Roger Saint-Vil

Roger Saint-Vil

Personal information
Date of birth	(1947-12-08) December 8, 1947
Place of birth	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Position(s)	Left Wing
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963	Zénith
1964–?	Racing Club Haïtien
	Violette Athletic Club
1967–1968	Baltimore Bays	28	(12)
1975	Baltimore Comets	6	(0)
1975	Cincinnati Comets	?	(8)
International career
	Haiti
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roger Saint-Vil (also spelled St. Vil) (born December 8, 1947 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti) was a Haitian football (soccer) left wing who played professionally in the United States and Haiti. He was a member of the Haitian national team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

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 Violette Athletic Club. In 1967, Saint-Vil signed with the Baltimore Bays of the National Professional Soccer League. In 1968, the NPSL merged with the United Soccer Association to form the North American Soccer League. Saint-Vil and the Bays then played the 1968 season in the NASL. In 1975, he played six games with the Baltimore Comets in the NASL and 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 1974 FIFA World Cup. His elder brother, Guy Saint-Vil, was also a professional player.

External links

• Saint-Vil bio
• NASL Stats