The Moroccan-born France forward was at the peak of his powers in Sweden and opened his World Cup account with a hat-trick in the 7-3 win over Paraguay in their opening group game.
He continued his red-hot form with two goals against Yugoslavia (3-2 loss), one against Scotland (2-1 win), two against Northern Ireland in the quarter-finals (4-0 win), one against Brazil in the 5-2 semi-final defeat and he signed off with an incredible four goals in the match for third place against Germany – winning 6-3.
It gave Fontaine a total of 13 goals, the most scored by an individual in any one World Cup. It was to be his only tournament appearance but due to his incredible strike-rate he still remains the tournament’s third highest goalscorer of all-time – behind Ronaldo (15) and Gerd Muller (14).
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