Adrián Butzke Benavides (born 30 March 1999) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a striker for club

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on loan from

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Club career

Born in

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to a

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father and a

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mother, Butzke joined

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's youth setup from hometown side CA Monachil. In July 2018, after finishing his formation, he was assigned to

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CD Huétor Vega in

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. Butzke made his senior debut on 26 August 2018, starting in a 0–2 home loss against

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. He first appeared with the reserves on 2 September, coming on as a late substitute for Eliseo Falcón in a 0–1

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home loss against

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. Butzke scored his first senior goal on 11 November 2018, netting Huétor Vega's second in a 4–3 away win over Martos CD. The following July, after scoring nine goals for the farm team, he was definitely promoted to the B-side. On 29 June 2020, Butzke renewed his contract with the ''Nazaríes'' until 2022. On 4 September, however, he was loaned to fellow third-tier side Haro Deportivo for the campaign. Upon returning in July 2021, Butzke was again a member of Granada B, with the side now in the Segunda División RFEF. He made his first-team debut on 30 November, starting and scoring a

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in a 7–0 away routing of

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in the season's

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. Butzke made his professional – and

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– debut on 19 December 2021, replacing goalscorer Jorge Molina in a 4–1 home routing of

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. The following 14 January, he renewed his contract until 2026, and moved on loan to

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side F.C. Paços de Ferreira late in the month. On 24 August 2022, after spending the entire pre-season with Granada, Butzke returned to Paços on a one-year loan deal. On 6 July 2023,

announced his signing on a permanent three-year deal. On 17 January 2025, after a period on loan at CD Nacional, Butzke returned to Spain after joining

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side

also in a temporary deal.

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* * * 1999 births Living people Footballers from the Province of Granada Spanish men's footballers Spanish people of German descent Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División B players Segunda Federación players Tercera División players Primeira Liga players CD Huétor Vega players Club Recreativo Granada players Haro Deportivo players Granada CF footballers F.C. Paços de Ferreira players Vitória S.C. players C.D. Nacional players CD Mirandés footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal 21st-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-footy-forward-stub