Just Fontaine

Just Fontaine

Fontaine in 2016
Personal information
Full name Just Fontaine
Date of birth (1933-08-18) 18 August 1933
Place of birth Marrakech, French Morocco
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1953 USM Casablanca 48 (62)
1953–1956 Nice 69 (43)
1956–1962 Reims 131 (122)
Total 248 (227)
National team
1953–1960 France 21 (30)
Teams managed
1967 France
1968–1969 Luchon
1973–1976 Paris Saint-Germain
1978–1979 Toulouse
1979–1981 Morocco

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Fontaine playing for France at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Just "Justo" Fontaine (pronounced: [ʒyst fɔ̃.tɛn]; born 18 August 1933) is a retired French footballer. A prolific forward, he is best known for being the record holder for most goals scored in a single edition of the FIFA World Cup, with 13 in six games in 1958.[1] In 2004, Pelé named him one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony.[2]

Football career

Born in Marrakech, Fontaine 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 and 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. He also took part in the team that got to the 1958–59 European Cup final against Real Madrid, being that season's top scorer with 10 goals.

Wearing the blue shirt of France, Fontaine's statistics are even more impressive. On his debut with the team on 17 December 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, he 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. It was also the highest number of goals ever scored by one player at a single World Cup tournament – a record which still stands today.[3] This tally secured him the Golden Boot for that tournament.[4] And as of 2014, he is still the fourth best scorer in FIFA World Cup History, with the three first - Gerd Muller (14 goals), Ronaldo (15 goals) and Miroslav Klose (16 goals) - having played at least two tournaments.

Fontaine played his last match in July 1962, being forced to retire early (28 years and 11 months old) 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. As coach of Morocco, he led the Atlas Lions to 3rd in the 1980 African Cup of Nations, overseeing the emergence of such players as Badou Zaki, Mohammed Timoumi and Aziz Bouderbala. Morocco reached the final stage of 1982 World Cup qualifying but were beaten by Cameroon.

After retirement

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.[5]

With Eugène N'Jo Léa he founded the National Union of Professional Football Players in 1961. He criticized the performance of the French team in 2010 World Cup in South Africa, particularly on the lackluster playing by the forwards.[6] France were eliminated after group stage, with a draw against Uruguay and losses to Mexico and South Africa.

Honours

Club

Individual

Career statistics

Club

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Morocco League Moroccan Cup Africa Total
1950–51Casablanca 1623
1951–52 1017
1952–53 2222
France League Coupe de France Europe Total
1953–54NiceDivision 1 241873--3121
1954–55 282042--3222
1955–56 17534--209
1956–57Stade ReimsDivision 1 313011--3231
1957–58 263465--3239
1958–59 3224327104236
1959–60 282822--3030
1960–61 74--1084
1961–62 7213--85
Total Casablanca 48624862
Nice 6943149--8352
Reims 1311221313810152145
Career total 2482272722810283259

International

Source: "Just Fontaine – Goals in International Matches". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 April 2011. 
France national team
YearAppsGoals
1953 13
1954 --
1955 --
1956 10
1957 10
1958 1218
1959 47
1960 22
Total 2130

International goals

France score listed first, score column indicates score after each Fontaine goal.[8]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 December 1953 Parc des Princes, Paris, France 1 Luxembourg
4–0
8–0
Friendly
2
6–0
3
7–0
4 13 March 1958 Parc des Princes, Paris, France 4  Spain 1–1 2–2 Friendly
5 8 June 1958 Idrottsparken, Norrköping, Sweden 6 Paraguay
1–1
7–3
1958 FIFA World Cup
6
2–1
7
5–3
8 11 June 1958 Arosvallen, Västerås, Sweden 7 Yugoslavia
1–0
2–3
1958 FIFA World Cup
9
2–2
10 13 March 1958 Eyravallen, Örebro, Sweden 8  Scotland 2–0 2–1 1958 FIFA World Cup
11 19 June 1958 Idrottsparken, Norrköping, Sweden 9 Northern Ireland
2–0
4–0
1958 FIFA World Cup
12
3–0
13 24 June 1958 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden 10  Brazil 1–1 2–5 1958 FIFA World Cup
14 28 June 1958 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden 11 West Germany
1–0
6–3
1958 FIFA World Cup
15
3–1
16
5–2
17
6–3
18 1 October 1958 Parc des Princes, Paris, France 12 Greece
2–0
7–1
UEFA Euro 1960 qualifiers
19
6–1
20 5 October 1958 Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria 13  Austria 2–1 2–1 Friendly
21 9 November 1958 Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes, France 15  Italy 2–2 2–2 Friendly
22 11 November 1959 Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes, France 17 Portugal
1–0
5–3
Friendly
23
4–2
24
5–2
25 13 December 1959 Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes, France 18 Austria
1–0
5–2
UEFA Euro 1960 qualifiers
26
2–0
27
4–2
28 17 December 1959 Parc des Princes, Paris, France 19  Spain 2–1 4–3 Friendly
29 16 March 1960 Parc des Princes, Paris, France 20 Chile
4–0
6–0
Friendly
30
5–0

References and notes

  1. ↑ Kaufman, Michelle. "Countdown to the World Cup – Total Soccer , Fútbol Total". MiamiHerald.com. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Pele's list of the greatest". BBC Sport. 4 March 2004. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "1958 FIFA World Cup Sweden ™". FIFA.com. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  4. ↑ http://thefootballhistoryboys.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/1958-world-cup-wales-finest-hour.html
  5. ↑ Golden Players take centre stage at the Wayback Machine (archived 12 March 2004)
  6. ↑ "France legend Fontaine blasts forwards". ESPN. 11 July 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  7. ↑ "Legends". Golden Foot. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Just Fontaine - national football team player". EU-Football.info. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
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