Keithroy Cornelius
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| Full name | Keithroy Cornelius | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 May 1968 Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 2007/08 | United States Virgin Islands | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 January 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Keithroy Cornelius (born 3 May 1968) is a former West Indian cricketer. Cornelius was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He also plays association football for the United States Virgin Islands football team.
In February 2008, the United States Virgin Islands were invited to take part in the 2008 Stanford 20/20, whose matches held official Twenty20 status. Cornelius made a single appearance for the team in their preliminary round match against St Kitts.[1] In a match which they won by 4 wickets, he bowled two expensive wicketless overs which cost 20 runs, while with the bat he was dismissed for a duck by Elsroy Powell.[2]
In football, Cornelius has made six appearances for the United States Virgin Islands, the last of which came in a 6–1 defeat to Curaçao in a 2014 World Cup qualifier on 15 November 2011, in which he scored his team's only goal,[3] becoming, at the age of 43 years and 196 days, the oldest-ever international goalscorer in world football, breaking the 17-year-old record set by Roger Milla in the 1994 World Cup at the age of 42 years and 39 days.[4] Some sources, however, state that the holder of this record is Wales' Billy Meredith, who scored against England in 1919, at the age of 45,[5] but this match was a Victory International, which is not recognized as a full international.[4]
Football career
[edit]International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list the U.S. Virgin Islands' goal tally first.[6]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 November 2011 | Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao |  Curaçao |
1–2 | 1–6 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
[edit]- ^ "Twenty20 Matches played by Keithroy Cornelius". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ^ "St Kitts v United States Virgin Islands, 2007/08 Stanford 20/20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ^ "Player profile: Keithroy Cornelius". www.goal.com. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Oldest and Youngest Players and Goal-scorers in International Football: Men - Oldest Goal-scorers". RSSSF. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ^ "Who is football's oldest-ever goalscorer?". www.theguardian.com. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ^ "Cornelius, Keithroy". National Football Teams. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
External links
[edit]- Keithroy Cornelius at ESPNcricinfo
- Keithroy Cornelius at CricketArchive
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