His goalscoring record stands up against any forward to ever play the game. In French league football, Fontaine scored an amazing 165 goals in just 200 matches.
Fontaine: World Cup record holder
His record at international level is even more impressive. Playing for France he managed an incredible 30 goals in 21 matches, including a hat-trick on his debut and 13 goals in six matches in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden - a record that still stands today.
To score so many goals at such a high level of football deserves respect – and in the minds of many Frenchman, Just Fontaine remains their nation’s greatest ever striker.