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{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jazz Juttla
| image = 
| fullname = Jaswinder Juttla
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|08|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Glasgow]], Scotland
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = {{convert|1.68|m|order=flip}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=12202|title=Jazz Juttla|website=SoccerBase|accessdate=14 September 2018}}</ref>
| position = [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|Right back]]
| youthyears1 = 1994–1997
| youthclubs1 = [[Rangers F.C. Under-20s and Academy|Rangers]]
| years1 =   1997–1999
| clubs1 =  [[Greenock Morton F.C.|Greenock Morton]]
| caps1= 18
| goals1 = 0
| years2 =   
| clubs2 =  [[Johnstone Burgh F.C.|Johnstone Burgh]]
| years3 =   
| clubs3 =  [[Cumbernauld United F.C.|Cumbernauld United]]
}}
'''Jaswinder "Jazz" Juttla''' (born 2 August 1977) is a Scottish former [[association football|footballer]] who played for [[Greenock Morton F.C.|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.<ref name=chance/><ref name=market/><ref name=tiger/><ref name=missing>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/gordon-parks-asian-stars-footballs-4178523|title=Gordon Parks: Asian stars are football's missing men|work=Daily Record|date=7 September 2014|accessdate=13 September 2018}}</ref>

==Career==
Born in [[Glasgow]] and raised in [[Bearsden]], with grandparents originating from the [[Punjab, India]],<ref name=market>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/rangers-are-right-to-tap-into-indian-market-1086637|title=Rangers are right to tap into Indian market by looking at stars, says former player Jazz Juttla|work=Daily Record|author=Scott McDermott|date=12 November 2011|accessdate=13 September 2018}}</ref> Juttla came through the [[youth system]] at [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]], winning the [[Scottish Youth Cup]] in 1995<ref name=chance>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/football-they-think-theyve-no-chance-before-even-kicking-a-ball-1291479.html|title=Football: They think they've no chance before even kicking a ball|work=[[The Independent]]|author=Olivia Blair|date=1 November 1997|accessdate=13 September 2018}}</ref> and the [[Glasgow Cup]] in 1996<ref>{{cite web|url= https://twitter.com/rangersfacts/status/499314841501581313|title= Some famous & not so famous Rangers Youths who made it 5 Glasgow Cups in a Row v Celtic in '96! (image)|publisher=RangersHistory on [[Twitter]]|date=12 August 2014|accessdate=14 September 2018}}</ref> alongside future [[Scotland national football team|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<ref name=market/><ref name=chance/> ([[Barry Robson]], who later became an international, was another in that Rangers youth squad who left without playing a match).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/barry-robson-could-have-had-10-years-1009874|title=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|publisher=The Daily Record|date=15 February 2009|accessdate=13 September 2018}}</ref>

In 1997, having been released by Rangers, Juttla signed for second-tier [[Greenock Morton F.C.|Greenock Morton]],<ref name=tiger>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Jazz+is+football%27s+Tiger.-a060997348|title=Jazz is football's Tiger|work=Daily Record|via=[[TheFreeDictionary.com|TheFreeLibrary]]|date=26 September 1997|accessdate=13 September 2018}}</ref> making his debut aged 20 but only featuring in ten league matches in his first season at [[Cappielow]] and eight in the second.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fitbastats.com/morton/player.php?playerid=661|title=Morton player Jaswinder Juttla|website=FitbaStats|accessdate=13 September 2018}}</ref>

In 1999, Juttla left professional football to pursue a career as a [[police officer]]. He continued to play in the [[Scottish Junior Football Association|Junior grade]] for several years, firstly with [[Johnstone Burgh F.C.|Johnstone Burgh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3A+Cup+win+a+big+Bens+boost%3B+CENTRAL.-a085867124|title=Football: Cup win a big Bens boost; Central|work=Daily Record|via=[[TheFreeDictionary.com|TheFreeLibrary]]|date=13 May 2002|accessdate=14 September 2018}}</ref><ref name=campbell>{{cite web|url=https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/13308557.Greenock_boss_Campbell_enjoys_reminiscing_over_some_true_greats_as_he_selects_his_Dream_Team/|title=Greenock boss Campbell enjoys reminiscing over some true greats as he selects his Dream Team|work=[[Evening Times]]|author=Jim O'Donnell|date=20 May 2015|accessdate=13 September 2018}}</ref> then [[Cumbernauld United F.C.|Cumbernauld United]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk/sport/trophy-winners-in-ayrshire-1-351658|title=Trophy winners in Ayrshire|work=Cumbernauld News|date=2 August 2006|accessdate=13 September 2018}}</ref> before retiring in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressreader.com/uk/evening-times/20071106/282424164864578|title=Curran seeks glove affair... Sexton is out|work=[[Evening Times]]|author=Jim O'Donnell|via=[[PressReader]]|date=6 November 2007|accessdate=13 September 2018}}</ref> He was named by contemporaries in their 'dream teams' as the best player in his position they had encountered at that level.<ref name=juniors>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejuniors.info/2015/02/andy-scott-interview/|title=Andy Scott Interview|website=The Juniors|author=Graham Dunn|date=26 February 2015|accessdate=13 September 2018}}</ref><ref name=campbell/> In his career in law enforcement, he became a [[detective]] in the [[Police Scotland]] force.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/cops-hunt-gang-who-battered-12602156|title=Cops hunt gang who battered 23-year-old in vicious attack on a busy Glasgow street|work=Daily Record|date=26 May 2018|accessdate=13 September 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[British Asians in association football]]

==References==
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[[Category:People from Bearsden]]
[[Category:Footballers from Glasgow]]
[[Category:Scottish men's footballers]]
[[Category:Scottish people of Indian descent]]
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[[Category:Scottish police officers]]
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[[Category:Scottish Junior Football Association players]]
[[Category:Rangers F.C. players]]
[[Category:Greenock Morton F.C. players]]
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[[Category:British Asian footballers]]
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