Name Desire Butler 2004– Veterans | Years Team Playing position Date joined 2000 | |
Full name Desire Montgomery Butler Date of birth (1967-01-05) 5 January 1967 (age 48) Role Association football player Current team British Virgin Islands national football team (Goalkeeper) | ||
Place of birth British Virgin Islands | ||
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.
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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, with him ending the British Virgin Islands innings of 105/9 unbeaten without scoring.
Football
Butler played in all six BVI qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cups of 2002, 2006, and 2010. He was captain of the BVI side in the 2008 Caribbean Cup qualification match against St Kitts and Nevis.
Butler was recalled to the BVI Squad for the qualification round of the 2014 Caribbean Cup.