- Altimont Butler
Infobox Football biography
playername= Freddie Butler
fullname = Altimont Butler
nickname = Freddie
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1968|7|21
cityofbirth = Kingston
countryofbirth =Jamaica
height = height|meter=1.77
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber =
position =Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years =
1990-1993
1994-1995
1995-1996
1996
1996
1997
1998
clubs = Harbour View
L'Etoile
University of Southern New Hampshire
Torreense
Stade BrestNorth Jersey Imperials San Jose Clash Columbus Crew Cleveland Crunch
caps(goals) =
14 (2)
01 (0)
04 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Jamaica
nationalcaps(goals) = 69 (?)
pcupdate = 7 December 2006
ntupdate = 7 December 2006Altimont “Freddie” Butler (born July 21, 1968 in
Kingston, Jamaica ) is a former Jamaicasoccer striker .Butler attended the Dunoon Technical High School. He began his career with Harbour View. During a tournament in
Guadeloupe , L'Etoile spotted Butler and signed him to a contract when he was nineteen. In 1990, Butler entered the University of Southern New Hampshire where he played with the men’s soccer team from 1990 to 1993. He receivedAll American recognition three times, twice as a first team (1992 and 1993). [ [http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/soccer/soccer_records_book/2002/07MensAwards.pdf NCAA Record Book] ] Butler graduated in 1994 with abachelor’s degree in sociology and a minor in computer information. Following graduation, he moved toPortugal where he spent a single season with Torreense. In 1995, he moved to French club Stade Brest. He also spent time with theNorth Jersey Imperials of theUSISL .In February 1996, the
San Jose Clash ofMajor League Soccer (MLS) drafted Butler in the second round (eighteenth overall) of the league’s Inaugural Player Draft. He spent the 1996 season in San Jose before being traded to theColumbus Crew forMac Cozier on November 6, 1996. After appearing in only one game, scoring one goal, for the Crew, Butler left the team to concentrate on his national team commitments in the lead up to the1998 FIFA World Cup .The Jamaican national team successfully qualified for the World Cup, but manager
Renê Simões dropped Butler from the team before the tournament for two reasons. First, he was injured several months before the game and second, Butler publicly complained when Simões said he intended to replace several players who had played during the qualification process with better players. On March 11, 1998, Butler signed a one year contract with theCleveland Crunch of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). He played four games at the end of the 1997-1998 season, then retired. [ [http://www.howesportsdata.com/howesportsdata/stats/soccer/misl/misl98.txt 1997-1998 NPSL statistics] ]Since then, Butler has worked as a coach and scout while playing amateur and semi-professionally. He coached with the New Jersey Dynamos Soccer Club from 2000-2005. Butler currently coaches a MAPS Boys team for the New Jersey Crew Soccer Club aptly named the Jersey Crew Reggae Boyz. His boys team won the US Club State Cup in 2006.
In 2007, Butler was named the head soccer coach at
Oratory Preparatory School inSummit, New Jersey . Butler coached the team to a 11-6 season and their first appearance in theNJSIAA State Championships since the 1990s.References
External links
* [http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060208/sports/sports6.html Career synopsis with interview]
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