Just Fontaine

Just Fontaine

Fontaine in 1966
Personal information
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
Medal record Representing  France FIFA World Cup 1958 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]