Former France forward Just Fontaine, who scored a record 13 goals in a single World Cup, has died, his former club Stade de Reims said on Wednesday. He was 89.
Fontaine netted 30 goals from 21 caps for France between 1953 and 1960. In 1958, he was instrumental in Les Bleus reaching the World Cup semifinals in Sweden.
He took six games to achieve his record-breaking 13-goal feat at the 1958 tournament, when he was a last-minute inclusion on the France squad.
Entering the tournament, the Morocco-born Fontaine was a little-known forward outside of the French league.