Arsène Auguste

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Arsène Auguste
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Auguste (far right) at the 1974 World Cup
Personnel
birthday 3rd February 1951
place of birth Port-au-Prince ,  Haiti
date of death March 30, 1993
Place of death Miami ,  United States
size 191 cm
position Defense
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
RC Haïtien
New Jersey Brewers
1975-1979 Tampa Bay rowdies 75 (3)
1980-1981 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 40 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1973-1981 Haiti 17 (2)
1 Only league games are given.

Arsène Auguste (born February 3, 1951 in Port-au-Prince , † March 30, 1993 in Miami , USA ) was a Haitian football defender . Auguste took part in the 1974 World Cup with the Haitian national team and played for most of his career for various US professional teams, the longest for the Tampa Bay Rowdies .

Career

society

Auguste played in his home country for the Haïtien Racing Club before moving to the USA after the 1974 World Cup. There he played in the American Soccer League for the New Jersey Brewers , where the coach of the newly founded NASL team Tampa Bay Rowdies , Eddie Firmani , discovered him while scouting and was the last player to sign. In the final of the 1975 NASL championship in San José , Auguste scored the first goal for Tampa Bay's 2-0 victory over Portland. He played at Tampa Bay from 1975 to 1980, he came in 75 games (without playoffs), as well as twelve games of the indoor soccer season 1979/80 for use, before he played 1980/1981 for two years with local rivals Fort Lauderdale Strikers . During his time with the Rowdies Auguste was twice, 1977 and 1978, elected to the second row of the NASL All-Star-Team , the so-called "NASL Second Team".

In 1981/82 he played indoor soccer for Pittsburgh Spirit in the Major Indoor Soccer League , before returning to the Tampa Bay Rowdies in 1985/86 and played one last season in the American Indoor Soccer Association .

National team

Auguste was a long-time Haitian national player and even at times captain of his homeland. He interrupted his club engagements in the USA more often to play for the national team. He took part in a total of three CONCACAF championships ( 1973 , 1977 and 1981 ) and the 1974 World Cup finals. In 1973 he was with the team Caribbean, North and Central America champions, 1977 runner-up.

successes

  • National team:
    • World Championship preliminary round 1974
    • Champion of CONCACAF 1973
    • Vice champion CONCACAF 1977
  • Society:
    • 1975 NASL Championship (Tampa Bay)
    • NASL Final 1978, 1979 (both Tampa Bay), 1980 (Fort Lauderdale)
    • NASL Indoor Championship 1979/80 (Tampa Bay)
    • NASL All-League Second Team 1977, 1978 (Tampa Bay)

Web links

August's player statistics in the NASL

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Arsène "Big Foot" Auguste, 1975 NASL Champions , Tampapix.
  2. ^ David Wangerin: Soccer in a Football World: The Story of America's Forgotten Game . WSC Books Limited, London 2006, ISBN 0-9540134-7-6 , pp. 172 .
  3. ↑ TOP INTERNATIONAL STARS IN THE NASL, 1967-1984. (No longer available online.) In: homepages.sover.net. March 11, 1950, archived from the original on November 26, 2010 ; accessed on September 29, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / homepages.sover.net
  4. ↑ Arsène Auguste in the database of FIFA (English)
personal data
SURNAME Auguste, Arsène
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Haitian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd February 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Haiti
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1993
Place of death Miami , USA