{{Infobox cricketer | name = | country = West Indies | international = | fullname = Keithroy Cornelius | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|5|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast | role = | family = | club1 = United States Virgin Islands | year1 = 2007/08 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = Twenty20 | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = 0 | bat avg1 = 0.00 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 0 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 6 January | year = 2013 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/333022.html Cricinfo }}
'''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.<ref name="NFT" />
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/260/260223/Twenty20_Matches.html|title=Twenty20 Matches played by Keithroy Cornelius|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 January 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/124/124444.html|title=St Kitts v United States Virgin Islands, 2007/08 Stanford 20/20|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 January 2013}}</ref>
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,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/people/us-virgin-islands/63279/keithroy-cornelius/national |title=Player profile: Keithroy Cornelius |publisher=www.goal.com |accessdate=6 January 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref name=RSSSF>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/oldest-youngest.html |title=Oldest and Youngest Players and Goal-scorers in International Football: Men - Oldest Goal-scorers |publisher=RSSSF |date=27 August 2020 |accessdate=24 June 2025 }}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/feb/25/who-is-footballs-oldest-ever-goalscorer |title=Who is football's oldest-ever goalscorer? |website=www.theguardian.com |date=25 February 2015 |accessdate=24 June 2025 }}</ref> but this match was a Victory International, which is not recognized as a full international.<ref name=RSSSF/>
==Football career==
===International === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !National team !Year !Apps !Goals |- | rowspan="9" |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 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !8 !1 |} :''Scores and results list the U.S. Virgin Islands' goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/7085/Keithroy_Cornelius.html|title=Cornelius, Keithroy|publisher=National Football Teams|accessdate=3 May 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" ! No !! Date !! Venue !Cap!! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 15 November 2011 || Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao |8|| {{fb|CUW}} || align=center | '''1'''–2 || align=center | 1–6 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/333022.html Keithroy Cornelius] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/260/260223/260223.html Keithroy Cornelius] at CricketArchive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cornelius, Keithroy}} Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Category:United States Virgin Islands cricketers Category:United States Virgin Islands men's soccer players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:United States Virgin Islands men's international soccer players Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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