Just Louis Fontaine (French pronunciation:[ʒystlwifɔ̃tɛn]; 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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Just Louis Fontaine (French pronunciation: [ʒyst lwi fɔ̃tɛn]; 18 August 1933 – 28 February 2023) was a French professional footballer who played as a...
in 1930. Twenty-eight years later, the team led by Raymond Kopa and JustFontaine, finished in third place at the 1958 World Cup. France experienced much...
Generation of French football with Reims players Roger Marche, Raymond Kopa, JustFontaine, Jean Vincent, Robert Jonquet, Armand Penverne, Dominique Colonna, and...
Sándor Kocsis with eleven in 1954. At the next tournament, France's JustFontaine improved on this record with 13 goals in only six games. Gerd Müller...
second time in 1954. The club, now being led by a young and unknown JustFontaine, faced southern rivals Marseille and earned a 2–1 victory with Victor...
Joan Fontaine, was an English-American actress who is best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Fontaine appeared...
still active with their national team as of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. JustFontaine – 13 ( France, 1958) Oleg Salenko – 5 (for Russia vs. Cameroon, 1994)...
(1970–1974) is third, with 14 goals. The fourth-placed goalscorer, France's JustFontaine, holds the record for the most goals scored in a single World Cup; all...
Frank Fontaine (April 19, 1920 – August 4, 1978) was an American stage, radio, film and television comedian, singer, and actor. Born and raised in Cambridge...
Manchester United 9 1957–58 Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid 10 1958–59 JustFontaine Reims 10 1959–60 Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid 12 1960–61 José Águas Benfica...
Defender Active 1968 — Didier Deschamps France Midfielder Retired 1968 — JustFontaine France Forward Retired 1933 2023 Thierry Henry France Forward Active...
Vic Fontaine is a fictional character who appeared in the sixth and seventh seasons of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space...
Dominique Esquirol (1772-1840) were also natives. French football legend JustFontaine (1933-2023), record holder for the most goals in a single FIFA World...
players such as Robert Jonquet, Michel Hidalgo, Léon Glovacki, and JustFontaine. One of the more recent successes of an amateur club occurred during...
performances at the World Cup. Some are based in statistics, but some were just rankings given by experts. Castrol Football has given retrospective rankings...
becoming the fourth player to achieve this (the others were Sándor Kocsis, JustFontaine, and Gerd Müller) and the first to score a hat-trick in two World Cups...
roles and presided over four matches and former France international JustFontaine managed the team for two matches in 1967. The longest tenure by a France...
Poom* Faroe Islands – Abraham Løkin Finland – Jari Litmanen* France – JustFontaine North Macedonia – Darko Pančev Georgia – Murtaz Khurtsilava Germany...
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