World record holder for goals scored in a single World Cup, Just Fontaine has died

This is the story of a striker who takes with him a record for eternity. During the first match of the 1958 Football World Cup organized in Sweden, Just Fontaine awakens national hope. The child of Marrakech, author of a hat-trick against Paraguay, was however called at the last minute to replace the usual injured center-forward and plays with the shoes of another. “I was pretty full”he summarized to talk about his game. Author of 13 goals in a single World Cup, his record has still not been equaled.

The coach who brought PSG to the first division

The Blues finish the competition in third place. The return to France is glorious for Fontaine, but also Kopa or Piantoni. In club, the striker shines with Nice and especially Reims and wins four French championship titles and two cups. But at only 29, he had to stop his career after a double tibia-fibula fracture. Fontaine then became a coach and also brought Paris Saint-Germain up to the first division in 1974. In his life, Just Fontaine also played the song and ran a sports store in Toulouse, his last home. He lived at number 13, a nice nod to his number of World Cup goals. The number of his life.