1933 - Today
Just Louis Fontaine (pronounced [ʒyst fɔ̃.tɛn]; born 18 August 1933) is a French retired professional footballer. A prolific forward, he is best known for scoring the most goals in a single edition of the FIFA World Cup, with 13 in six matches in 1958. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Just Fontaine has received more than 749,115 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Just Fontaine is the 18th most popular soccer player (up from 20th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Morocco (up from 6th 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, Just Fontaine ranks 18 out of 16,923. Before him are Zinedine Zidane, Cesare Maldini, George Best, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Zico, and Michel Platini. After him are Didi, Luis Suárez, Mário Zagallo, Josef Bican, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Raymond Kopa.
1972 - Present
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 12
1932 - 2016
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 13
1946 - 2005
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 14
1895 - 1978
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 15
1953 - Present
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 16
1955 - Present
HPI: 76.90
Rank: 17
1933 - Present
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 18
1928 - 2001
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 19
1935 - Present
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 20
1931 - Present
HPI: 75.90
Rank: 21
1913 - 2001
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 22
1985 - Present
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 23
1931 - 2017
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 24
Among people born in 1933, Just Fontaine ranks 14. Before him are Montserrat Caballé, James Brown, Dalida, Nina Simone, Claudio Abbado, and Lina Medina. After him are Krzysztof Penderecki, Jalal Talabani, Philip Roth, Tinto Brass, Amartya Sen, and Francisco Gento.
1933 - 2018
HPI: 80.52
Rank: 8
1933 - 2006
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 9
1933 - 1987
HPI: 79.25
Rank: 10
1933 - 2003
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 11
1933 - 2014
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 12
1933 - Present
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 13
1933 - Present
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 14
1933 - 2020
HPI: 76.43
Rank: 15
1933 - 2017
HPI: 76.25
Rank: 16
1933 - 2018
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 17
1933 - Present
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 18
1933 - Present
HPI: 75.68
Rank: 19
1933 - Present
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 20
Among people born in Morocco, Just Fontaine ranks 5 out of 163. Before him are Ibn Battuta (1304), Tariq ibn Ziyad (670), Jean Reno (1948), and Hassan II of Morocco (1929). After him are Abd el-Krim (1882), Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937), Ismail Ibn Sharif (1646), Mohammed V of Morocco (1909), Alain Badiou (1937), Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963), and Nathalie Delon (1941).
1304 - 1368
HPI: 85.70
Rank: 1
670 - 720
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 2
1948 - Present
HPI: 80.79
Rank: 3
1929 - 1999
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 4
1933 - Present
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 5
1882 - 1963
HPI: 75.93
Rank: 6
1937 - Present
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 7
1646 - 1727
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 8
1909 - 1961
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 9
1937 - Present
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 10
1963 - Present
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 11
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 12
Among soccer players born in Morocco, Just Fontaine ranks 1. After him are Larbi Benbarek (1914), Ahmed Faras (1946), Mustapha Hadji (1971), Ezzaki Badou (1959), Abderrahmane Mahjoub (1929), Noureddine Naybet (1970), Abdelmajid Dolmy (1953), Serge Chiesa (1950), Daniel Sanchez (1953), Mohamed Timoumi (1960), and Abdeljalil Hadda (1972).
1933 - Present
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 1
1914 - 1992
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 2
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 3
1971 - Present
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 4
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 5
1929 - 2011
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 6
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 7
1953 - 2017
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 8
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 9
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 10
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 11
1972 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 12