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Paul Myers

Just Fontaine, France's 1958 World Cup hero, dies aged 89

Just Fontaine scored 13 goals during the 1958 World Cup. AFP - STAFF

Tributes from around the world of football poured in on Wednesday for the former Reims and France international striker Just Fontaine, who has died at the age of 89.

Reims – with whom he won three top flight titles as well as the Coupe de France in the late 1950s – issued a statement on social media hailing a star of French football and an unrivalled goalscorer.

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