Adrian Butters

{{Short description|Guyanese footballer (born 1988)}}

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|birth_place = Canada

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|position = Defender

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|college1 = Ontario Tech Ridgebacks

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|clubs1 = Toronto Lynx

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|years2 = 2011

|clubs2 = Woodlands Wellington

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|years3 = 2012

|clubs3 = Juventus IF

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|clubs4 = Valentine Phoenix

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|clubs5 = Oakville Blue Devils

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|clubs6 = York Region Shooters

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|years7 = 2016–2017

|clubs7 = Vaughan Azzurri

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|years8 = 2017

|clubs8 = York Region Shooters

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Adrian Butters (born 15 July 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender. Born in Canada, he represents Guyana at international level.

Club career

Butters played with the Toronto Lynx of the USL Premier Development League in the 2009 and 2010 seasons.{{Cite web|url=http://soccerstats.us/bios/adrian-butters/|title=Adrian Butters {{!}} SoccerStats.us|website=soccerstats.us|access-date=2017-04-11}} He spent the 2011 season with Singaporean club Woodlands Wellington.{{soccerway|adrian-butters/176640|access-date=24 August 2015}}{{NFT player|pid=44803|access-date=24 August 2015}} After a spell in Sweden with Juventus IF, he signed for Australian club Valentine Phoenix in April 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/115317/canadians-welcome-additions-at-valentine/|title=Canadians welcome additions at Valentine|date=17 April 2012|access-date=24 August 2015|author=Craig Kerry|publisher=The Herald}}

In 2015, he signed with Oakville Blue Devils in their inaugural season in League1 Ontario and won the 2015 League1 Championship, subsequently also winning the 2015 Inter-Provincial Cup series against PLSQ champions Mont-Royal Outremont.{{cite web|title=Oakville Blue Devils win League1 soccer title in inaugural season|url=https://www.insidehalton.com/sports-story/5949821-oakville-blue-devils-win-league1-soccer-title-in-inaugural-season/|publisher=InsideHalton.com|access-date=12 November 2017}}

In 2016, he signed with the York Region Shooters of the Canadian Soccer League,{{Cite web|url=http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/york-region-shooters/|title=York Region Shooters {{!}} Canadian Soccer League|website=canadiansoccerleague.ca|access-date=2016-10-29}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.yorkregionshooters.com/index.php/pro-team|title=Pro Team|last=Administrator|website=www.yorkregionshooters.com|access-date=2016-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930104030/http://www.yorkregionshooters.com/index.php/pro-team|archive-date=2016-09-30|url-status=dead}} and since then has also featured for Vaughan Azzurri in League1 Ontario.{{Cite web|url=https://www.league1ontario.com/roster_players/13829217|title=Adrian Butters 2016 L1O Stats|website=League1 Ontario}}{{cite web|url=https://www.league1ontario.com/roster_players/17859583|title=Adrian Butters 2017 L1O Stats|work=League1 Ontario}} He scored in the 2016 Championship match against FC London as Vaughan won the League1 Ontario title.{{Cite web|url=https://www.league1ontario.com/news_article/show/709520|title=Vaughan Crowned 2016 League1 Ontario Men's Champions|date=October 15, 2016|work=League1 Ontario}} He returned to the York Region Shooters for the 2017 season.

College career

In 2019, he played for the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks, playing in two games.{{Cite web|url=https://goridgebacks.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/adrian-butters/1708|title=Adrian Butters Ontario Tech profile|work=Ontario Tech Ridgebacks}}

International career

Butters has represented Guyana at senior international level, making his debut in 2011.

=International career statistics=

{{updated|24 July 2018}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=3|Guyana
YearAppsGoals
201110
201200
201300
201400
201510
201612
Total||3||2

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Guyana's goal tally first.

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"

! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

1.rowspan="2" | 11 October 2016rowspan="2" | Leonora Stadium, Leonora, Guyanarowspan="2" | {{fb|JAM}}align=center | 1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 2–4rowspan="2" | >2017 Caribbean Cup qualification
2.align=center | 2–0

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