Arsène Auguste

Arsène Auguste
Personal information
Full name Arsène Auguste
Date of birth 3 February 1951(1951-02-03)
Place of birth Haiti
Date of death 30 March 1993(1993-03-30) (aged 42)
Place of death Miami, Florida, United States
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
– Racing Club Haïtien ? (?)
?–1975 New Jersey Brewers ? (?)
1975–1979 Tampa Bay Rowdies 75 (3)
1979–1980 → Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) 12 (2)
1980–1981 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 40 (0)
1980–1981 → Fort Lauderdale Strikers (indoor) 12 (5)
1981–1982 Pittsburgh Spirit (indoor) 6 (1)
1986–1987 Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) ? (?)
Total 145 (11)
National team
– Haiti ? (?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Arsène Auguste (3 February 1951 – 30 March 1993) was a Haitian international footballer who represented Haiti in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He played professional club football with Racing Club Haïtien in Haiti and Tampa Bay Rowdies and Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the United States.[1] In 1986, he signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies, then playing in the American Indoor Soccer Association.[2] He died of a heart attack on March 20, 1993 while mowing his yard in Miami, Florida.[3]

References

  1. ^ "NASL All-time Player Register". http://home.att.net/~nasl/players.htm#A. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  2. ^ Rowdies are limping onto the road St. Petersburg Times - Friday, January 9, 1987
  3. ^ HAITIANS MOURNING A HERO Miami Herald, The (FL) - Thursday, April 22, 1993

External links

Haiti squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup