52 Facts About Kylian Mbappe

Kylian Mbappe Lottin is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team.

In 2017, aged 18, Kylian Mbappe signed for Paris Saint-Germain on an eventual permanent transfer worth €180 million, making him the second-most expensive player and most expensive teenage player.

At international level, Kylian Mbappe made his senior debut for France in 2017, at age 18.

At the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappe became the youngest French player to score at a World Cup, and became the second teenager, after Pele, to score in a World Cup Final.

Kylian Mbappe finished as the joint second-highest goalscorer as France won the tournament, and won FIFA World Cup Best Young Player and French Player of the Year for his performances.

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Kylian Mbappe was awarded the Globe Soccer Best Player of the Year in 2021.

Kylian Mbappe has won the Golden Boy in 2017, Ligue 1 Player of the Year three times, and has finished as the Ligue 1 top scorer for four seasons.

Kylian Mbappe was born in Paris and was raised in Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis, a commune 10.

Kylian Mbappe's father, Wilfried, is originally from Cameroon, and, as well as being Mbappe's agent, is a football coach, while his mother, Fayza Lamari, is of Algerian Kabyle origin and is a former handball player.

Kylian Mbappe has a younger brother, Ethan, who played for Paris Saint-Germain's under-12 squad in 2018.

Kylian Mbappe's adoptive brother, Jires Kembo Ekoko, is a professional football player.

Kylian Mbappe began his career at AS Bondy, coached by his father, Wilfried.

Kylian Mbappe's dribbling was already fantastic and he was much faster than the others.

Kylian Mbappe was the best player I've ever seen in 15 years coaching here.

In October 2015, Kylian Mbappe was brought in by Leonardo Jardim to be a mainstay in Monaco's B-team but his level of skill and maturity prompted his promotion to the main squad after just three weeks.

Kylian Mbappe therefore became Monaco's youngest-ever first-team player aged 16 years and 347 days, breaking Thierry Henry's record set 21 years previously.

On 6 March 2016, Kylian Mbappe signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal, tying him to Monaco until June 2019.

Kylian Mbappe credited fellow striker at Monaco Radamel Falcao as a key influence on him throughout the season, giving him the space to express himself, teaching him to be "calm" and "serene" during the game, traits which Kylian Mbappe noted he lacked.

Kylian Mbappe wanted to find a prestigious club where he could be sure of a starting place, with the World Cup just a year away.

Kylian Mbappe was handed the number 29 shirt upon arrival in the French capital.

In July 2018, Kylian Mbappe was given the number 7 jersey for the upcoming season with PSG, taking up the squad number vacated by Lucas Moura.

PSG finished the season as Ligue 1 champions, with Kylian Mbappe winning the Player of the Year award, while finishing the season as the top goalscorer with 33 goals.

However, Kylian Mbappe was assigned the title of top scorer due to his superior goals per game ratio.

Kylian Mbappe missed the first three matches of the season after contracting COVID-19 while playing with the France national team.

Kylian Mbappe became the youngest player in Champions League history to reach twenty goals.

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Kylian Mbappe's hat-trick saw him overtake Pauleta's total of 109 goals to become PSG's third-highest scorer, with only Cavani and Zlatan Ibrahimovic getting more for the club.

Kylian Mbappe's penalty was his 25th Champions League goal, surpassing opponent Lionel Messi as the youngest player to reach this milestone, aged 22 years and 80 days.

Kylian Mbappe ended the Ligue 1 campaign with 27 goals, to become the top scorer for the third consecutive season but PSG missed out on the league title – it was the first time in Mbappe's career where he did not win Ligue 1 after four consecutive successes.

Kylian Mbappe ended the season with the Ligue 1 Player of The Year Award and featured in the Ligue 1 Team of The Season.

On 12 December 2021, Kylian Mbappe scored twice against Monaco in Ligue 1 to reach a century of league goals for PSG.

On 21 May 2022, Kylian Mbappe extended his contract with PSG until 2025, despite speculations of a possible transfer to Real Madrid, which prompted La Liga officials to file a complaint to UEFA regarding accumulating losses of PSG in the previous years.

Kylian Mbappe himself called and spoke to Real Madrid's president Florentino Perez, during which he told him that he would not be signing for Real Madrid.

Kylian Mbappe became the third player to finish as Ligue 1 top scorer four seasons in a row.

Kylian Mbappe provided 17 assists in the season, becoming the first player to finish as both top scorer and top assist provider in Ligue 1 history.

Kylian Mbappe was called up to the senior France squad for the first time to face Luxembourg and Spain in March 2017.

On 31 August 2017, Kylian Mbappe scored his first senior international goal in a 2018 World Cup qualification match against the Netherlands.

Kylian Mbappe scored twice against Russia in a friendly in March 2018.

On 17 May 2018, Kylian Mbappe was called up to the France squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Kylian Mbappe was the second teenager to score two goals in a World Cup match after Pele in 1958.

Kylian Mbappe became the second teenager, after Pele, to score in a World Cup Final, and with four goals in the tournament he received the FIFA World Cup Best Young Player Award.

On 18 May 2021, Kylian Mbappe was called up for the France squad for UEFA Euro 2020, his second major international tournament.

Kylian Mbappe failed to score in any of the four games France played in the competition.

Kylian Mbappe has been described by Arsene Wenger as a "huge football talent" who "has similarities to Thierry Henry".

Kylian Mbappe is capable of cutting into the centre onto his stronger right foot from the left wing, and is capable of creating chances and providing assists for teammates from the right due to his vision.

Kylian Mbappe is able to play in the centre as a main striker, due to his composure, clinical finishing, and eye for goal.

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Kylian Mbappe was named the fastest player in the world in a ranking by French newspaper Le Figaro.

In 2018, Kylian Mbappe was considered the world's most expensive player from a transfer value perspective by the CIES.

Kylian Mbappe has a sponsorship deal with sportswear and equipment supplier Nike.

On 22 February 2018, Kylian Mbappe was joined by two of Africa's greatest strikers, former AC Milan forward and current Liberia President George Weah, and former Chelsea and Ivory Coast forward Didier Drogba, in a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and FIFA president Gianni Infantino at the Elysee Palace in Paris that focused on a sports development project in Africa.

Kylian Mbappe stated that the development of African sport is important to him due to his parents' African origins.

On 28 January 2019, Kylian Mbappe donated $34,000 to a crowdfunding campaign to finance a private search mission to find football player Emiliano Sala, whose light aircraft had gone missing over the English Channel a week earlier.

Later, on 10 February 2019, Kylian Mbappe donated a further £27,000 to the GoFundMe campaign created to fund the search for the plane's still-missing pilot, David Ibbotson.