He gave his word to Kylian that he would play with him. [57] On 6 December, Mbapp scored his 10th Champions League goal in a 31 defeat to Bayern Munich and became the youngest player to reach that mark at the age of 18 years and 11 months. 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. ", "Kylian Mbappe: the Monaco teen who might be Europe's most wanted youngster", "European round-up: What you might have missed", "Kylian Mbappe offered Monaco contract amid Arsenal, Liverpool links", "First professional contract for Kylian Mbapp", "Kylian Mbappe: The 'phenomenon that breathes and sleeps football', "Reported Arsenal target Kylian Mbappe smashes 21-year-old record for Monaco", "Wonderkid Mbapp nets hat-trick as Monaco march on", "Monaco pull three points clear with Nantes rout", "Monaco, le nouveau record de prcocit de Mbapp", "Mbapp and Moutinho help Monaco move clear", "Monaco 3 Manchester City 1 (agg 66): Pep Guardiola's side crash out on away goals as attacking approach backfires", "Kylian Mbappe gives Monaco crucial edge against Borussia Dortmund", "AS Monaco vs. Borussia Dortmund: Final score 31, Kylian Mbappe makes huge Champions League impact", "Juventus 2 Monaco 1: Mandzukic and Alves fire Italian giants into Champions League final", "Kylian Mbappe: Paris St-Germain sign Monaco forward on loan", "Transfert de Mbapp, dpart de Cavani les vrits de Luis Ferrer, l'ancien recruteur du PSG", "Luis Ferrer Je sonnais sa porte avec des croissants 8h, Luis Ferrer raconte comment le PSG a recrut Mbapp en 2017", "La historia jams contada: cmo convencieron a Kylian Mbapp de rechazar al Real Madrid para fichar por PSG", "PSG. [179] Mbapp was named the fastest player in the world in a ranking by French newspaper Le Figaro. ", "Barcelona 1-4 Paris: Mbapp hits stunning hat-trick", "Champions League hits and misses: Kylian Mbappe puts Lionel Messi in the shade, Liverpool return to form", "Dijon 04 PSG: Mbappe scores twice as PSG beat bottom side", "Paris 1-1 Barcelona (agg: 5-2): Mbapp seals hosts' progress", "Mbappe breaks Messi record as PSG star becomes youngest player to reach 25 Champions League goals", "Kylian Mbappe travels with PSG squad ahead of City game amid injury doubts", "40th goal this season for Mbapp, his career record", "Everyone has seen - Mbappe challenges board to act on PSG's shortcomings", "Lille end PSG dominance to win Ligue 1 title", "Kylian Mbapp gives some clues to his future club", "Mbappe booed ahead of PSG game as Madrid rumours intensify", "Messi presented to crowd before PSG beat Strasbourg", "Brest 2-4 Paris Saint-Germain: Mbappe up and running as Messi wait continues", "Lionel Messi Debuts as Kylian Mbappe Scores Twice in PSG's Win vs. Stade de Reims", "Man City come from behind to beat PSG as Gabriel Jesus nets late winner", "Kylian Mbapp's stunning stats after Brugge", "Mbappe hat trick as PSG beats Vannes 4-0 in French Cup", "Kylian Mbappe nets late winner as PSG down Stade Rennais", "Champions League: Kylian Mbappe scores last-gasp winner against Real Madrid after Lionel Messi misses penalty for PSG", "How Kylian Mbappe set a new record with his goal over Real Madrid", "After Mbapp's illumination, Paris again becomes the city of dying light", "Kylian Signs contact with PSG,Rejects Madrid", "Kylian Mbapp extends contract with Paris Saint-Germain until 2025", "Kylian Mbapp decides to stay at PSG instead of joining Real Madrid", "Nota informativa: Sobre el posible anuncio de Mbapp de permanecer en el PSG", "Kylian Mbapp denies signing PSG deal to gain power over club decisions", "Kylian Mbappe: PSG forward agrees contract extension with Ligue 1 champions", "Meilleur buteur, meilleur passeur: Mbapp officiellement sacr! [84] PSG eventually lost out in the Champions League final 10 to Bayern Munich on 23 August. [40] In the second leg, Mbapp opened the scoring as Monaco won 31 and advanced to the semi-finals.
[55] Four days later, Mbapp recorded his first European goal for Les Parisiens in a 50 UEFA Champions League group stage away defeat of Celtic.
"[64] On 8 October, Mbapp scored four goals in just 13 minutes in a 50 home victory over Lyon and became the youngest player (19 years and 9 months) to score four goals in one game in Ligue 1 over the last 45 seasons. [183] Just over four years after making his professional debut he had gotten over 50 million Instagram followers. The fee required for a subsequent full transfer was set at a rumoured 145million plus 35million in add-ons, making him the most expensive teenager ever, the most expensive transfer ever within a domestic league, and potentially the second most expensive player ever, behind teammate Neymar. He therefore became Monaco's youngest-ever first-team player aged 16 years and 347 days, breaking Thierry Henry's record set 21 years previously. [95] On 27 February, Mbapp scored twice in a 40 away win against Dijon, becoming the first player to score five braces in the Ligue 1 season. [189][190] The celebration appears in FIFA 19. [148] France topped their Nations League Group and qualified for the 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals. [123] In the hours following Mbapp's contract extension, he scored a hat-trick in a 50 win over Metz, to finish the season with 28 goals as top scorer for the fourth consecutive season. [140] He became the second teenager, after Pel, to score in a World Cup Final, and with four goals in the tournament he received the FIFA World Cup Best Young Player Award. He is considered one of the best players in the world and is reportedly the highest-paid. [176], In addition to his technical skills, Mbapp is also highly regarded for his outstanding pace and close ball control when dribbling at speed, as well as his excellent movement, tactical intelligence, and ability to beat the defensive line by making attacking runs into space both on and off the ball. [18][19] However, his favorite team has always been Real Madrid. [75] On 22 October, he came off the bench and scored a perfect hat-trick,[76] in a 50 away win over Belgian side Club Brugge in the Champions League; at the age of 20 years and 306 days, he became the youngest player ever to score at least 15 goals in the competition. [86] He returned to action on 20 September 2020 in a 30 away win against Nice, and scored a goal from a penalty kick. Le palmars complet", "Trophes UNFP: Neymar, Mbapp Dcouvrez le palmars 2018", "Trophes UNFP: Le Palmars Complet de l'dition 2017", "Trophes UNFP: Neymar lu joueur de Ligue 1, Le PSG rafle tout ou presque", "Trophes UNFP: cinq Parisiens, deux Lillois et deux Lyonnais dans l'quipe type", "Kylian Mbapp et Khalid Boutab, joueurs du mois d'Avril! [116][117], "I am convinced that here I can continue to grow at a club that provides everything necessary to perform at the highest level. In terms of transfer fees, these two clubs have broken the world record six times.
[153], In the Nations League semi-final on 7 October 2021, Mbapp assisted Benzema and later scored a goal himself from the penalty spot to help France come from behind and defeat Belgium 32. "[46][47], He explained for Argentine media outlet Infobae: "We had to work twice as hard as Real Madrid. It is something of an affirmation. [122] According to Sky Sports, the financial details of Mbapp's contract include a monthly wage of 4 million, making him the highest-paid player in the world. He was what we call a 'crack' (the best).
[128] Two of your clubs, Real Madrid and Barcelona, have broken a multitude of records in the past decade. @KMbappe with the tap-in to give #FRA the lead! At PSG, he has been named Ligue 1 Player of the Year three times and has finished as the Ligue 1 top scorer for four consecutive seasons. Kylian could do much more than the other children. [7] His father, Wilfried, is originally from Cameroon, and, as well as being Mbapp's agent, is a football coach, while his mother, Fayza Lamari, is of Algerian Kabyle origin and is a former handball player. Two hours later I rang the doorbell of the Mbapps with croissants. [188] His trademark goal celebration posing with his arms folded and hands tucked under his armpits was inspired by his younger brother Ethan who would celebrate in this manner when beating Kylian at FIFA. ", "Are Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi still the world's best footballers? [26] In doing so, he became the second youngest player ever (only behind Maryan Wisniewski) to feature for France at 18 years, three months and five days old. [8][9][10] He has a younger brother, Ethan, who played for Paris Saint-Germain's under-12 squad in 2018. [121] Mbapp himself called and spoke to Real Madrid's president Florentino Prez, during which he told him that he would not be signing for Real Madrid. [98], In the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich on 7 April, Mbapp scored two goals, helping his team to a 32 victory at the Allianz Arena, a first victory for PSG in Munich since 1994. 
[157] Mbapp's super hat-trick, which included a 32-minute first half hat-trick, was his first for his country and the first competitive hat-trick scored for France since Dominique Rocheteau in 1985. [29] In an interview with CNN, Vadim Vasilyev, AS Monaco's vice-president, who played a key role in Mbapp signing his first professional contract with the Ligue 1 club, stated that he knew early on that Mbapp was a "phenomenon. [165][174][177][178] In April 2017, former France international Nicolas Anelka said that Mbapp's ability to run at defences reminded him of Ronaldo of the 1996 Olympics and that Mbapp had the characteristics of a world-class player. [88] In doing so, he became the player with the most assists in the competition since the beginning of the 201718 edition, with his tally adding up to fourteen over the four seasons. The teenager just spent 180 minutes torching the best defense in the world", "World Cup 2018: How Blaise Matuidi laid the platform for Kylian Mbappe to put in the performance of the tournament", "Mbappe's dribbling skills are superior to Henry's at the same age Petit", "Anelka tells Real Madrid target Mbappe: Be like Ronaldo, not me", "Kylian Mbapp the fastest player in the world? [48][49] Mbapp wanted to find a prestigious club where he could be sure of a starting place, with the World Cup just a year away. [152] Mbapp failed to score in any of the four games France played in the competition. [63] Regarding his sending-off, Mbapp told reporters after the match, "If I had the chance to do it over again, I would do the same thing. [114][115] He scored another goal in the second leg, making him the second-highest goalscorer in Paris Saint-Germain's history, but saw his team knocked out following a 31 defeat at the Santiago Bernabu Stadium. [42] Mbapp ended the 201617 season with 26 goals from 44 matches in all competitions as Monaco won the Ligue 1 title. [108] The following match against Reims on 29 August, in which Lionel Messi notably made his debut for PSG, ended in a 20 Rouge-et-Bleu victory thanks to two Mbapp goals. [56] He starred in PSG's 30 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. 
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[44], On 31 August 2017, Paris Saint-Germain announced the signing of Mbapp from Monaco on loan. You could tell he was different. [112] On 3 January 2022, Mbapp scored his first hat-trick of the season in a 40 Coupe de France win over Vannes. This was Mbapp's 50th appearance for Les Bleus at just 22 years and 9.5 months old. [123] Mbapp and PSG also secured a signing-on figure of 100 million. At the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Mbapp became the youngest French player to score at a World Cup, and became the second teenager, after Pel, to score in a World Cup Final. ", Atmane Airouche, president of AS Bondy, on Mbapp as a child.[10]. He finished as 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. [150] On 18 May 2021, Mbapp was called up for the France squad for UEFA Euro 2020, his second major international tournament. [25] He made his first team debut two months later on 2 December 2015 in a 11 Ligue 1 home draw against Caen, replacing Fbio Coentro after 88 minutes. [69] On 6 March, PSG lost 31 at home against Manchester United, to be knocked out from the Champions League on the away goals rule. [22] At age 14 he travelled to London after an invite from Chelsea, playing a match for their youth team against Charlton Athletic. "[130], Mbapp 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 31 victory against Portugal in the semi-finals. [43], Mbapp credited fellow striker at Monaco Radamel Falcao as a key influence on him throughout the season, giving him the space to express himself, teaching him to be "calm" and "serene" during the game, traits which Mbapp noted he lacked. [34][35] On 5 March, Mbapp scored two first-half goals in the 40 Ligue 1 home win over 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 ten-career-goals mark. [195] Mbapp stated that the development of African sport is important to him due to his parents' African origins. [65] On 3 December, Mbapp was the inaugural winner of the Kopa Trophy, which is awarded by France Football to the best player in the world under the age of 21. 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"[156] On 13 November, Mbapp scored his first goals in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers with a super hat-trick (4 goals) in a massive 80 win over Kazakhstan as France booked their place for Qatar 2022. In Paris, there are many talents but I'd never seen a talent like him. After a 33 draw, the game went to a penalty shoot-out; Mbapp failed to score the decisive fifth penalty, and France were eliminated from the tournament. [4] He is renowned for his dribbling abilities, exceptional speed, and finishing.
[11][12] Mbapp's adoptive brother, Jirs Kembo Ekoko, is also a professional football player. Why Kylian Mbappe could define the next era of football", "Qui est la mre de Mbapp? [186] In 2018, Swiss watchmaker Hublot signed Mbapp as a global ambassador.[187]. [107] He scored his first goal of the season in a 42 away win against Brest six days later. Comment le club a convaincu Kylian Mbapp de signer malgr l'intervention du Real Madrid et de Zindine Zidane", "Monaco Star Mbappe Completes 180 Million Paris Saint-Germain Move", "PSG signs Kylian Mbappe, and cleverly skirts Financial Fair Play in the process", "Kylian Mbapp (Monaco) rejoint officiellement le PSG en prt avec option d'achat", "Mbappe: Monaco et le PSG trouvent un accord pour 180 millions d'euros", "Mbappe Creates Champions League History With Goal For Psg Against Celtic", "PSG 3 Bayern Munich 0: Kylian Mbappe, Edinson Cavani and Neymar star in Champions League heavyweight battle", "Mbappe sets new Champions League record with goal against Bayern", "French Cup final PSG beat Les Herbiers", "Kylian Mbappe gets No. [191] Mbapp features as the cover star of FIFA 21, making him the youngest to appear on the cover solo. [149], UEFA Euro 2020 was postponed for a year because of the Coronavirus crisis. PSG scout Luis Ferrer told Le Parisien: "I remember how strong Unai was, how good! [180] When Stefan de Vrij, central defender for Inter Milan and the Netherlands, was asked of his toughest opponent, he placed Mbapp ahead of anyone else, including Mbapp's childhood idol Cristiano Ronaldo. [72], On 3 August, Mbapp scored in a 21 win over Rennes to capture his first title of the 201920 season, the 2019 Trophe des Champions. [102] He ended the Ligue 1 campaign with 27 goals, to become the top scorer for the third consecutive season but PSG missed out on the league title - it was the first time in Mbapp's career where he did not win Ligue 1 after four consecutive successes.
[105], On 14 August 2021, prior to Paris Saint-Germain's opening home match of the 202122 season against Strasbourg, Mbapp was booed by the Parc des Princes amidst rumours that he wanted to sign for Spanish club Real Madrid. [154] In the final three days later, he once again set-up Benzema to tie the match and later scored the match-winning goal for France to clinch the title for the first time with a 21 victory over Spain. [100] On 17 May, Mbapp scored his 40th goal of the season in a 40 league win over Reims, making it his most-prolific season to date and hitting the forty goal mark for the first time in his career. [67] On 12 February, he scored a goal in a 20 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford in the Champions League round of 16.