Desire Montgomery Butler

Desire Montgomery Butler
Personal information
Full name Desire Montgomery Butler
Date of birth (1967-01-05) 5 January 1967
Place of birth British Virgin Islands
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Veterans
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004– Veterans
National team
2000–2014 British Virgin Islands

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


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 goalkeeper for Veterans and for the BVI national team. In cricket he played as a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper for the BVI national team.

Cricket

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]

Football

Butler played in all six 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]

Butler was recalled to the BVI Squad for the qualification round of the 2014 Caribbean Cup.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Twenty20 Matches played by Montgomery Butler". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "British Virgin Islands v Saint Lucia, 2006 Stanford 20/20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "British Virgin Islands Desire BUTLER (05/01/1967)". World football: statistics and records. FIFA. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Williams, Lesroy W. (September 26, 2008). "ST. KITTS-NEVIS THRASHES BVI IN DIGICEL CARIBBEAN CHAMPS 2008". SKN Observer. pp. No. 726. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "St Kitts waltz to 4-0 victory over BVI". caribbeannewsnow. September 26, 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  6. ↑ http://bvinews.com/bvi/footballers-gone-to-caribbean-cup/
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