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Just Fontaine (born August 18, 1933 in Marrakech,
Morocco) was a France|French soccer|football
player. He holds the all-time record for goals
scored in a single Football World Cup|World Cup
finals, with 13 in Football World Cup 1958|1958.

Fontaine began his professional career at US
Casablanca, where he played from 1950 to 1953. OGC
Nice recruited him in 1953, and he went on to
score 44 goals in 3 seasons for the club. In 1956,
he moved on to Stade de Reims to replace Raymond
Kopa, where he scored 121 goals in 6 seasons. In
total, Fontaine scored 165 goals in 200 matches in
the Ligue 1, and twice won championships in 1958
and 1960.

Wearing the blue shirt of France national football
team|France, Fontaine's statistics are even more
impressive.  In his debut with the team December
17, 1953, Fontaine scored a hat trick as France
drubbed Luxembourg national football
team|Luxembourg 8-0.  Just in 1960, he scored 30
goals in 21 matches for the team.  However,
Fontaine will best be remembered for the Football
World Cup 1958|1958 World Cup, where he scored 13
goals in just 6 matches, including putting 4 on
the West Germany national football team|West
Germans.

Fontaine played his last match in July 1962, being
forced to retire early because of a recurring
injury.  He briefly took the reins for the French
national team in 1967, but was replaced after only
two games, both friendlies that ended in defeats. 

He was named by Pelé as one of the FIFA 100|top
125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.

==External links==
*http://www.justfontaine.com/ Official Website
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