = 11
| caps2 = 13
| caps3 = 18
| caps4 = 21
| caps5 = 15
| goals1 = 9
| goals2 = 7
| goals3 = 8
| goals4 = 11
| goals5 = 7

| nationalteam1 = [[Australia national under-17 football team|Australia U-17]]
| nationalteam2 = [[Australia national under-20 football team|Australia U-20]]
| nationalgoals1 = 17
| nationalcaps1 = 46
| nationalgoals2 = 9
| nationalcaps2 = 14
| medaltemplates = | club-update =
| nationalteam-update =
}}'''Million Butshiire'''<ref>variantly spelt Milljon Butshire</ref> (born 19 January 1992) is an [[Australia]]n [[association football|football (soccer)]] player.<ref name="ozf1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/B/BUS.html|title=Australian Player Database - BUS|publisher=ozfootball.net|accessdate=2009-07-16}}</ref><ref name="pn2">{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,,23747361-5005401,00.html|title=Perth soccer prodigy Million Butshiire meets Frank Lowy|last=Tomarchio|first=Cameron |date=23 May 2008|publisher=PerthNow|accessdate=2009-07-16}}</ref>

==Early life==
Butshiire was born in [[Goma]], [[Zaire]] (now [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]) in 1992.<ref name="ozf1" /> He is one of seven children born to Jean Baptiste Butshiire Luanda and Louise Bauma.<ref name="immi1">{{cite web|url=http://www.minister.immi.gov.au/media/media-releases/2009/ce09009.htm|title=WA to host nation's largest citizenship ceremony|date=26 January 2009|publisher=Minister for Immigration and Citizenship|accessdate=2009-07-16}}</ref><ref name="stateline1">{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/wa/content/2006/s2289929.htm|title=The African Refugees Playing For Australia|last=Moodie|first=Claire|date=27 June 2008|work=Stateline|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=2009-07-16}}</ref> In 2004 the family of nine left the Democratic Republic of the Congo and came to Australia via [[Uganda]] and [[South Africa]].<ref name="hall1">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/matthewhall/archives/2008/05/2018_football_m.html|title=2018: Football, Meat Pies, Kangaroos|last=Hall|first=Matthew|publisher=Sun Herald|accessdate=2009-07-16}}</ref><ref name="dt1">{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23890120-5001030,00.html|title=Dangerous trips to new lives|last=Murray|first=Les|date=20 June 2008|publisher=Daily Telegraph|accessdate=2009-07-16}}</ref>

==Playing career==
===Club career===
Butshiire was discoved in 2006 at a training clinic run by football coach [[Gary Marocchi]]. Up to this point he had not played any organised football.<ref name="stateline1" /> He soon joined the [[Perth SC]] junior program, touring Europe with the under-15 team in 2007. On the tour in Italy and Spain he went on to win the Cesenatico Cup U15 and made the semi-finals in the youth [[Copa Catalunya]] U15 in Spain 2007.<ref name="fwa1">{{cite web|url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~jacob/wasoccer/archivednews/2007MayJun.htm|title=PERTH STARLETS HEAD TO EUROPE |date=28 June 2007|publisher=Footballwa.net|accessdate=2009-07-16}}</ref>
<ref>http://www.italycup.it/index.php?page=2322</ref>

In June 2009 Butshiire joined [[Football West Premier League]] team [[Swan United FC]].<ref name="west1">{{cite news|url=http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=4&ContentID=149744|title=Canning shock Floreat in Football West Premier League|last=Simcox|first=Peter|date=21 June 2009|publisher=The West Australian|accessdate=2009-07-16}}</ref> After a short successful spell playing first team football at [[Swan United FC]] he enjoyed a successful season with the [[Perth Glory FC]] Youth who were runners up after loosing in the finals to [[Gold Coast United]] in the 2009 [[A-League National Youth League]].
<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League_National_Youth_League#Premiers_and_Champions</ref>

Butshiire was included in the Perth Glory squad that played [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] and [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] in a friendly series in July 2009.<ref name="bt1">{{cite news|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/soccer/glory-lose-out-to-premier-league-side-20090711-dg8e.html|title=Glory lose out to Premier League side|last=Clarke|first=Tim|date=11 July 2009|publisher=Brisbane Times|accessdate=2009-07-16}}</ref>

After spending a few months with Altona Magic in the Melbourne VPL, in the 2010 European summer transfer, Million signed with 13 time League champions and Hungarian Giants [[Budapest Honved FC]]. <ref>http://www.footballfedvic.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Registrations/Players/Professional_League_Player_Register_FFV_Registered_Players_Past___Present_as_at_September_2010.pdf</ref>

Due to certain contractual clauses being breached, he left Honved and spent 5 months in France on a training scholarship with the [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C. Reserves and Academy]] youth set up on a short talent visa.

In July 2012 he signed for sudanese football club [[Harbin Yiteng F.C.|Harbin Yiteng]] on a 12 months contract after spending several months in germany on a pre-contract and being denied a work permit after failing to obtain ITC clearence. <ref>http://www.smh.com.au/sport/football/out-of-africa-a-rich-seam-of-potential-stars-20111223-1p8fm.html</ref>

===International career===
When Butshiire was selected in the [[Australia national under-17 football team|Australian under-17]] team in 2007 [[magnetic resonance imaging]] scans were conducted on the [[epiphyseal plate]] of his wrist to determine his age as his birth records had been left in the Congo. The scans proved he was actually 15 years old at the time.
<ref name="ffa1">{{cite web|url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009MensU17/default.aspx?s=aus_u17men_player_profile_new&pid=1560&tid=187|title=Player Profile - Million Butshiire|publisher=Football Federation Australia|accessdate=2009-07-16}}</ref><ref name="perthnow1">{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22595209-5005408,00.html|title=Three members of under-17 soccer squad arrived as African refugees|last=Smithies|first=Tom|date=16 October 2007|publisher=PerthNow|accessdate=2009-07-16}}</ref>

May 2008, Million met [[Football Federation Australia]] (FFA) chairman Frank Lowy in Darling Habour Sydney as part of the 2018 [[FIFA World Cup]] Development Squad in the early stages of Australia's bid to host the tournement in 2018.
<ref>http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/soccer/lowy-meets-future-socceroos/story-e6frg26u-1111116426388</ref>

In June 2009 he was included in the training squad for the Australian team that played in the [[AFC U-19 Championship]].<ref name="ffa2">{{cite web|url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/2009InsideFFA/default.aspx?s=insideffa_newsfeatures_newsitem_new&id=27959|title=Qantas Next Young Socceroos squad named|date=29 June 2009|publisher=Football Federation Australia|accessdate=2009-07-16}}</ref>

He went to earn over than 41 caps with the Qantas Joeys and was part of the squad that won the [[AFC U-16 Championship]] in singapore 2008 and the Groesbeek International U17 Tournament in the Netherlands. <ref>http://sfcu.com.au/smf111/index.php?topic=9996.0</ref>
<ref>http://www.melbournevictory.net/forum/showthread.php?47365-Qantas-Joeys-win-ASEAN-U-16-Youth-Championship</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

Revision as of 03:58, 22 July 2015

Million Butshiire
Personal information
Full name Million Mwenge Butshiire
Date of birth (1992-01-19) 19 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Goma, Zaire
Height 188 cm
Position(s) Centre Forward
Team information
Current team
Harbin Yiteng
Youth career
Perth SC
Football West National Training Centre
Perth Glory
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007-2008 Perth Glory 11 (9)
2009 Swan United FC 13 (7)
2011 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. PSG Reserves 18 (8)
2011-2012 Bayswater 21 (11)
2012-2013 Harbin Yiteng 15 (7)
International career
Australia U-17 46 (17)
Australia U-20 14 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Million Butshiire[1] (born 19 January 1992) is an Australian football (soccer) player.[2][3]

Early life

Butshiire was born in Goma, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1992.[2] He is one of seven children born to Jean Baptiste Butshiire Luanda and Louise Bauma.[4][5] In 2004 the family of nine left the Democratic Republic of the Congo and came to Australia via Uganda and South Africa.[6][7]

Playing career

Club career

Butshiire was discoved in 2006 at a training clinic run by football coach Gary Marocchi. Up to this point he had not played any organised football.[5] He soon joined the Perth SC junior program, touring Europe with the under-15 team in 2007. On the tour in Italy and Spain he went on to win the Cesenatico Cup U15 and made the semi-finals in the youth Copa Catalunya U15 in Spain 2007.[8] [9]

In June 2009 Butshiire joined Football West Premier League team Swan United FC.[10] After a short successful spell playing first team football at Swan United FC he enjoyed a successful season with the Perth Glory FC Youth who were runners up after loosing in the finals to Gold Coast United in the 2009 A-League National Youth League. [11]

Butshiire was included in the Perth Glory squad that played Wolverhampton Wanderers and Fulham in a friendly series in July 2009.[12]

After spending a few months with Altona Magic in the Melbourne VPL, in the 2010 European summer transfer, Million signed with 13 time League champions and Hungarian Giants Budapest Honved FC. [13]

Due to certain contractual clauses being breached, he left Honved and spent 5 months in France on a training scholarship with the Paris Saint-Germain F.C. Reserves and Academy youth set up on a short talent visa.

In July 2012 he signed for sudanese football club Harbin Yiteng on a 12 months contract after spending several months in germany on a pre-contract and being denied a work permit after failing to obtain ITC clearence. [14]

International career

When Butshiire was selected in the Australian under-17 team in 2007 magnetic resonance imaging scans were conducted on the epiphyseal plate of his wrist to determine his age as his birth records had been left in the Congo. The scans proved he was actually 15 years old at the time. [15][16]

May 2008, Million met Football Federation Australia (FFA) chairman Frank Lowy in Darling Habour Sydney as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Development Squad in the early stages of Australia's bid to host the tournement in 2018. [17]

In June 2009 he was included in the training squad for the Australian team that played in the AFC U-19 Championship.[18]

He went to earn over than 41 caps with the Qantas Joeys and was part of the squad that won the AFC U-16 Championship in singapore 2008 and the Groesbeek International U17 Tournament in the Netherlands. [19] [20]

References

  1. ^ variantly spelt Milljon Butshire
  2. ^ a b "Australian Player Database - BUS". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  3. ^ Tomarchio, Cameron (23 May 2008). "Perth soccer prodigy Million Butshiire meets Frank Lowy". PerthNow. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  4. ^ "WA to host nation's largest citizenship ceremony". Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. 26 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  5. ^ a b Moodie, Claire (27 June 2008). "The African Refugees Playing For Australia". Stateline. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  6. ^ Hall, Matthew. "2018: Football, Meat Pies, Kangaroos". Sun Herald. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  7. ^ Murray, Les (20 June 2008). "Dangerous trips to new lives". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  8. ^ "PERTH STARLETS HEAD TO EUROPE". Footballwa.net. 28 June 2007. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  9. ^ http://www.italycup.it/index.php?page=2322
  10. ^ Simcox, Peter (21 June 2009). "Canning shock Floreat in Football West Premier League". The West Australian. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  11. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-League_National_Youth_League#Premiers_and_Champions
  12. ^ Clarke, Tim (11 July 2009). "Glory lose out to Premier League side". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  13. ^ http://www.footballfedvic.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Registrations/Players/Professional_League_Player_Register_FFV_Registered_Players_Past___Present_as_at_September_2010.pdf
  14. ^ http://www.smh.com.au/sport/football/out-of-africa-a-rich-seam-of-potential-stars-20111223-1p8fm.html
  15. ^ "Player Profile - Million Butshiire". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  16. ^ Smithies, Tom (16 October 2007). "Three members of under-17 soccer squad arrived as African refugees". PerthNow. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  17. ^ http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/soccer/lowy-meets-future-socceroos/story-e6frg26u-1111116426388
  18. ^ "Qantas Next Young Socceroos squad named". Football Federation Australia. 29 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  19. ^ http://sfcu.com.au/smf111/index.php?topic=9996.0
  20. ^ http://www.melbournevictory.net/forum/showthread.php?47365-Qantas-Joeys-win-ASEAN-U-16-Youth-Championship