Just Fontaine
French footballer (1933–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Just Louis Fontaine (French pronunciation: [ʒyst lwi fɔ̃tɛn]; 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 FIFA World Cup tournament.[2] In March 2004, Pelé named him one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony.[3]
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Full name | Just Louis Fontaine[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1933-08-18)18 August 1933 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Marrakech, French Morocco | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 28 February 2023(2023-02-28) (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 | |||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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