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

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. 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

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. 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 Cincinnati Comets 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, was also a professional player. On 7 June 2020 he died in

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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