Arsène Auguste (3 February 1951 – 20 March 1993) was a Haitian international footballer who represented

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

in the

1974 FIFA World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the tenth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the ...

. He played professional club football with

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in Haiti and

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, Tampa Bay Rowdies and Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the United States. Auguste scored the game-winning goal in the 66th minute of a 2–0 victory for Tampa Bay in the Soccer Bowl '75. In 1978 and 1980 he was part of the losing side in the

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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. 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 The 1981 CONCACAF Championship, the eighth edition of the CONCACAF Championship, was held in Honduras from 1 to 22 November. All games were played in the Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in Tegucigalpa. This tourna ...

in Tegucigalpa. He died of a heart attack on 20 March 1993 while mowing his yard in Miami, Florida.''Haitians Mourning A Hero'' Miami Herald, The (FL) - Thursday, April 22, 1993

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Auguste NASL stats
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', TampaPix, 16 October 2013. 1951 births 1993 deaths Sportspeople from Port-au-Prince American Soccer League (1933–1983) players American Indoor Soccer Association players Expatriate soccer players in the United States Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–1983) players Haitian footballers Haitian expatriate footballers Haitian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Haiti international footballers Ligue Haïtienne players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001) players New Jersey Brewers players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Pittsburgh Spirit players Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–1993) players 1974 FIFA World Cup players CONCACAF Championship-winning players Association football defenders {{Haiti-footy-bio-stub