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Kylian Mbappé

Mbappé with Paris Saint-Germain in 2019

Personal information

Full name Kylian Mbappé Lottin

Date of birth 20 December 1998 (age 24)

Place of birth Paris, France

Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]

Position(s) Forward

Team information

Current team Paris Saint-Germain

 Number 7

Youth career

2004–2013 AS Bondy

2013–2015 Monaco

Senior career*

Years Team Apps (Gls)

2015–2016 Monaco II 12 (4)

2015–2018 Monaco 41 (16)

2017–2018 → Paris Saint-Germain (loan) 27 (13)

2018– Paris Saint-Germain 161 (149)

International career‡

2014 France U17 2 (0)

2016 France U19 11 (7)

2017– France 75 (46)

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Medal record

*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:21, 24

November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:40, 21 November
2023 (UTC)

Kylian Mbappé Lottin (born 20 December 1998) is a French

professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-
Germain and captains the France national team. Regarded as one of the best
players in the world, he is renowned for his dribbling abilities, exceptional speed, and
finishing.[2][3]
Born in Paris and raised in nearby Bondy, Mbappé began his senior club career in
2015 with Monaco, where he won the Ligue 1 title in the 2016–17 season. In 2017,
aged 18, Mbappé 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 of all time.[4] With PSG, he has won five
Ligue 1 titles and three Coupes de France, including a domestic quadruple in
the 2019–20 season, while also leading the club to its first ever UEFA Champions
League final in 2020. He is the club's all-time top goalscorer and ranks third of all
time in assists.

At international level, Mbappé made his senior debut for France in 2017, at age of
18. At the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Mbappé became the youngest French player to
score at a World Cup, as well as the second teenager, after Pelé, to score in a World
Cup final. He finished as the joint second-highest goalscorer as France won the
tournament; he went on to win the FIFA World Cup Best Young Player and French
Player of the Year awards for his performances. At the 2022 FIFA World Cup, France
reached the final again; Mbappé won the Golden Boot and Silver Ball and set the
record for most goals scored in World Cup finals by scoring a hat-trick.

Mbappé finished in third place for the 2023 Ballon d'Or and was runner-up for
the 2022 The Best FIFA Men's Player award. He was named to the FIFA FIFPro
World11 in 2018, 2019 and 2022, the UEFA Team of the Year in 2018 and the UEFA
Champions League Squad of the Season in 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–21 and 2021–
22. He was awarded the Golden Boy in 2017, the Kopa Trophy in 2018, and was
shortlisted for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year in 2019 and 2023. Mbappé
has been named Ligue 1 Player of the Year a record four times, and has finished as
the Ligue 1 top scorer for a joint-record five seasons; in the 2021–22 season, he
became the first player to finish as both Ligue 1 top scorer and top assist provider. In
2023, he was among Time's 100 most influential people in the world, and was ranked
third on the Forbes list of the world's highest-paid athletes.

Early life
Kylian Mbappé Lottin[5] was born on 20 December 1998[6] in the 19th arrondissement
of Paris[7] and was raised in Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis, in the northeastern suburbs
of Paris.[8] His father, Wilfrid [fr], is originally from Cameroon, and, as well as being
his agent, is a football coach. His mother, Fayza Lamari, is of Algerian Kabyle origin
and is a former handball player.[9][10][11][12] He has a younger brother, Ethan, who plays in
the Paris Saint-Germain Academy.[13][14] Their older adoptive brother, Jirès Kembo
Ekoko, is a former professional footballer.[15]

As a child, Mbappé went to a private Catholic school in Bondy, where he was

considered academically gifted but unruly.[16] At 15, he began taking Spanish lessons,
and eventually became fluent in the language.[17] Among Mbappé's idols growing up
were Zinedine Zidane,[18] Cristiano Ronaldo,[19] Neymar,[20] Ronaldinho,[21] Lionel
Messi,[20] Ronaldo Nazario,[22] Eden Hazard[23] and Thierry Henry.[24][25] As a child,
Mbappé received Robinho's AC Milan shirt as a gift from his nanny's family, who
were supporters of the Italian club.[26][27] However, Mbappé aspired to play for Real
Madrid.[28]
Club career
Early career
Mbappé began his career at AS Bondy, being coached by his father, Wilfrid. Another
of his youth coaches at AS Bondy, Antonio Riccardi, stated,

The first time I coached him was when he was six years old. You could tell he was
different. Kylian could do much more than the other children. His dribbling was
already fantastic and he was much faster than the others. He was the best player I've
ever seen in 15 years coaching here. In Paris, there are many talents but I'd never
seen a talent like him. He was what we call a 'crack' (the best).[29]
Eventually, Mbappé moved to the Clairefontaine academy, putting in a host of
impressive performances leading to numerous French clubs, and Real
Madrid, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Bayern Munich, attempting to sign
him.[12] At the age of 11, Real Madrid invited him to train with their under-12s and visit
the club's facilities.[30] At age 14, he travelled to London after an invite from Chelsea,
playing a match for their youth team against Charlton Athletic.[31]

Monaco
In July 2013, at the age of 14, Mbappé joined the youth academy of Monaco, signing
a three-year contract.[32][33] The club had beat competition from Real Madrid and
Zinedine Zidane, who was "very involved" in efforts to sign him.[34]

2015–16: Development
In October 2015, Mbappé was brought in by Leonardo Jardim to be a mainstay in
Monaco's reserve team, but his level of skill and maturity prompted his promotion to
the main squad after just three weeks.[35] He made his first team debut two months
later, on 2 December 2015, in a 1–1 Ligue 1 home draw against Caen,
replacing Fábio Coentrão after 88 minutes. Mbappé therefore became Monaco's
youngest-ever first-team player, aged 16 years and 347 days, breaking the previous
record set by Thierry Henry in 1994.[32][36]

On 20 February 2016, Mbappé scored his first goal for the club's first team, a
stoppage-time goal in a 3–1 league win over Troyes at the Stade Louis II; at the age
of 17 years and 62 days, he became the youngest first-team goalscorer in Monaco's
history—once again displacing Henry in the process.[37][38] On 6 March 2016, Mbappé
signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal, tying him to Monaco until
June 2019.[39] In an interview with CNN, Vadim Vasilyev, AS Monaco's vice-president,
stated that he knew early on that Mbappé was a "phenomenon".[40]

2016–17: Breakthrough and league title

 Mbappé warming up for Monaco in 2017
Mbappé scored the first hat-trick of his first-team career on 14 December 2016, in a
7–0 home win over Rennes in the Coupe de la Ligue round of 16 – the first hat-trick
scored by any Monaco player in the competition since Sonny Anderson in
1997.[41][42][36] On 11 February 2017, Mbappé scored the first Ligue 1 hat-trick of his
career in a 5–0 home win over Metz; at 18 years and two months, he became the
youngest player to score a league hat-trick since Jérémy Ménez did so
for Sochaux back in 2005.[43] On 21 February, Mbappé scored Monaco's second goal
in the 40th minute of a 5–3 loss away to Manchester City in the UEFA Champions
League round of 16. It was his first European-competition goal, and he became the
second-youngest French scorer in Champions League history, behind only Karim
Benzema.[44][45] On 5 March, Mbappé scored two first-half goals in a 4–0 home win
over Nantes to bring his Ligue 1 career tally to ten goals, becoming the youngest
player in the previous thirty years to reach the ten-goal mark in the league.[46][47] On 11
March, he scored a goal in a 2–1 home win over Bordeaux, registering his seventh
goal in his previous four league starts.[48]

On 15 March 2017, Mbappé scored Monaco's opening goal in the second leg of the
Champions League round of 16 tie with Manchester City. Monaco went on to win 3–
1, and with the aggregate score being tied 6–6, advanced to the quarter-finals thanks
to the away goals rule.[49] In the quarter-finals against Borussia Dortmund, Mbappé
won a penalty and scored two goals as Monaco won the first leg 3–2 at
the Westfalenstadion.[50] In the second leg at home, he opened the scoring as Monaco
won 3–1 and advanced to the semi-finals.[51] They were eventually eliminated from the
Champions League following a 4–1 loss on aggregate to Juventus, with Mbappé
scoring his team's lone goal in the second leg.[52] Mbappé ended the 2016–17 season
with 26 goals from 44 matches in all competitions, as Monaco won the Ligue 1
title.[53] He credited fellow Monaco striker Radamel Falcao as a key influence on him
throughout the season, giving him the space to express himself and teaching him to
be "calm" and "serene" during the game.[54]
Paris Saint-Germain
2017–18: World record transfer and domestic treble
On 31 August 2017, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) announced the signing of Mbappé
from Monaco on loan with a mandatory purchase option of €180
million.[55][56] According to PSG's assistant sporting director Luis Ferrer, the shift in
Mbappé's decision to join the club was partly thanks to a "convincing" speech given
by manager Unai Emery at the Mbappés' home over the summer.[57][58][59] The €180
million fee made Mbappé the most expensive teenager ever and the second-most-
expensive player ever (behind teammate Neymar), and broke the record for the
largest transfer within a domestic league.[60][61][62][63] He was handed the number 29 shirt
upon arrival in the French capital.[64]

On 8 September 2017, Mbappé made his PSG debut in a 5–1 Ligue 1 win away at
Metz, scoring a goal.[65] Four days later, he recorded his first European goal for the
club in a 5–0 UEFA Champions League group stage away defeat of Celtic.[66] He
starred in PSG's 3–0 victory over Bayern Munich in the second group game of the
Champions League, setting up goals for Edinson Cavani and Neymar, the latter
seeing him taking out a defender with a feint by rolling the ball under his foot.[67] On 6
December, Mbappé scored his tenth career Champions League goal in a 3–1 defeat
to Bayern Munich, becoming the youngest player to reach that mark, at the age of 18
years and 11 months.[68] Having already won his first league title with the club, on 8
May 2018, Mbappé featured in PSG's 2–0 win over Les Herbiers in the Coupe de
France final.[69]

2018–19: Ligue 1 Player of the Year

Mbappé with Paris Saint-Germain in 2019

In July 2018, Mbappé was given the number 7 jersey for the upcoming season with
PSG, taking up the squad number left vacant by Lucas Moura.[70] Sporting the
hashtag #K7LIAN, Mbappé stated, "I keep trying to progress on the pitch and I think
that, for me, it was the right time to change number. It is something of an affirmation.
The No. 7 shirt is a legendary one and many greats have worn it. I hope that I will be
able to do this number justice on the pitch."[70]

In his first appearance of the season, Mbappé scored twice in the last 10 minutes as
PSG won 3–1 against Guingamp in Ligue 1.[71] In the following league game, the front
three of Mbappé, Cavani and Neymar all scored in a 3–1 win over Angers at home,
with Mbappé – starting his first game of the season – scoring from a volley and
setting up Neymar to score the third.[72] On 1 September, he scored and assisted in a
4–2 away win over Nîmes, but was sent off for the first time in his career with a
straight red card in injury time, after shoving Téji Savanier in retaliation for a late
challenge from behind, for which Savanier was also sent off.[73] Regarding his
sending-off, Mbappé told reporters after the match, "If I had the chance to do it over
again, I would do the same thing. I will apologise to the supporters and everybody,
but I cannot tolerate this sort of thing."[74] On 8 October, Mbappé scored four goals in
just 13 minutes in a 5–0 home victory over Lyon and became the youngest player (at
19 years and 9 months) to score four goals in one game in Ligue 1 over the last forty-
five seasons.[75] On 3 December, Mbappé was the inaugural winner of the Kopa
Trophy, which is awarded by France Football to the best under-21 player in the
world.[76]

On 19 January 2019, Mbappé was one of two players (the other being Cavani) to
score a hat-trick in a 9–0 win over Guingamp, breaking a record PSG had set the
previous season.[77] On 12 February, he scored a goal in a 2–0 win over Manchester
United at Old Trafford in the Champions League round of 16.[78] On 2 March, he
scored twice in a 2–1 away win over Caen to reach his 50th goal with the club. [79] On
6 March, PSG lost 3–1 at home against Manchester United and was subsequently
knocked out from the Champions League on the away goals rule.[80] On 21 April, he
scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 win against Monaco, netting his first goals against his
former club.[81] PSG finished the season as Ligue 1 champions,[82] with Mbappé
winning the Player of the Year award,[83] while also finishing the season as the top
goalscorer with 33 goals.[82]

2019–20: Domestic quadruple and European final

Mbappé playing against Dynamo Dresden in July

2019
On 3 August, Mbappé scored in a 2–1 win over Rennes to capture his first title of the
2019–20 season, the Trophée des Champions.[84] He then scored again in PSG's
opening Ligue 1 match of the season, a 3–0 home win over Nîmes on 11
August.[85] On 22 October, he came off the bench and scored a perfect hat-trick in a
5–0 away win over Belgian side Club Brugge in the Champions League;[86] at the age
of 20 years and 306 days, he became the youngest player ever to score at least 15
goals in the competition.[87]
On 1 May 2020, PSG were crowned Ligue 1 champions after the season had been
called off amid the COVID-19 pandemic; at the time of the league's premature
suspension, PSG were in first place, with a twelve–point lead over second–
placed Marseille.[88][89] Mbappé finished the 2019–20 season as joint-top scorer in
Ligue 1 with 18 goals, along with Monaco's Wissam Ben Yedder; however, Mbappé
was assigned the title due to his higher goals-per-game ratio.[90] On 24 July, in
the Coupe de France final against Saint-Étienne, Mbappé was forced off after
sustaining an injury following a challenge from Loïc Perrin, who was sent off; PSG
won the match 1–0,[91] although Mbappé was ruled out of the Coupe de la Ligue
final,[92] which PSG went on to win, completing a domestic treble.[93] He returned to
action in the Champions League quarter-final against Atalanta on 12 August, coming
on a substitute, and assisting Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting's match–winning goal in
injury time.[94] PSG eventually suffered a 1–0 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions
League final on 23 August.[95]

2020–21: Third time top scorer

Mbappé missed the first three matches of the season after contracting COVID-
19 while being on international duty.[96] He returned to action on 20 September 2020,
in a 3–0 away win against Nice, and scored a goal from a penalty kick.[97] On 28
October, Mbappé recorded two assists, both for Moise Kean, in a 2–0 Champions
League group stage victory against İstanbul Başakşehir.[98] In doing so, he became
the player with the most assists in the competition since the beginning of the 2017–
18 edition, with his tally adding up to fourteen over the four seasons.[99] In a Ligue 1
match against Montpellier on 5 December, Mbappé scored his 100th goal for PSG,
becoming only the fifth player to achieve the feat for the Parisian club. [100] In his side's
final Champions League group match, Mbappé scored his first two goals of the
European campaign against Başakşehir, as PSG won 5–1 and qualified for
the knockout phase as group winners.[101] He also became the youngest player in
Champions League history to reach twenty goals (although this record would then be
surpassed by Erling Haaland later on in the same season).[102][103]

On 16 February 2021, Mbappé became only the third player, after Faustino
Asprilla and Andriy Shevchenko, to score a Champions League hat-
trick against Barcelona, doing so in PSG's 4–1 round of 16 win at the Camp
Nou.[104] Mbappé's hat-trick also saw him overtake Pauleta's total of 109 goals to
become PSG's third-highest scorer, with only Cavani (200 goals) and Zlatan
Ibrahimović (156 goals) getting more for the club.[105] On 27 February, Mbappé scored
twice in a 4–0 away win against Dijon, becoming the first player to score five braces
in the Ligue 1 season.[106] In the second leg against Barcelona on 10 March, Mbappé
scored from the spot in a 1–1 draw at the Parc de Princes, as his side advanced to
the quarter-finals 5–2 on aggregate.[107] Mbappé's penalty was his 25th Champions
League goal, surpassing opponent Lionel Messi as the youngest player to reach this
milestone, at 22 years and 80 days. Adding to his hat-trick from the first leg, Mbappé
additionally became the first player to score four goals against Barcelona in a single
Champions League season.[108]