Roger Saint-Vil ''(also spelled St. Vil)'' (8 December 1949 – 7 June 2020) was a Haitian

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who played professionally in the United States and Haiti. A

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, he was a member of the Haitian national team at 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 ...

. 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 Racing Club Haïtien is a professional football club based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It is one of the most successful clubs in the country's history. History The club has won the most league championships in Haitian club history, 11, winnin ...

. 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

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. In 1975, he played an unknown number of games, scoring eight goals, with the

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of the American Soccer League. In 1974, Saint-Vil was an integral part of the Haiti national team's successful qualification campaign for the

. His older brother,

Guy Saint-Vil Guy Saint-Vil (born 21 October 1942) is a Haitian football forward who played for Haiti in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Racing CH. In the United States, he played for the Baltimore Bays in their inaugural year in 1967 for the NPS ...

, was also a professional player. On 7 June 2020 he died from a

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References

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

External links

FIFA profile
1949 births 2020 deaths Haitian men's footballers Footballers from Port-au-Prince Haitian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Haitian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Trinidad and Tobago Haitian expatriate sportspeople in Trinidad and Tobago Racing CH players Cincinnati Comets players Ligue Haïtienne players American Soccer League (1933–1983) players Men's association football forwards Haiti men's international footballers 1974 FIFA World Cup players CONCACAF Championship-winning players {{Haiti-footy-bio-stub