Just Fontaine - Goals in International Matches (original) (raw)

The outstanding French player scored 30 international goals in 21 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 18- 8-1933 Died: 1- 3-2023 Country: France Caps: 21 (W12-D4-L5 � GF70-GA36 - %66.6700) Goals: 30 (1.43 per match) Age First Cap: 20 yr 131 d 27-12-1953 vs. Luxembourg 8-0 Age Last Cap: 27 yr 115 d 11-12-1960 vs. Bulgaria 3-0 National Team Career: 6 yr 350 d

Caps Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 3 3 27-12-53 Paris Luxembourg 8-0 World Cup Qualifier 2 3 7-10-56 Colombes Hungary 1-2 3 3 6-10-57 Budapest Hungary 0-2 4 1 4 13- 3-58 Paris Spain 2-2 5 4 16- 4-58 Paris Switzerland 0-0 6 3 7 8- 6-58 Norrk�ping Paraguay 7-3 World Cup 7 2 9 11- 6-58 V�steras Yugoslavia 2-3 World Cup 8 1 10 15- 6-58 �rebro Scotland 2-1 World Cup 9 2 12 19- 6-58 Norrk�ping N. Ireland 4-0 World Cup 10 1 13 24- 6-58 Solna Brazil 2-5 World Cup 11 4 17 28- 6-58 G�teborg West Germany 6-3 World Cup 12 2 19 1-10-58 Paris Greece 7-1 European Champ. Qualifier 13 1 20 5-10-58 Vienne Austria 2-1 14 20 26-10-58 Colombes West Germany 2-2 15 1 21 9-11-58 Colombes Italy 2-2 16 21 11-10-59 Sofia Bulgaria 0-1 17 3 24 11-11-59 Colombes Portugal 5-3 18 3 27 13-12-59 Colombes Austria 5-2 European Champ. Qualifier 19 1 28 17-12-59 Paris Spain 4-3 20 2 30 16- 3-60 Paris Chile 6-0 21 30 11-12-60 Colombes Bulgaria 3-0

Note: Just Fontaine scored 13 goals in one edition (1958) of the World Cup Final Tournament, which still is a record.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 21 12 4 5 70- 36 28 66.67

Types of Matches

Friendlies 12
World Cup Qualifiers 1
World Cup 6 European Champ. Qual. 2

Total 21

30 Goals in 21 Matches (1.43 per match)

About this document

Prepared and maintained by _Jarek Owsianski_for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Jarek Owsianski (jarek-o@go2.pl) Last updated: 1 Mar 2023