Kylian Mbappé

Kylian Mbappé Lottin born 20 December 1998 is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris SaintGermain and the France national team Considered one of the best players in the world he is renowned for his dribbling abilities exceptional speed and finishing Born in Paris and raised in nearby Bondy Mbappé began his senior club career in 2015 playing for Monaco where he won the Ligue 1 title In 2017 aged 18 Mbappé signed for Paris SaintGermain on an eventual permanent transfer worth 180 million making him the secondmostexpensive player and most expensive teenage player There he has won four Ligue 1 titles three Coupes de France and is the clubs secondhighest alltime top goalscorer He helped PSG attain a domestic quadruple in the 201920 season and led the club to its first ever Champions League Final At international level Mbappé made his senior debut for France in 2017 at age 18 At the 2018 FIFA World Cup Mbappé became the youngest French player to score at a World Cup and became the second teenager after Pelé to score in a World Cup Final He finished as the joint secondhighest goalscorer as France won the tournament and won the FIFA World Cup Best Young Player and French Player of the Year for his performances At the 2022 FIFA World Cup France reached the final Mbappé won the Golden Boot and Silver Ball and set the record for most goals scored in World Cup finals Mbappé was named to the FIFA FIFPro World11 in 2018 and 2019 the UEFA Team of the Year in 2018 and the UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season in 201617 201920 202021 and 202122 He was awarded the Globe Soccer Best Player of the Year in 2021 He 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 in the 202122 season he became the first player to finish as both Ligue 1 top scorer and top assist provider Kylian Mbappé Lottin was born on 20 December 1998 in Paris and was raised in Bondy SeineSaintDenis in the northeastern suburbs of Paris His father Wilfried is originally from Cameroon and as well as being Mbappés agent is a football coach His mother Fayza Lamari is of Algerian Kabyle origin and is a former handball player Mbappé is a practicing Christian He has a younger brother Ethan who played for Paris SaintGermains under12 squad in 2018 Mbappés adoptive brother Jirès Kembo Ekoko is also a professional football player As a child Kylian Mbappé went to a private Catholic school in Bondy where he was considered academically gifted but unruly At 15 he began taking Spanish lessons and became fluent in the language Growing up his idols were Zinedine Zidane Ronaldo Nazário and Cristiano Ronaldo During his childhood he had a nanny whose entire family were AC Milan fans from whom Mbappé once received Robinhos number 70 shirt as a gift However as a child Mbappé aspired to play for Real Madrid Source Article Kylian Mbappé from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30