Just Fontaine, who holds the record for the most goals scored at a single World Cup, has passed away at the age of 89.
Born in Marrakech, French Morocco, to a French father and a Spanish mother, Fontaine scored 13 goals in just six matches for France at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden as they finished third.
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His former club Stade de Reims wrote: “A star of French football, an outstanding striker, a legendary Reims player.”
Another of his former clubs and Ligue 1 champions Paris St-Germain, said: “A thought for Just Fontaine. An icon of French football who has left us.”
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