Kylian Mbappé
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Personal information
Full name
Kylian Mbappé Lottin
Date of birth
20 December 1998
Place of birth
Paris, France
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position
Forward
Club information
Current team
Paris Saint-Germain
Number
29
Youth career
AS Bondy
2004-2013
Monaco
2013-2015
Senior career*
Monaco B
2015-2016
12x apps / 4x goals
2015-2018
Monaco
41x apps / 16x goals
→ Paris Saint-Germain (loan)
2017-2018
27x apps / 13x goals
Paris Saint-Germain
2018-
0x apps / 0x goal
National team
France U17
2014
2x apps / 0x goal
France U19
2016
11x apps / 7x goals
France
2017-
19x apps / 7x goals
(* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2018 (UTC) - National team caps and goals correct as of 16:00, 30 June 2018 UTC)
Kylian Mbappé Lottin is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team.
Mbappé came into prominence at an early age, starring for the youth academies at AS Bondy, INF Clairefontaine, and Monaco, making his debut as a professional for the reserve team of the last.
Mbappé soon became a regular starter and goalscorer for the first team in the 2016–17 season, helping the club gain their first Ligue 1 title in seventeen years.
He following season he joined Paris Saint-Germain on an initial loan, with a deal in place to join the club permanently at the end of the season for a fee of around €180 million, making him the most expensive teenager, and second most expensive player ever.
Mbappé made his senior international debut for France in March 2017, after previously representing them at under-17 and under-19 levels.
By scoring a goal against Peru at the 2018 World Cup he became the youngest French goalscorer at the World Cup at age 19.
Early career
Atmane Airouche, president of AS Bondy, on Mbappé as a child.
Mbappé began his career at AS Bondy, coached by his father, Wilfried.
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.
"He had technique and vision in the game that most children just don't have.
He's got eyes in the back of his head.
He knows how to anticipate where the ball will go.
Here, he never played for his proper age group, he always played with older children because there was no point leaving him with kids his own age.”
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 'craque' (the best)."
Eventually he moved to the Clairefontaine academy, putting on a host of impressive performances leading to numerous French clubs, and Real Madrid, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Bayern Munich, attempting to sign him.
Mbappé travelled to London for a trial with Chelsea when he was 11 and even played a match for their youth team against Charlton Athletic.
Mbappé ultimately settled on French club Monaco.
Monaco
2015–16 season
Mbappé made his first team debut on 2 December 2015 in a 1:1 Ligue 1 home draw against SM Caen, replacing Fábio Coentrão after 88 minutes.
He therefore became Monaco's youngest-ever first-team player aged 16 years 347 days and breaking Thierry Henry's record set 21 years previously.
On 20 February 2016, Mbappé scored his first goal for the club's first team, a stoppage-time goal in a home Ligue 1 3:1 win over Troyes.
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.
On 6 March 2016, Mbappé signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal, tying him Monaco until June 2019.
2016–17 season
Mbappé scored the first hat-trick of his first team career on 14 December 2016 in the 7:0 rout of Stade Rennais in the Coupe de la Ligue round of 16 at the Stade Louis II – the first hat-trick scored by any Monaco player in the competition since Sonny Anderson in 1997.
On 11 February 2017, Mbappé scored the first Ligue 1 hat-trick of his career in the 5:0 home win over Metz.
At 18 years and two months he became the youngest player to score a Ligue 1 hat-trick since Jérémy Ménez did it for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard back in 2005.
On 21 February, Mbappé scored Monaco's second goal in the 40th minute with a half-volley after receiving Fabinho's long ball over the opponents' back line.
It was his first ever UEFA Europa League or UEFA Champions League goal and he became the second youngest French scorer in UEFA Champions League history (behind Karim Benzema) in the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg match against Manchester City, which Monaco lost 5:3.
On 5 March, Mbappé scored two first-half goals in the 4:0 Ligue 1 home win over FC Nantes to bring his Ligue 1 career tally to ten goals and become the youngest player in the last 30 years to hit the Ligue 1/Division 1 ten-career-goals mark.
His brace against Nantes on 5 March brought up his 2016–2017 season tally to nine Ligue 1 goals and five Ligue 1 assists in just 822 minutes of Ligue 1 football.
On 11 March, Mbappé scored a goal in the 2:1 Ligue 1 home win against FC Girondins de Bordeaux to register his seventh Ligue 1 goal in his last four starts.
In the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg match at the Stade Louis II on 15 March, he made the score 1:0 for Monaco in the 8th minute by turning home Bernardo Silva's low cross from close-range (his 11th goal in his past 11 matches in all competitions) to help Monaco beat Manchester City 3:1 (aggregate score 6:6) and advance to the quarter-finals on the away goals rule.
Mbappé ended the season with 26 goals from 44 matches in all competitions.
Paris Saint-Germain
On 31 August 2017, Paris Saint-Germain announced the signing of Mbappé from Monaco on loan.
The fee required for a subsequent full transfer was set at a rumoured €145 million plus €35 million in add-ons, making him the most expensive teenager ever, and potentially the second most expensive player ever, behind teammate Neymar.
He was handed the number 29 shirt upon arrival in the French capital.
He scored on his debut on 8 September in a 5:1 Ligue 1 win at Metz, in which Benoît Assou-Ekotto was sent off for fouling him.
Four days later, Mbappé recorded his first European goal for Les Parisiens in a 5:0 UEFA Champions League group stage away defeat of Celtic.
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.
On 6 December, Mbappé scored his 10th Champions League goal in a 3:1 defeat to Bayern Munich and became the youngest player to reach that mark at the age of 18 years and 11 months.
Having won his first league title with the club, on 8 May 2018, Mbappé played as PSG won 2:0 against Les Herbiers VF to clinch the 2017–18 Coupe de France.
International career
Mbappé capped a fine debut senior season at Monaco by scoring five times for France as they won the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, the striker almost single-handedly securing their spot in the final with a sparkling performance in their 3:1 victory against Portugal in the semi-finals.
Mbappé was called up to the senior France squad for the first time to face Luxembourg and Spain in March 2017.
He made his debut on 25 March 2017 against the former, coming on for Dimitri Payet in the 78th minute of a 3:1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification away win.
In doing so, he became the second youngest player (only behind Maryan Wisnieski) to ever feature for France at 18 years, three months and five days old.
On 31 August 2017, Mbappé scored his first senior international goal in a 2018 World Cup qualification match against the Netherlands.
On 17 May 2018, Mbappé was called up to the France squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
On 21 June 2018, he scored his first World Cup goal in France's 1:0 win over Peru.
This made him the youngest French goalscorer in World Cup history at age 19.
On 30 June 2018, he was named Man of the Match in the Round of 16 4:3 win over Argentina, scoring twice and suffering a foul in the box which resulted in Antoine Griezmann opening the score from a penalty kick.
Mbappé was the second teenager to score two goals in a World Cup match after Pelé in 1958.
In a post-match press conference Mbappé stated: "It's flattering to be the second one after Pelé but let's put things into context – Pelé is in another category.”
Style of play
Mbappé’s movement has been compared to former French star Thierry Henry and Brazilian Ronaldo
Mbappé has been described as a "huge football talent" who "has similarities to Thierry Henry" by Arsène Wenger.
With his ability to run at defences former France international Nicolas Anelka stated, "He reminds me of Ronaldo of the 1996 Olympics.
He has the characteristics of a world-class player and he must manage them properly.
If he follows Ronaldo's career, 'O Phenomenon', he will be one of the legends that has made history in the sport.”
Outside football
Mbappé has a sponsorship deal with sportswear and equipment supplier Nike.
In 2017, his prodigious talent saw Nike launch his own personalized football boots at age 18, the Kylian Mbappé Nike Hypervenom 3.
In 2018, Mbappé unveiled the Nike Mercurial Superfly VI boots which were inspired by the R9 Mercurial boots of former Brazilian striker Ronaldo.
Mbappé features in EA Sports' FIFA video game series.
On FIFA 18 he had a potential rating of 94, the highest potential rating along with Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Personal life
Mbappé was born in Paris.
His father Wilfried hails from Cameroon and, as well as being his agent, is a football coach, while his Algerian mother Fayza is a former handball player.
His adoptive brother Jirès Kembo Ekoko is also a professional football player.
He also has a younger brother named Adeyemi Mbappé.
Mbappé has stated that growing up he idolized Cristiano Ronaldo.