Roger Saint-Vil

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 wing, he was a member of the Haitian national team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

Roger Saint-Vil
Personal information
Date of birth (1949-12-08)8 December 1949
Place of birth Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Date of death 7 June 2020(2020-06-07) (aged 70)
Place of death New York City, New York, United States
Position(s) Left winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963 Zénith
1964–? Racing Club Haïtien
Violette Athletic Club
1973–1974 Archibald FC
1975 Cincinnati Comets ? (8)
National team
Haiti
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 from a coma in New York.

References

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

  1. The Year in American Soccer – 1975
  2. "World Cup Trivia - Fathers, Sons and Brothers, Uncles and Nephews". RSSSF. 2 October 2014. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015.


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