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Nice recruited him in 1953 and he went on to score 44 goals in three seasons for the club.
This understates Fontaine’s Nice output. OGC Nice’s own records put him on 51–52 official goals in his three seasons there, not 44.
Full reasoning
The sentence says Fontaine scored 44 goals "for the club" in his three seasons at Nice. OGC Nice’s own historical pages contradict that figure.
- Nice’s official player profile for Fontaine lists 84 matches and 51 goals, and its biography text says he scored "52 au total en 83 apparitions en Rouge et Noir" (52 total in 83 appearances).
- Another official OGC Nice retrospective says Fontaine showed his talent at Nice with "51 buts en trois saisons" (51 goals in three seasons).
Those two official club pages disagree slightly with each other on whether the total was 51 or 52, but both contradict 44. So the claim as written is incorrect.
2 sources
- La fiche de Just Fontaine - OGC Nice
Anciens joueurs Just Fontaine ... Aiglon de 1953 à 1956 ... 84 matchs 51 buts ... Avec le Gym... 52 au total en 83 apparitions en Rouge et Noir.
- Fontaine : « Nice est resté dans mon cœur » | 110 ans
Juste Fontaine a révélé l'entendue de son talent à l'OGC Nice (51 buts en trois saisons), où il a joué ses premiers matchs de 1ère division (1953-1956).
Fontaine scored 121 goals in six seasons at Stade de Reims.
Stade de Reims’ official records do not support 121. The club says Fontaine scored 145 goals overall for Reims and 122 league goals.
Full reasoning
This figure does not match Stade de Reims’ own published totals for Fontaine.
In the club’s official obituary, Reims says Fontaine remains one of its great scorers, with "145 buts" for the club and "122 buts en championnat" (122 league goals). That means 121 goals is not the correct official total in either the all-competitions or league-only count.
Because the article gives a bare club total — "scored 121 goals in six seasons at Stade de Reims" — the official club record directly contradicts it.
1 source
- Disparition de Just Fontaine : le SDR en deuil - Stade de Reims
Just Fontaine demeure malgré tout, le second meilleur marqueur sous le maillot Rouge et Blanc ... (145 buts), avec un total de 122 buts en championnat.
In total, Fontaine scored 165 goals in 200 matches in the Division 1
The French federation’s official tribute gives Fontaine’s top-flight total as 164 goals in 200 league matches, not 165.
Full reasoning
The French Football Federation’s official tribute to Fontaine gives his French top-flight record as 164 goals in 200 league matches, which directly contradicts the article’s 165.
This is also consistent with club-level official totals:
- Stade de Reims’ official obituary gives Fontaine 122 league goals for Reims.
- OGC Nice’s official historical review breaks out his Ligue 1 scoring seasons at Nice as 17 goals in 1953-54, 20 in 1954-55, and 5 in 1955-56.
Adding those Nice league totals (42) to Reims’ 122 gives 164 goals in 200 Division 1 matches, not 165.
3 sources
- Just Fontaine, le buteur éternel | Fédération Française de Football (FFF) | Site Officiel
164 buts en 200 rencontres nationales, dont 152 en 145 matches avec le Stade de Reims.
- Disparition de Just Fontaine : le SDR en deuil - Stade de Reims
Just Fontaine demeure malgré tout ... avec un total de 122 buts en championnat.
- 72 goals and 2 giants | Review
The Gym's best duos (in the top flight) ... 1953-54: Fontaine (17) ... 1954-55: Fontaine (20) ... 1955-56 season Nice league tally was 5, giving 42 league goals at Nice.
He was chosen as the best French player of the last 60 years by the French Football Federation in the UEFA Jubilee Awards in November 2003.
UEFA’s Jubilee award covered the past 50 years, not 60. UEFA says each association nominated its most outstanding player of the past 50 years.
Full reasoning
This sentence misstates the time span of the UEFA Jubilee distinction.
UEFA’s own explanation of the Golden Player selections says that, to mark UEFA’s Jubilee, each national association was asked to nominate its most outstanding player of the past 50 years. So describing Fontaine as the best French player of the last 60 years is incorrect.
Fontaine was indeed France’s UEFA Golden Player, but the award was tied to the past 50 years, reflecting UEFA’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
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- Lucky 13 for France legend Fontaine | UEFA EURO 2008 | UEFA.com
To help mark UEFA's Jubilee, each national association was asked to nominate its most outstanding player of the past 50 years.