Just Fontaine

French association football player and manager (1933-2023)

Just Louis Fontaine (18 August 1933 – 1 March 2023) was a French former football player and manager. He had played for France national team.

Just Fontaine
Fontaine in 1966
Personal information
Full name Just Louis Fontaine[1]
Date of birth (1933-08-18)18 August 1933
Place of birth Marrakech, French Morocco
Date of death 28 February 2023(2023-02-28) (aged 89)
Place of death Toulouse, France
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1953 USM Casablanca 48 (62)
1953–1956 Nice 69 (42)
1956–1962 Reims 131 (122)
Total 248 (226)
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
Honours
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1958 Sweden
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
USM Casablanca 1950–51 Moroccan Football League 16 23 16 23
1951–52 Moroccan Football League 10 17 10 17
1952–53 Moroccan Football League 22 22 22 22
Total 48 62 48 62
Nice 1953–54 French Division 1 24 17 7 3 31 20
1954–55 French Division 1 28 20 4 2 32 22
1955–56 French Division 1 17 5 3 4 1[a] 0 21 9
Total 69 42 14 9 1 0 84 51
Reims 1956–57 French Division 1 31 30 1 1 32 31
1957–58 French Division 1 26 34 6 5 32 39
1958–59 French Division 1 32 24 2 2 7[b] 10 1[c] 0 42 36
1959–60 French Division 1 28 28 2 2 30 30
1960–61 French Division 1 7 4 0 0 1[b] 0 8 4
1961–62 French Division 1 7 2 1 3 8 5
Total 131 122 12 13 8 10 1 0 152 145
Career total 248 226 26 22 8 10 2 0 284 258
  1. Appearance in Challenge des Champions
  2. 2.0 2.1 Appearances in European Cup
  3. Appearance in Coupe Charles Drago

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[2]
National team Year Apps Goals
France 1953 1 3
1954 0 0
1955 0 0
1956 1 0
1957 1 0
1958 12 18
1959 4 7
1960 2 2
Total 21 30
Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fontaine goal[3]
List of international goals scored by Just Fontaine
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 17 December 1953 Parc des Princes, Paris, France 1   Luxembourg 4–0 8–0 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification
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 15 June 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

Honours

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Nice[4]

Reims[4]

France[4]

Individual

References

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  1. "Entreprise Fab Amenagement Constructions Sports" [Company Fab Amenagement Constructions Sports] (in French). Manageo. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
    "Just Fontaine". BFM Business (in French). Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  2. "Just Fontaine – Goals in International Matches". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  3. "Just Fontaine - national football team player". EU-Football.info. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Just Fontaine at FootballDatabase.eu
  5. "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1958". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  6. "Saison 1959/1960 Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe Charles Drago, Classement, Résultats". www.pari-et-gagne.com. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  7. "Just Fontaine, France's record World Cup goalscorer, dies aged 89". The Guardian. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  8. "Legends". Golden Foot. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  9. "Pele's list of the greatest". BBC Sport. 4 March 2004. Retrieved 18 November 2013.