By Admin 
The excitement of the FIFA World Cup 2026 is at its peak and the Round-of-32 teams are emerging one by one. The player who has scored the most goals in the current World Cup is Argentina’s Lionel Messi, who has now scored 5 goals. Messi already holds the record for scoring the most goals in the history of the World Cup, but when it comes to scoring the most goals in a single World Cup, the name of Just Fontaine comes to mind.
The record of great French striker Just Fontaine has stood for the last 68 years. He alone scored 13 goals in the 1958 World Cup. What is even more shocking is that he achieved this feat at the age of just 25. Just Fontaine became a part of only one World Cup and in that his name became immortal in the history of football.
Why couldn’t Just Fontaine become king?
Lionel Messi scored 2 goals against Austria. In this match, he broke Miroslav Klose’s record of scoring most goals in the history of FIFA World Cup (16 goals). Messi has made this record in his sixth World Cup. But on the other hand, Just Fontaine had scored 13 goals in a single World Cup, so why could he not hold the world record of scoring the most goals in the history of the World Cup.
In fact, during the French League in 1960, Fontaine suffered a double fracture in his leg, after which he was never fully fit. For this reason he had to retire at the age of just 28. Fontaine could not play a single match in the 1962 World Cup. This is how a rising star of football came to an end.
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