Kylian Mbappe

Kylian Mbappé Lottin (born 20 December 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Real Madrid and captains the France national team. Widely regarded as one of the best players in the world, he is known for his pace, dribbling, and clinical finishing.

At the international level, Mbappé made his senior debut for France in 2017. 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, and he was honored as the FIFA World Cup Best Young Player and French Player of the Year. He helped France to victory in the UEFA Nations League in 2021, receiving the top scorer award in the finals. At the 2022 FIFA World Cup, France reached the final again; Mbappé won the Golden Boot and Silver Ball, and set a new record for the most goals scored in World Cup final matches. Mbappé, who scored a hat trick in the match, is one of only two players to have scored in two consecutive World Cup finals.

In July 2013, at the age of 14, Mbappé joined the youth academy of Monaco. The club managed to secure a three-year contract with him despite efforts by Real Madrid to sign him.

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. He made his first-team debut on 2 December, in a 1–1 draw against Caen in Ligue 1. The 16-year-old Mbappé became Monaco's youngest-ever first-team player, breaking the previous record set by Thierry Henry in 1994. On 20 February 2016, Mbappé scored his first goal for the first team, becoming the youngest first-team goalscorer in Monaco's history. On 6 March, he signed his first professional contract, which kept him with Monaco until June 2019. In an interview with CNN, Monaco's vice-president Vadim Vasilyev said he knew early on that Mbappé was a "phenomenon".

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