Just Fontaine

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

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|Cup|colspan=2|Continental|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=4|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||||||
|rowspan=4|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|0|21|9||||
|rowspan=7|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|10|1|0|42|36|||
|1959–60|French Division 1|28|28|2|2|—|—|30|30|||||
|1960–61|French Division 1|7|4|0|0|1|0|—|8|4||||
|1961–62|French Division 1|7|2|1|3|—|—|8|5|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|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|||

- _Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fontaine goal_

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|17 December 1953|Parc des Princes, Paris, France|1||4–0|8–0|1954 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|2|align="center"|6–0|||||||||||||
|align="center"|3|align="center"|7–0|||||||||||||
|align="center"|4|13 March 1958|Parc des Princes, Paris, France|4||1–1|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|5|8 June 1958|Idrottsparken, Norrköping, Sweden|6||1–1|7–3|1958 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|align="center"|6|align="center"|2–1|||||||||||||
|align="center"|7|align="center"|5–3|||||||||||||
|align="center"|8|11 June 1958|Arosvallen, Västerås, Sweden|7||1–0|2–3|rowspan="2"|1958 FIFA World Cup|||||||
|align="center"|9|align="center"|2–2|||||||||||||
|align="center"|10|15 June 1958|Eyravallen, Örebro, Sweden|8||2–0|2–1|1958 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|align="center"|11|19 June 1958|Idrottsparken, Norrköping, Sweden|9||2–0|4–0|rowspan="2"|1958 FIFA World Cup|||||||
|align="center"|12|align="center"|3–0|||||||||||||
|align="center"|13|24 June 1958|Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden|10||1–1|2–5|1958 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|align="center"|14|28 June 1958|Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden|11||1–0|6–3|rowspan="4"|1958 FIFA World Cup|||||||
|align="center"|15|align="center"|3–1|||||||||||||
|align="center"|16|align="center"|5–2|||||||||||||
|align="center"|17|align="center"|6–3|||||||||||||
|align="center"|18|1 October 1958|Parc des Princes, Paris, France|12||2–0|7–1|UEFA Euro 1960 qualifiers||||||||
|align="center"|19|align="center"|6–1|||||||||||||
|align="center"|20|5 October 1958|Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria|13||2–1|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|21|9 November 1958|Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes, France|15||2–2|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|22|11 November 1959|Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes, France|17||1–0|5–3|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|23|align="center"|4–2|||||||||||||
|align="center"|24|align="center"|5–2|||||||||||||
|align="center"|25|13 December 1959|Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes, France|18||1–0|5–2|UEFA Euro 1960 qualifiers||||||||
|align="center"|26|align="center"|2–0|||||||||||||
|align="center"|27|align="center"|4–2|||||||||||||
|align="center"|28|17 December 1959|Parc des Princes, Paris, France|19||2–1|4–3|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|29|16 March 1960|Parc des Princes, Paris, France|20||4–0|6–0|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|30|align="center"|5–0|||||||||||||

## Honours

**Nice**
- French Division 1: 1955–56
- Coupe de France: 1953–54

**Reims**
- French Division 1: 1957–58, 1959–60, 1961–62
- Coupe de France: 1957–58
- Trophée des Champions: 1958, 1960
- European Cup: runner-up 1958–59

**France**
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1958

**Individual**
- Ballon d'Or third-place: 1958
- FIFA World Cup Golden Boot: 1958
- French Division top scorer: 1957–58, 1959–60
- European Cup top scorer: 1958–59
- FIFA Order of Merit: 1994
- Golden Foot: 2003, as a football legend
- FIFA 100: 2004

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Just Fontaine
- **image**: 23.05.66 Just Fontaine dans son magasin (1966) - 53Fi634 (Cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Fontaine in 1966
- **full name**: Just Louis Fontaine
- **birth place**: Marrakech, French protectorate in Morocco, French Morocco
- **death place**: Toulouse, France
- **height**: 1.74 m
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **years1**: 1950–1953
- **clubs1**: :fr:Union sportive marocaine de Casablanca, USM Casablanca
- **caps1**: 48
- **goals1**: 62
- **years2**: 1953–1956
- **clubs2**: OGC Nice, Nice
- **caps2**: 69
- **goals2**: 42
- **years3**: 1956–1962
- **clubs3**: Stade de Reims, Reims
- **caps3**: 131
- **goals3**: 122
- **totalcaps**: 248
- **totalgoals**: 226
- **nationalyears1**: 1953–1960
- **nationalteam1**: France national football team, France
- **nationalcaps1**: 21
- **nationalgoals1**: 30
- **manageryears1**: 1967
- **managerclubs1**: France national football team, France
- **manageryears2**: 1968–1969
- **managerclubs2**: Luchon
- **manageryears3**: 1973–1976
- **managerclubs3**: Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain
- **manageryears4**: 1978–1979
- **managerclubs4**: Toulouse FC, Toulouse
- **manageryears5**: 1979–1981
- **managerclubs5**: Morocco national football team, Morocco