Just Louis Fontaine was a French professional footballer who played as a striker.
11 Facts About Just Fontaine
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Just Fontaine scored the most goals ever in a single edition of the FIFA World Cup, with thirteen in six matches in the 1958 world cup tournament.
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Just Fontaine began his amateur career at USM Casablanca, where he played from 1950 to 1953.
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Just Fontaine scored 121 goals in six seasons at Stade de Reims.
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In total, Just Fontaine scored 165 goals in 200 matches in the Ligue 1, and won the championship twice, one time in 1958, and the other in 1960.
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Just Fontaine played his last match in July 1962, being forced to retire early because of a recurring leg injury.
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Just Fontaine briefly managed the France national team in 1967, but was replaced after only two friendly games, which ended in defeats.
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Just Fontaine was named by Pele as one of the 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.
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Just Fontaine was chosen as the best French player of the last 50 years by the French Football Federation in the UEFA Jubilee Awards in November 2003.
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Just Fontaine criticized the performance of the French team in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, particularly on the lackluster play of the forwards.
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Just Fontaine died in Toulouse, where he had lived for 60 years, on 28 February 2023 at the age of 89.