Just Louis Fontaine 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 FIFA World Cup tournament. In March 2004, Pelé named him one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony.
Fontaine in 1966
Fontaine playing for France at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.
Fontaine in 2016
The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country.
1958 FIFA World Cup
USSR stamps marking the tournament; the Soviet Union qualified for the first time
Official 1958 FIFA World Cup poster.
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