Émile Veinante (12 June 1907 – 18 November 1983) was a French football player and coach. A striker, he represented

FC Metz Football Club de Metz, commonly referred to as FC Metz or simply Metz (), is a French association football club based in Metz, Lorraine. The club was formed in 1932 and plays in Ligue 2, the second division in the French football league sys ...

and

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at club level while scoring 14 goals in 24 appearances with the France national team.

Club career

Veinante was born in

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. Primarily a forward, he began his club career in 1916 with the youth squad at

, which was at that time (before the end of the First World War) still in German-controlled Alsace-Lorraine. He stayed with FC Metz until 1929, when he moved to

Racing Club de Paris Racing Club de France Football (, also known as Racing Paris, RCF Paris, Matra Racing, Racing Club, or Racing) is a French association football club based in Colombes, a suburb of Paris. Racing was founded in 1882 as a multi-discipline spo ...

in the French first division from 1929–1940, with whom he won the French

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in 1936, winning the national championship and the cup title. He was named French player of the year in that year. He retired from professional club soccer in 1940.

International career

Between February 1929 and January 1940 Veinante played 24 international matches for the France national team, scoring 14 goals. He appeared in the

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and 1938 World Cups, and as a reserve in

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. In 1938, against Belgium, he scored a goal in the first minute of play.

Managerial career

In 1940 Veinante became manager of Racing Paris, until 1943. He also managed

RC Strasbourg Alsace Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace (commonly known as RC Strasbourg, Racing Straßburg, RCSA, RCS, or simply Strasbourg; Alsatian: ''Füeßbàllmànnschàft Vu Stroßburri'') is a French association football club founded in 1906, based in the c ...

from 1945 to 1947 and in 1948–49, OGC Nice in 1949–50,

in 1950–51,

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from 1951 to 1955, and RC Strasbourg again in 1960–61.

Death

He died in 1983 in Dury, Somme.

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