Arsène Auguste Explained

Arsène Auguste
Birth Date:3 February 1951
Birth Place:Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Death Place:Miami, Florida, United States
Position:Defender
Years1:1974
Clubs1:Racing Club Haïtien
Years2:1975
Clubs2:New Jersey Brewers
Years3:1975–1979
Clubs3:Tampa Bay Rowdies
Caps3:75
Goals3:3
Years4:1979–1980
Clubs4:Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor)
Caps4:12
Goals4:2
Years5:1980–1981
Clubs5:Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Caps5:40
Goals5:0
Years6:1980–1981
Clubs6:Fort Lauderdale Strikers (indoor)
Caps6:12
Goals6:5
Years7:1981–1982
Clubs7:Pittsburgh Spirit (indoor)
Caps7:6
Goals7:1
Years8:1986–1987
Clubs8:Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor)
Caps8:11
Goals8:0
Totalcaps:156
Totalgoals:11
Nationalteam1:Haiti

Arsène Auguste (3 February 1951 – 20 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 New Jersey Brewers, Tampa Bay Rowdies and Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the United States.[1] Auguste scored the game-winning goal in the 66th minute of a 2–0 victory for Tampa Bay in the Soccer Bowl '75.[2]

In 1978 and 1980 he was part of the losing side in the Soccer Bowl finals, once each with Tampa Bay and Fort Lauderdale. On both occasions his side fell to the New York Cosmos, by scores of 1–3 and 0–3, respectively. In 1986, he again signed with the Rowdies, then playing in the American Indoor Soccer Association.[3]

Auguste played in 15 World Cup qualifying matches for Haiti from 1973 to 1981, the last of these being a 1–1 draw with Mexico in the 1981 CONCACAF Championship in Tegucigalpa.[4]

He died of a heart attack on 20 March 1993 while mowing his yard in Miami, Florida.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NASL All-time Player Register. 2008-02-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20080321235455/http://home.att.net/~nasl/players.htm. 21 March 2008 . live.
  2. Web site: Tampa Sports History: Rowdies Capture Soccer Bowl, 8/24/75. 23 August 2010.
  3. Rowdies are limping onto the road St. Petersburg Times - Friday, January 9, 1987
  4. Web site: Arsene AUGUSTE . https://web.archive.org/web/20190408043922/https://static.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people%3D45922/index.html . dead . April 8, 2019 . fifa.com . 11 April 2020.
  5. Haitians Mourning A Hero Miami Herald, The (FL) - Thursday, April 22, 1993