Émile Fiévet
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 Olympique before the 1919 Coupe de France final. Fiévet is the third player standing, arms crossed. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Émile Léon Victor Fiévet | ||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | Pantin, France | ||
| Date of death | 23 November 1952 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | Paris, France | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1911–1919 | Olympique de Pantin | ||
| International career | |||
| 1912 | France | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Émile Léon Victor Fiévet (25 May 1886 – 23 November 1952) was a French footballer who played as a defender for Olympique de Pantin and the French national team in the 1910s. He is best known for scoring a brace in the first-ever Coupe de France final in 1918.
Born on 25 May 1886 in Pantin, Fiévet began his football career at his hometown club Olympique de Pantin in 1911, aged 25.[1] The following year, on 7 March 1912, he earned his first (and only) international cap in a friendly match against Italy in Turin, helping France achieve its first-ever victory over the Italians (4–3).[2][3] A few months later, he was selected by the French Interfederal Committee (CFI) for the football tournament at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, but at the last moment, France withdrew.[4] The official reports wrongly refer to him as Paul Achille Fiévet, born on 21 April 1886.[5][6]
Together with René Decoux, Henri Delouys, and Louis Darques, he was a member of the great Pantin team of the late 1910s, which won the 1916 Coupe de France after beating Étoile des Deux Lacs 3–0 in the final,[7] and then reached the first-ever Coupe de France final in 1918, scoring twice to help his side to a 3–0 win over FC Lyon.[8][9][10] In doing so, he became the author of the first goal and the first brace in the history of Coupe de France finals.[1]
The following year, Fiévet helped his side reach another cup final, this time losing 3–2 to CASG Paris.[11]