Émile Veinante (12 June 1907 – 18 November 1983) was a French

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player and coach. A striker, he represented

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and RC Paris 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 in the French first division from 1929 to 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

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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

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from 1945 to 1947 and in 1948–49,

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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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