Jazz Juttla

Jaswinder "Jazz" Juttla (born 2 August 1977) is a Scottish former footballer who played for Greenock Morton. Although his career at senior level was short, he is notable as being one of very few people of Scottish Asian descent to have been involved in professional football in Scotland.^[2][3][4][5]

Jazz Juttla

Personal information
Full name	Jaswinder Juttla
Date of birth	(1977-08-02) 2 August 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)^[1]
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
1994–1997	Rangers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1999	Greenock Morton	18	(0)
	Johnstone Burgh
	Cumbernauld United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Glasgow and raised in Bearsden, with grandparents originating from the Punjab, India,^[3] Juttla came through the youth system at Rangers, winning the Scottish Youth Cup in 1995^[2] and the Glasgow Cup in 1996^[6] alongside future Scotland captain Barry Ferguson, but he did not make a senior appearance for the club, with several experienced domestic and foreign players ahead in the queue for selection^[3][2] (Barry Robson, who later became an international, was another in that Rangers youth squad who left without playing a match).^[7]

In 1997, having been released by Rangers, Juttla signed for second-tier Greenock Morton,^[4] making his debut aged 20 but only featuring in ten league matches in his first season at Cappielow and eight in the second.^[8]

In 1999, Juttla left professional football to pursue a career as a police officer. He continued to play in the Junior grade for several years, firstly with Johnstone Burgh^[9][10] then Cumbernauld United^[11] before retiring in 2007.^[12] He was named by contemporaries in their 'dream teams' as the best player in his position they had encountered at that level.^[13][10] In his career in law enforcement, he became a detective in the Police Scotland force.^[14]

See also

• British Asians in association football

References

1. "Jazz Juttla". SoccerBase. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
2. Olivia Blair (1 November 1997). "Football: They think they've no chance before even kicking a ball". The Independent. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
3. Scott McDermott (12 November 2011). "Rangers are right to tap into Indian market by looking at stars, says former player Jazz Juttla". Daily Record. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
4. "Jazz is football's Tiger". Daily Record. 26 September 1997. Retrieved 13 September 2018 – via TheFreeLibrary.
5. "Gordon Parks: Asian stars are football's missing men". Daily Record. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
6. "Some famous & not so famous Rangers Youths who made it 5 Glasgow Cups in a Row v Celtic in '96! (image)". RangersHistory on Twitter. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
7. "Barry Robson could have had 10 years at the top if he'd screwed nut as a kid, says ex-Rangers youth coach John Brown". The Daily Record. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
8. "Morton player Jaswinder Juttla". FitbaStats. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
9. "Football: Cup win a big Bens boost; Central". Daily Record. 13 May 2002. Retrieved 14 September 2018 – via TheFreeLibrary.
10. Jim O'Donnell (20 May 2015). "Greenock boss Campbell enjoys reminiscing over some true greats as he selects his Dream Team". Evening Times. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
11. "Trophy winners in Ayrshire". Cumbernauld News. 2 August 2006. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
12. Jim O'Donnell (6 November 2007). "Curran seeks glove affair... Sexton is out". Evening Times. Retrieved 13 September 2018 – via PressReader.
13. Graham Dunn (26 February 2015). "Andy Scott Interview". The Juniors. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
14. "Cops hunt gang who battered 23-year-old in vicious attack on a busy Glasgow street". Daily Record. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.