 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 | 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[1] | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Émile Veinante (12 June 1907 – 18 November 1983) was a Frenchfootball player and coach. Astriker, he representedFC Metz andRC Paris at club level while scoring 14 goals in 24 appearances with theFrance national team.
Veinante was born inMetz. Primarily a forward, he began his club career in 1916 with the youth squad atFC Metz, which was at that time (before the end of the First World War) still in German-controlledAlsace-Lorraine. He stayed with FC Metz until 1929, when he moved toRacing Club de Paris in theFrench first division from 1929 to 1940, with whom he won the Frenchdouble 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.
Between February 1929 and January 1940 Veinante played 24 international matches for the France national team, scoring 14 goals. He appeared in the1930 and1938 World Cups, and as a reserve in1934. In 1938, against Belgium, he scored a goal in the first minute of play.
In 1940 Veinante became manager of Racing Paris, until 1943. He also managedRC 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.
He died in 1983 inDury, Somme.
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