Jaswinder "Jazz" Juttla (born 2 August 1977) is a Scottish former

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who played for

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the . The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greenock Morton in 1994 to celebr ...

. Although his career at senior level was short, he is notable as being one of very few people of

Scottish Asian Scottish Asian (Asian-Scottish or Asian-Scots) is a term defined within the 2011 Scottish census as including people of Bangladeshi, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani or other Asian ancestry resident in Scotland. Their parents or grandparents are norm ...

descent to have been involved in professional football in Scotland.

Career

Born in

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and raised in

Bearsden Bearsden ( ) is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the northwestern fringe of Greater Glasgow, approximately from the Glasgow city centre, city centre. The Roman Empire, Roman Antonine Wall runs through the town, and the remains of ...

, with grandparents originating from the

Punjab, India Punjab () is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab, Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the States and union territories of India, Indian states ...

, Juttla came through the

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, winning the

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in 1996 alongside future

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captain

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. Several experienced domestic and foreign players were ahead of him in the queue for selection Juttla was released by Rangers without a senior first team appearance (

Barry Robson Barry Gordon George Robson (born 7 November 1978) is a Scottish football coach and former player, who is the manager of Scottish Championship club Raith Rovers. Robson played as a midfielder for several clubs in Scotland, England and Canada an ...

, who later became an international, was another in that Rangers youth squad who left without playing a match). In 1997, Juttla signed for second-tier

, debuting aged 20. He played in ten league matches in his first season at

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and eight in the second. In 1999, Juttla left professional football to pursue a career as a

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. He continued to play in the

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for several years, firstly with

Johnstone Burgh Johnstone Burgh Football Club is a Scottish football (soccer), football club based in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, and play in . History The club was formed in 1956, in response to an article in the "Johnstone & Linwood Gazette" newspaper from a ...

then

Cumbernauld United Cumbernauld United Football Club are a football club based in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They play at Guy's Meadow in the Cumbernauld Village area of the town. Formed in 1964, they currently compete in the , having previously pla ...

before retiring in 2007. He was named by contemporaries in their 'dream teams' as the best player in his position they had encountered at that level. In his career in law enforcement, he became a

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in the

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force.

References

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Career

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