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 played association football for the United States Virgin Islands football team between 2004 and 2011.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]
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,[4] 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.[5] 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,[6] but this match was a Victory International, which is not recognized as a full international.[5]
Football career
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States Virgin Islands | |||
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | 8 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list the U.S. Virgin Islands' goal tally first.[1]
| No | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 November 2011 | Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao | 8 | Curaçao | 1–2 | 1–6 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
- ^ a b "Cornelius, Keithroy". National Football Teams. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Keithroy Cornelius at ESPNcricinfo
- Keithroy Cornelius at CricketArchive