SOCCER PLAYER

Just Fontaine

1933 - 2023

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Just Louis Fontaine (18 August 1933 – 28 February 2023) was a French professional footballer who played as a striker. He scored the most goals ever in a single edition of the FIFA World Cup, with thirteen in six matches in the 1958 tournament. In March 2004, Pelé named him one of his 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Just Fontaine is the 33rd most popular soccer player (down from 30th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Morocco (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Moroccan Soccer Player.

Just Fontaine is most famous for scoring 13 goals in the 1958 World Cup.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Just Fontaine ranks 33 out of 21,273. Before him are Didi, Josef Bican, Lionel Messi, Rivellino, Raymond Kopa, and Roberto Carlos. After him are Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Roberto Baggio, Gunnar Nordahl, Luís Figo, Carlos Alberto Torres, and Paolo Maldini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Just Fontaine ranks 19. Before him are William Anders, Heinrich Rohrer, Jalal Talabani, Tinto Brass, James Brown, and H. D. Deve Gowda. After him are Nina Simone, Arno Allan Penzias, Susan Sontag, Amartya Sen, Paul Biya, and Paul J. Crutzen. Among people deceased in 2023, Just Fontaine ranks 19. Before him are Kenzaburō Ōe, Jane Birkin, Giorgio Napolitano, Michael Gambon, Sinéad O'Connor, and Yevgeny Prigozhin. After him are Robert Lucas Jr., Harald zur Hausen, Ted Kaczynski, Fernando Botero, Louise Glück, and Paul Berg.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Just Fontaine ranks 6 out of 264. Before him are Ibn Battuta (1304), Jean Reno (1948), Hassan II of Morocco (1929), Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937), and Abd el-Krim (1882). After him are Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963), Mohammed V of Morocco (1909), Ismail Ibn Sharif (1646), Alain Badiou (1937), Dominique Mamberti (1952), and Nathalie Delon (1941).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Morocco

Among soccer players born in Morocco, Just Fontaine ranks 1. After him are Larbi Benbarek (1914), Ahmed Faras (1946), Ezzaki Badou (1959), Mustapha Hadji (1971), Noureddine Naybet (1970), Abdelmajid Dolmy (1953), Mohammed Hazzaz (1945), Houmane Jarir (1944), Abdallah Lamrani (1946), Driss Bamous (1942), and Abdeljalil Hadda (1972).

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