Kyle Butler

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Kyle Butler
Personal information
Full name Kyle Brandon Butler
Date of birth (1998-01-16) 16 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Kingston, Jamaica
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2009–2011 Phoenix All Stars Academy
2011–2012 Anif Jugend
2016–2017 Genk
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017 Genk 0 (0)
2017 Westerlo 0 (0)
2017–2018 St. Andrews 10 (0)
2018–2019 LASK 0 (0)
2018–2019 →Juniors OÖ (loan) 1 (0)
2019 Austria Lustenau 0 (0)
2024– Vere United F.C. 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kyle Brandon Butler (born 16 January 1998) is a Jamaican former footballer who plays as a midfielder for Vere United F.C. in the Jamaica Premiere League.

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Career

As a youth player, Butler traveled with his stepbrother, Jamaican international Leon Bailey, and father, Craig, to Europe, where they played for the youth teams of Austrian club USK Anif as well K.R.C. Genk in Belgium. [1] After that, he signed for K.R.C. Genk but failed to make an appearance despite consistently scoring for the reserves. [2] In 2017, he signed for Maltese club St. Andrews.

In 2018, Butler signed for LASK in Austria, before being sent on loan to Juniors OÖ in the Austrian second division.

In 2020, after failing to make an appearance for Austrian second division side SC Austria Lustenau, he stepped away from football to form Dynasty Records. [3]

In September 2024, Kyle Butler returned to playing football in domestic JPL in Jamaica with Vere United F.C. [4]

Personal life

On 30 November 2020, Butler reported an alleged assault on him by his father, Craig. [5] He shared images of an alleged stab wound on social media and claims that he has received physical and mental abuse from his father for 'years'. [6] Butler's father denies the allegations. [7] [8]

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