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Just Fontaine

Forward · OGC Nice · historical profile

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French footballer (1933–2023)

1933–2023

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2023-02-28

Just Louis Fontaine 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 tournament. In March 2004, Pelé named him one of his 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony.

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