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Ethan Butera

Squad depthJong Ajax · 20 yrsStarter

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameEthan Butera
PositionCentre-back
NationalityBelgium
Age20
Date of birth16 Apr 2006
Height182 cm
Shirt number#15
ClubJong Ajax
Centre-back
26
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
1798
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Jong Ajax.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

E. Butera is a 20-year-old central defender at Jong Ajax, rated 50.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 31st of 55 on scout potential in the Eerste Divisie and 174th of 653 U-21 players tracked. A young player, he has been a rotation option this season (52.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.55 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Butera.

Judged on this season alone, Butera graded 19 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 6th of 10 of the 10 centre-backs in the Eerste Divisie, on 4 clean sheets and 3.554 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 0 → 19). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 51, 5th of 10 of the 10 centre-backs in the Eerste Divisie. At 20 Butera is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 12.7 reflects that trajectory.

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A career still climbing — Butera is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending up
50.8
Ratingi
5th of 10 centre-backs
18.8
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
52.6%
Minutes
rotation minutes
3.55
Def. actions / 90
solid defensive volume

Output in context · Jong Ajax finished 20th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

26
Apps
3.55
Def. / 90
36
Tackles
27
Interceptions
4
Clean sheets

3.55 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 26 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (20th of 20) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.

Strengths

  • Defensive volume. 3.55 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
  • Ceiling. High potential at just 20 — room to grow into a bigger role.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 52.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

With a Rating of 50.8, Butera carries the 5th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Eerste Divisie of 10, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Jong Ajax finished 20th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.55 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). At 20 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (98/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 20, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Eerste Divisie with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles36
Interceptions27
Blocks8

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards7
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.