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Just Fontaine

French professional footballer renowned for his record-breaking World Cup goal-scoring.

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Just Fontaine is best known for Scoring the most goals in a single FIFA World Cup edition with 13 goals in 1958. On Dead or Alive, Just Fontaine is listed in the World Cup Soccer Legends and Sports Legends categories, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Just Fontaine is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Scoring the most goals in a single FIFA World Cup edition with 13 goals in 1958
Listed under: World Cup Soccer Legends and Sports Legends

About Just Fontaine

He holds the record for the most goals scored in a single FIFA World Cup, with thirteen in six matches at the 1958 tournament. Fontaine began his amateur career at US Marocaine, 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 to Stade de Reims, where he teamed up with Raymond Kopa from the 1959–60 season. Fontaine scored 121 goals in six seasons at Stade de Reims. In total, Fontaine scored 165 goals in 200 matches in the Division 1 and won the championship twice (1958 and 1960).

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Just Fontaine is known for Scoring the most goals in a single FIFA World Cup edition with 13 goals in 1958.

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