Just Fontaine, one of the legendary names of French football and owner goal scored in a single match World Cup in Sweden 1958 with 13 goals, passed away at the age of 89family announced on Wednesday.
Fontaine was a major figure of the Stade de Reims in the 50s and 60s, when he co-starred. epic duels in the European Cup against real Madrid, first with Raymond Kopa and then with him on the white team. Both clubs played in the 1959 European Cup final, with Madrid winning 2-0 in a tournament where Fontaine was the top scorer with ten goals.
He scored a goal for the French national team. 30 goals in 21 games. His greatest achievement was in scoring 13 goals at the 1958 World Cup played in Sweden, an absolute record that has yet to be surpassed. In that World Cup, France lost in the semi-finals and finished third, losing to Brazil’s newly promoted Pele and became the champion.
In the league where he scored 164 goals in 200 matches. But two nearly successive fractures of the left leg (a double in 1960 and a simple fracture in 1961) overcame him. He retired in 1962 at the age of 29..
Fontaine received the Golden Boot in honor of his record during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, in a ceremony where he was “proud” to receive the award from Ronaldo Nazario and Michel Platini.