Kylian Mbappé
Kylian Mbappe is a French professional footballer who plays for Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. He began his senior career with Ligue 1 club Monaco, where he made his professional debut in 2015, aged 16. In 2017, he signed for league rivals PSG on an initial loan, which was made permanent in 2018 in a transfer worth €180million. At the 2018 FIFA World Cup, he became the youngest French player to score at a World Cup and the second teenager, after Pelé, to score in a Final.
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Kylian Mbappé is a French professional footballer who plays for Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. He began his senior career with Ligue 1 club Monaco, where he made his professional debut in 2015, aged 16. In 2017, he signed for league rivals PSG on an initial loan, which was made permanent in 2018 in a transfer worth €180 million, making him the second-most expensive player and most expensive teenager ever. At the 2018 FIFA World Cup, he became the youngest French player to score at a World Cup and the second teenager, after Pelé, to score in a Final. He is known for his clinical finishing, dribbling, strength, and explosive speed. Growing up, his idol was Cristiano Ronaldo, a player he looked to emulate. He has a younger brother, Ethan, who played for PSG’s under-12 squad in 2018. His adoptive brother, Jirès Kembo Ekoko, is also a professional football player. His mother, Fayza Lamari, is of Algerian origin and is a former handball player. He was born in Paris and was raised in Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis, a commune 10. 9 km from the centre of Paris. At age 14 he travelled to London after an invite from Chelsea, playing a match for their youth team against Charlton Athletic. He ultimately settled on Monaco. On 20 February 2016, Mbappe scored his first goal for the club’s first team, a stoppage time goal in a 3–1 win over Troyes; at the age of 17 years and 62 days he 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 he signed his first professional contract, tying him to Monaco until June 2019. In an interview with CNN, AS Monaco’s vice-president said that he knew early on that he was aphenomenon on the football pitch. He also said he wanted to play for Real Madrid, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Bayern Munich. At 18, he was the joint second-highest goalscorer as France won the tournament, and he received the Best Young Player and French Player of the Year awards for his performances. He then moved to PSG in a deal worth €180million. In the summer of 2013, he won the Golden Boy award and the Golden Ball award for the best young player in the French league. In April 2014, he scored the first hat-trick of his career in the 7–0 rout of Rennais de Stade de Coupe de France. In June 2014, Mb appé signed a three-year deal to tie him to the club until 2019. He became the youngest player in Monaco’s history to become a first team player again, once again at age 17. In March 2015, he broke the record for most goalscorers in a single season, when he scored three goals in a game against Troyes.
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