:Arsène Auguste

{{short description|Haitian footballer (1951-1993)}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Arsène Auguste

|image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0615-0032, Fußball-WM, Italien - Haiti 3-1.jpg

|image_size = 200

|caption = Auguste (right) playing at the 1974 FIFA World Cup against Italy.

|fullname =

|birth_date = {{birth date|1951|2|3|df=y}}

|birth_place = Port-au-Prince, Haiti

|death_date = {{death date and age|1993|3|20|1951|2|3|df=y}}

|death_place = Miami, Florida, United States

|height = {{height|m=1.91}}

|position = Defender

|years1 = 1974

|clubs1 = Racing Club Haïtien

|caps1 =

|goals1 =

|years2 = 1975

|clubs2 = New Jersey Brewers

|caps2 =

|goals2 =

|years3 = 1975–1979

|clubs3 = Tampa Bay Rowdies

|caps3 = 75

|goals3 = 3

|years4 = 1979–1980

|clubs4 = → Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor)

|caps4 = 12

|goals4 = 2

|years5 = 1980–1981

|clubs5 = Fort Lauderdale Strikers

|caps5 = 40

|goals5 = 0

|years6 = 1980–1981

|clubs6 = → Fort Lauderdale Strikers (indoor)

|caps6 = 12

|goals6 = 5

|years7 = 1981–1982

|clubs7 = Pittsburgh Spirit (indoor)

|caps7 = 6

|goals7 = 1

|years8 = 1986–1987

|clubs8 = Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor)

|caps8 = 11

|goals8 = 0

|totalcaps = 156

|totalgoals = 11

|nationalyears1 =

|nationalteam1 = Haiti

|nationalcaps1 =

|nationalgoals1 =

}}

Arsène Auguste (3 February 1951 – 20 March 1993) was a Haitian international footballer who represented Haiti in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

He played professional club football with Racing Club Haïtien in Haiti and New Jersey Brewers, Tampa Bay Rowdies and Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the United States.{{NFT player|pid=52189|accessdate=2 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://home.att.net/~nasl/players.htm#A|title=NASL All-time Player Register|accessdate=2008-02-23| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080321235455/http://home.att.net/~nasl/players.htm| archivedate= 21 March 2008 | url-status= live}} Auguste scored the game-winning goal in the 66th minute of a 2–0 victory for Tampa Bay in the Soccer Bowl '75.{{Cite web|url=http://tampasportshistory.blogspot.com/2010/08/rowdies-capture-soccer-bowl-82475.html|title = Tampa Sports History: Rowdies Capture Soccer Bowl, 8/24/75|date = 23 August 2010}}

In 1978 and 1980 he was part of the losing side in the Soccer Bowl 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.Rowdies are limping onto the road St. Petersburg Times - Friday, January 9, 1987

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 in Tegucigalpa.{{cite web | url =https://static.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=45922/index.html | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190408043922/https://static.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people%3D45922/index.html | url-status =dead | archive-date =April 8, 2019 | title = Arsene AUGUSTE | publisher = fifa.com | accessdate = 11 April 2020}}

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