Émile Veinante

Émile Veinante

Veinante in 1937
Personal information
Date of birth	12 June 1907
Place of birth	Metz, Germany
Date of death	18 November 1983(1983-11-18) (aged 76)
Place of death	Dury, Somme, France
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1916–	Metz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–1929	Metz
1929–1940	RC Paris
International career
1929–1940	France	24	(14)
Managerial career
1940–1943	RC Paris
1945–1947	Strasbourg
1948–1949	Strasbourg
1949–1950	Nice
1950–1951	Metz
1951–1955	Nantes
1960–1961	Strasbourg
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Émile Veinante (12 June 1907 – 18 November 1983) was a French football player and coach. A striker, he represented FC Metz and RC Paris at club level while scoring 14 goals in 24 appearances with the France national team.

Club career

Veinante was born in Metz. Primarily a forward, he began his club career in 1916 with the youth squad at FC Metz, 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 double 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 1930 and 1938 World Cups, and as a reserve in 1934. 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 from 1945 to 1947 and in 1948–49, OGC Nice in 1949–50, FC Metz in 1950–51, FC Nantes from 1951 to 1955, and RC Strasbourg again in 1960–61.

Death

He died in 1983 in Dury, Somme.

External links

• Émile Veinante at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Émile Veinante at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)