_-_53Fi634_(Cropped).jpg) Fontaine in 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Just Louis Fontaine[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1933 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Marrakech, French Morocco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 28 February 2023 (aged 89) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Toulouse, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950–1953 | USM Casablanca | 48 | (62) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1956 | Nice | 69 | (42) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1962 | Reims | 131 | (122) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 248 | (226) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1960 | France | 21 | (30) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967 | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1969 | Luchon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1976 | Paris Saint-Germain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1979 | Toulouse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1981 | Morocco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Just Louis Fontaine (18 August 1933 – 28 February 2023) was a French professional footballer who played as a striker. He scored the most goals ever in a single edition of the FIFA World Cup, with thirteen in six matches in the 1958 tournament.[2] In March 2004, Pelé named him one of his 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony.[3]
- ^ "Décret du 12 juillet 2013 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 12 July 2013 on promotion and appointment]. Official Journal of the French Republic (in French). 2013 (162). 14 July 2019. PREX1316852D. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ Kaufman, Michelle. "Countdown to the World Cup – Total Soccer, Fútbol Total". MiamiHerald.com. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ "Pele's list of the greatest". BBC Sport. 4 March 2004. Retrieved 18 November 2013.