Bangladesh Football Federation had been trying to rope in a high-profile coach for the BFF Elite Academy following the departure of former technical director Paul Thomas Smalley who also looked after the academy as well as the youth teams.
The federation finally managed to convince former West Ham United midfielder Peter Butler to take charge of the academy that currently has two age-group youth sides.
Born on August 27, 1966, Butler grew up in West Yorkshire, England with the dream of becoming a professional footballer and playing for big clubs.
He started his playing career with local outfit Huddersfield Town in the English Football League Championship.
He is a Leeds United fan and wanted to play for them but that never happened as he kicked off his English Premier League journey with the Hammers.
He made 78 appearances for the Irons from 1992-94.
During the late stage of his playing career, Butler was both manager and player for Halifax Town and Sorrento FC before retiring with over 500 appearances in English football.
He obtained all his coaching licenses from the English Football Association.
He now holds the UEFA Pro License.
From 2002-13, Butler managed several professional clubs in South East Asian countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.
Butler was appointed manager of the Botswana national team in 2014 and within three years he took the African country to 86th in the FIFA rankings.
He resigned from the Botswana job to take charge of South Africa's Premier Soccer League side Platinum Stars as the new head coach for only three months before moving to Indonesia again.
In 2019, he became the head coach of Liberia national team and continued coaching there for three years.
He also worked as technical director of Burmese club Yangon United FC in 2009-10 and was responsible for setting up an academy in Myanmar.
When asked why he decided to work for BFF Elite Academy despite having such a vast coaching experience with national teams and professional clubs, he said during his three years in Liberia, he decided he needed a new challenge and a change.
“This opportunity came up,” Butler informed while talking to reporters in Dhaka Thursday.
“Some people may say I’m over qualified for it which I disagree with. You can learn something from everybody.
“I’m a simple humble guy from Yorkshire. I can help these young players. The coaches are around so that I can pass my knowledge. If they can learn from me and I can learn from them, the development of Bangladesh football will improve over my period.
“I’m a big believer in youth. You may ask me why I coached national team level for long time and came to work with youth level because these lives are the footprints of future of Bangladesh football.”