Desire Montgomery Butler (born 5 January 1967) is a former association football and cricket player from British Virgin Islands (BVI). In football, he played as a goalkeeper for Islanders FC and for the BVI national team. In cricket he played as a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper for the BVI national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Desire Montgomery Butler | ||
Date of birth | (1967-01-05) 5 January 1967 (age 55) | ||
Place of birth | British Virgin Islands | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Islanders FC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2009 | Veterans | ||
2009–2018 | Islanders FC | ||
National team | |||
2000–2012 | British Virgin Islands | 15 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
The BVI were invited to take part in the 2006 Stanford 20/20, whose matches held official Twenty20 status. Butler made a single appearance in the tournament against Saint Lucia in a preliminary round defeat,[1] with him ending the British Virgin Islands innings of 105/9 unbeaten without scoring.[2]
Butler played in both BVI qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cups of 2002, 2006, and 2010.[3] He was captain of the BVI side in the 2008 Caribbean Cup qualification match against St Kitts and Nevis.[4][5]
International
National Team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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British Virgin Islands[6] | |||
2000 | 2 | 0 | |
2004 | 7 | 0 | |
2008 | 4 | 0 | |
2010 | 1 | 0 | |
2012 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 15 | 0 | |
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