Just Fontaine
Fontaine in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Just Fontaine | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Marrakech, French Morocco | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1953 | 48 | (62) | |
| 1953–1956 | Nice | 69 | (43) |
| 1956–1962 | Reims | 131 | (122) |
| Total | 248 | (227) | |
| National team | |||
| 1953–1960 | France | 21 | (30) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1967 | France | ||
| 1968–1969 | Luchon | ||
| 1973–1976 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| 1978–1979 | Toulouse | ||
| 1979–1981 | Morocco | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Just "Justo" Fontaine (pronounced: [ʒyst fɔ̃.tɛn]; born 18 August 1933) is a retired French footballer. A prolific forward, he is best known for being the record holder for most goals scored in a single edition of the FIFA World Cup, with 13 in six games in 1958. In 2004, Pelé named him one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony.
Born in Marrakech to a French father and a Spanish mother, Fontaine moved to Casablanca, where he attended the Lycée Lyautey.
Fontaine began his amateur career at , where he played from 1950 to 1953. Nice recruited him in 1953, and he went on to score 44 goals in three seasons for the club. In 1956, he moved on to Stade de Reims where he teamed up with Raymond Kopa. Kopa went to Real Madrid in 1958 and Fontaine scored 121 goals in six seasons at the Stade de Reims. In total, Fontaine scored 165 goals in 200 matches in the Ligue 1, and twice won the championship; in 1958 and 1960. He also took part in the team that got to the 1958–59 European Cup final against Real Madrid, being that season's top scorer with 10 goals.
Wearing the blue shirt of France, Fontaine's statistics are even more impressive. On his debut with the team on 17 December 1953, Fontaine scored a hat trick as France defeated Luxembourg 8–0. In seven years, he scored 30 goals in 21 matches for the national team. However, he will best be remembered for his 1958 FIFA World Cup performance, where he scored 13 goals in just six matches—a feat which included putting four past the defending champions West Germany. It was also the highest number of goals ever scored by one player at a single World Cup tournament – a record which still stands today. This tally secured him the Golden Boot for that tournament. And as of 2014, he is still the fourth best scorer in FIFA World Cup History, with the three first - Gerd Müller (14 goals), Ronaldo (15 goals) and Miroslav Klose (16 goals) - having played at least two tournaments.
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