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  2. In seven years, he scored 30 goals in 21 matches. However, he will best be remembered for his 1958 FIFA World Cup performance, where he scored 13 goals in just six matches – a feat that included putting four past defending champions West Germany.

  3. Oct 5, 2024 · France’s Just Fontaine holds the record for most goals in a single football World Cup. He scored 13 goals at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

  4. Mar 1, 2023 · Just Fontaine, the French footballer, who has died aged 89, had an unrivalled eye for goal; he scored 13 of them in the World Cup finals of 1958, a tournament record that is unlikely to be...

    • Telegraph Obituaries
  5. May 27, 2024 · He’d chopped the 11-goal record for goals in one edition of the World Cup down to two. It seemed unlikely he’d be able to equal it – unlikelier still eclipse it – against holders West ...

  6. Mar 1, 2023 · Fontaine scored 13 goals in just six matches for France at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden as they finished third. He is joint-fourth on the all-time World Cup goalscorers list alongside...

    • Tom Mallows
  7. Mar 1, 2023 · Just Fontaine scored a record 13 goals for France at the 1958 World Cup finals in Sweden; the record for most goals scored in a World Cup career is 16 by Germanys Miroslav Klose; Fontaine broke...

  8. Mar 1, 2024 · The formidable Frenchman holds the record for goals in a single edition of a FIFA World Cup™, having scored an astonishing 13 times in just six games at Sweden 1958.