Just Fontaine

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Just Fontaine
Personal information
Full name Just Fontaine
Date of birth August 18, 1933 (1933-08-18) (age 74)
Place of birth    Marrakech, French Morocco
Height 1.74 m
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1950–53
1953–56
1956–62		 US Casablanca
OGC Nice
Stade Reims		 00? 00(?)
069 0(42)
131 (122)   
National team2
1953–60 France 021 0(30)
Teams managed
1967
1973-1976
1978-1979
1979-1981		 France
Paris Saint-Germain
Toulouse
Morocco

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Just "JustO" Fontaine (born August 18, 1933 in Marrakech, French Morocco, with French and Spanish ancestors) is a former French football player. He holds the record for most goals scored in a single FIFA World Cup finals tournament, with thirteen in 1958. He has also scored the third most goals of any player in the world cup finals overall, beaten only by: Gerd Müller who scored fourteen goals (in two World Cup tournaments) and Ronaldo who scored fifteen goals (in three World Cup tournaments). Although France did not win the 1958 world cup, Fontaine became the first player to score in every match of a world cup.

Though born in Marrakech, he moved to Casablanca where he attended the Lycée Lyautey.

Fontaine began his amateur career at USM Casablanca, 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, 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.

Wearing the blue shirt of France, Fontaine's statistics are even more impressive. On his debut with the team on December 17, 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, Fontaine 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. This tally secured him the Golden Boot for that tournament.

Fontaine played his last match in July 1962, being forced to retire early because of a recurring injury. He briefly managed 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 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. He 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 [1].

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Preceded by
Sándor Kocsis		 FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe
1958		 Succeeded by
Leonel Sánchez,
Garrincha, Vavá,
Valentin Ivanov,
Flórián Albert and
Dražan Jerković
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France squad - 1958 FIFA World Cup Third Place
1 Abbes • 2 Colonna • 3 Remetter • 4 Kaelbel • 5 Lerond • 6 Marche • 7 Mouynet • 8 Chiarelli • 9 Hnatow • 10 Jonquet • 11 Lafont • 12 Marcel • 13 Penverne • 14 Bellot • 15 Bruey • 16 Douis • 17 Fontaine • 18 Kopa • 19 Oliver • 20 Piantoni • 21 Vincent • 22 Wisnieski • Coach: Batteux
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France national football team – Managers

Batteux (1955–62) • Guérin (1962–1966) • Arribas and Snella (1966) • Fontaine (1967) • Dugauguez (1967–68) • Boulogne (1969–73) • Kovács (1973–75) • Hidalgo (1976–84) • Michel (1984–88) • Platini (1988–92) • Houllier (1992–93) • Jacquet (1993–98) • Lemerre (1998–2002) • Santini (2002–04) • Domenech (2004–)
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Paris Saint-Germain FC – Managers

Quenolle (1957–69) • Phelipon (1969–72) • Vicot (1972–73) • Fontaine & Vicot (1973–75) • Fontaine (1975–76) • Pantelić & Vasović (1976–77) • Alonzo (1977) • Larqué (1977–78) • Vasović (1978–79) • Choquier & Vasović (1979) • Alonzo (1979) • Peyroche (1979–83) • Leduc (1983–84) • Peyroche (1984–85) • Houllier (1985–87) • Houllier & Mombaerts (1987–88) • Mombaerts (1988) • Ivić (1988–90) • Michel (1990–91) • Jorge (1991–94) • Fernandez (1994–96) • Bats & Ricardo (1996–98) • Giresse (1998) • Jorge (1998–99) • Bergeroo (1999–2000) • Fernandez (2000–03) • Halilhodžić (2003–05) • Fournier (2005) • Lacombe (2005–07) • Le Guen (2007–)
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Toulouse FC – Managers

Farías (1970–72) • Boucher (1972) • Dorsini (1972–73) • Boucher (1973–74) • Orsatti (1974) • Boucher (1974–75) • Sucré (1975) • Daniel (1975–76) • Boucher (1976–77) • Marcos (1977–78) • Fontaine (1978–79) • Cahuzac (1979–83) • Jeandupeux (1983–85) • Santini (1985–89) • Mosca (1989–91) • Zwunka (1991–92) • Delmas (1992–93) • Ruty (1993–94) • Courbis (1994–95) • Giresse (1995–98) • Lacombe (1998–99) • Giresse (1999–2000) • Nouzaret (2000–01) • Mombaerts (2001–06) • Baup (2006–08) • Casanova (2008-) •