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World Cup goalscorer Just Fontaine dies

March 1, 2023

In Toulouse, at the age of 90, the legendary French footballer Just Fontaine died.At club level, he played for Morocco’s Casablanca, France’s Nice and Reims, scoring 227 goals in 248 domestic league appearances.Because of Fontaine 21 games and 30 goals for the France team. At the 1958 World Championships he won bronze with 13 goals in the tournament. This record has not yet been broken.

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