Alex Augustine

Alex Augustine
Personal information
Full name Alex Pierre Adrien Augustine
Date of birth (1956-09-08) 8 September 1956 (age 70)
Place of birth Fort-de-France, Martinique
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1974 Le Havre Caucriauville Sportif
1974–1978 Le Havre B
1978–1981 Le Havre 5 (0)
1982 CS Saint-Denis
1982–1983 AM Neiges
1983–1984 CA Castets-en-Dorthe
1984 JS Saint-Pierroise
1985–1988 CS Saint-Denis (20+)
1989–1990 JS Saint-Pierroise
1991 CS Saint-Denis
1992 AS Saint-Louisienne
1993 AS Marsouins
1994 MJC Sainte-Suzanne [fr]
1995 JS Gauloise
1996 US Saint-André Léopards
1997 US Desbassyns
2001 AS Chaudron 1 (0)
International career
1986–1990 Réunion 4 (1)
Managerial career
2015 US Sainte-Marienne (technical director)
2020 AS Bretagne
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alex Pierre Adrien Augustine (born 8 September 1956) is a football administrator and former footballer who played as a forward. Born in Martinique, he represented the Réunion national team.

Playing career

Augustine began his career in France with Le Havre Caucriauville Sportif, before joining Le Havre AC, where he made five appearances in the French Division 2. After brief stints in the fifth division of French football, he played for multiple clubs in Réunion, notably for CS Saint-Denis and JS Saint-Pierroise.

He made four appearances for the Réunion national team between 1986 and 1990, including at the 1990 Indian Ocean Island Games.

Post-playing career

In June 2015, Augustine was the technical director of US Sainte-Marienne, with the club competing in the inaugural Paris World Games that year. Between November 2015 and December 2016, he served as the interim president of the Ligue réunionnaise de football, the football federation of Réunion.

In September 2020, he announced his intentions to run for president, losing the election a few months later to incumbent Yves Ethève. Shortly after, he filed a complaint over voting irregularities to the Saint-Denis judicial court, who annulled the election's results in May 2023. However, the decision was overturned following an appeal in December 2025, with the courts ordering Augustine to pay the federation €5,500 in compensation.

Augustine tried running for the presidency again in 2024, but was disqualified from entering the election, alongside two other candidates, with the decision later being appealed to the French National Olympic and Sports Committee.

Personal life

Augustine's daughter, Valérie Gauvin, is a footballer who represented the France women's national team at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

References

  1. ↑ "Les championnats de football reprennent à La Réunion" [Football championships resume in Reunion Island]. Imaz Press Réunion [fr] (in French). 4 November 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2026.
  2. 1 2 Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Alex Augustine (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Alex Augustine brigue la présidence de la LRF" [Alex Augustine is running for president of the LRF]. Zinfos974 (in French). 24 July 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
  4. ↑ "US Sainte Marienne (La Réunion) - Paris World Games". Paris World Games. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2026.
  5. ↑ Abdoulaye, Kone (29 December 2020). "Ligue de football : Trois prétendants pour un fauteuil" [Football league: Three contenders for a seat]. Ini Sport (in French). Retrieved 12 September 2026.
  6. ↑ "Yves Ethève réélu à la tête de la Ligue Réunionnaise de Football - Outre-mer La 1ère" [Yves Ethève re-elected as head of the Réunion Football League - Overseas 1st]. Réunion La 1ère (in French). 24 January 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
  7. ↑ Lérivain, Johnny (24 May 2023). "La justice annule l'élection d'Yves Ethève à la tête de la Ligue réunionnaise de football - Outre-mer La 1ère". Réunion La 1ère (in French). Retrieved 12 September 2026.
  8. ↑ "COMMUNIQUÉ OFFICIEL : DÉCISION DE LA COUR D'APPEL EN DATE DU 5 DÉCEMBRE 2025". Ligue réunionnaise de football (in French). 5 January 2026. Retrieved 12 September 2026.
  9. ↑ "Ligue Réunionnaise de Football : élections sans suspens, trois candidatures rejetées sur quatre - Outre-mer La 1ère" [Réunion Football League: elections without suspense, three out of four candidacies rejected - Overseas 1st]. Réunion La 1ère (in French). 3 October 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
  10. ↑ "Élections à la Ligue Réunionnaise de Football : les 3 têtes de listes rejetées unissent leur force". Linfo.re (in French). 7 October 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2026.
  11. ↑ "Valérie Gauvin : une Réunionnaise au Mondial, témoignage de son père" [Valérie Gauvin: a woman from Réunion at the World Cup, a testimony from her father]. Linfo.re (in French). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2026.