- Birthday
- 1933-08-18
- Place of Birth
- Marrakech, French Protectorate in Morocco [now Morocco]
Just Fontaine
ActingBiography
Just Louis Fontaine (born 18 August 1933) is a Moroccan-born French former professional footballer. A prolific forward, he is best known for scoring the most goals in a single edition of the FIFA World Cup, with thirteen in six matches in 1958. In 2004, Pelé named him one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony. Born in Marrakech to a French father and a Spanish mother, 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...
