Roger Saint-Vil Explained

Roger Saint-Vil
Birth Date:8 December 1949
Birth Place:Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Death Place:New York City, New York, United States
Position:Left winger
Years1:1963
Years2:1964–?
Years4:1973–1974
Years5:1975
Clubs1:Zénith
Clubs2:Racing Club Haïtien
Clubs3:Violette Athletic Club
Clubs4:Archibald FC
Clubs5:Cincinnati Comets
Caps5:?
Goals5:8
Nationalteam1:Haiti

Roger Saint-Vil (also spelled St. Vil) (8 December 1949 – 7 June 2020) was a Haitian footballer who played professionally in the United States and Haiti. A left winger, he was a member of the Haitian national team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

Saint-Vil attended Tertullien Guilbaud primary school. In 1963 when he was sixteen, he signed for Zénith in the Haitian Third Division. In 1964, he moved to Racing Club Haïtien. He began with team's third division team, but after three games, he was called up to the first team. At some point, he moved to Violette Athletic Club. In 1974, he played for Archibald FC in Trinidad and Tobago. In 1975, he played an unknown number of games, scoring eight goals, with the Cincinnati Comets of the American Soccer League.[1]

In 1974, Saint-Vil was an integral part of the Haiti national team's successful qualification campaign for the 1974 FIFA World Cup. His older brother, Guy Saint-Vil, was also a professional player.[2] On 7 June 2020 he died in New York.

References

https://www.cpam1410.com/football-deuil-roger-saint-vil-le-8e-disparu-de-la-generation-dor/

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1975.html#ASL The Year in American Soccer – 1975
  2. Web site: World Cup Trivia - Fathers, Sons and Brothers, Uncles and Nephews. https://web.archive.org/web/20150226115038/http://www.rsssf.com/players/wk-family.html . 26 February 2015 . 2 October 2014. RSSSF.