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Stephen Laybutt

Laybutt training with Newcastle Jets
Personal information
Full name	Stephen John Laybutt
Date of birth	(1977-09-03)3 September 1977
Place of birth	Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death	January 2024(2024-01-00) (aged 46)
Place of death	Cabarita Beach, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Youth career
1994–1995	AIS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995–1997	Wollongong Wolves	29	(2)
1997–1999	Brisbane Strikers	68	(6)
1999	Bellmare Hiratsuka	10	(0)
1999–2000	Parramatta Power	7	(1)
2000–2002	Feyenoord	0	(0)
2000–2001	→RBC Roosendaal (loan)	3	(0)
2001	→Lyn Oslo (loan)	6	(0)
2002	Sydney Olympic	12	(1)
2002–2003	Brisbane Strikers	22	(1)
2003–2004	Excelsior Mouscron	30	(1)
2004–2007	Gent	70	(1)
2007–2008	Newcastle Jets	10	(0)
2009–2010	Dandaloo FC
National team‡
1998–2000	Australia U-23	14	(1)
2000–2004	Australia	15	(1)
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2008. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 September 2007

Stephen John Laybutt (3 September 1977 – January 2024) was an Australian soccer player.

Playing career

Laybutt was released by Dutch side Feyenoord in January 2002 to return to Australia, following a loan spell at Lyn Oslo, due to a lack of first team opportunities.

In January 2008, Laybutt suffered an achilles tendon rupture, ruling him out for the remainder of the 2008–09 A-League.

Personal life and death

Following his playing career, Laybutt came out as gay. As of 2021, Laybutt worked in the rehab unit at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney. There, he met patient Ian Pavey, to whom he donated a kidney.

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 statistics

National team statistics

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

List of international goals scored by Stephen Laybutt

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	23 February 2000	Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary	4	Hungary	1–0	3–0	Friendly

Honours

Sydney Olympic

• NSL Championship: 2001–2002

Australia

• OFC Nations Cup: 2000, 2004

See also

In Spanish: Stephen Laybutt para niños