Kylian Mbappé Lottin (born 20 December 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as
a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. Considered one of the
best players in the world, he is known for his dribbling, speed, and finishing.
Mbappé began his senior career with Ligue 1 club Monaco, making his professional debut in 2015,
aged 16. With them, he won a Ligue 1 title, Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year, and the Golden
Boy award. In 2017, he signed for league rivals Paris Saint-Germain on an initial loan, which was
made permanent in 2018 in a transfer worth €180 million plus add ons, making him both the secondmost expensive player and most expensive teenager.[4] There, Mbappé has won three Ligue 1 titles,
three Coupe de France titles, was named Ligue 1 Player of the Year twice, and has finished
as Ligue 1 top scorer for three consecutive seasons. He is also the third-highest goalscorer in the
club's history.
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 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.
CHAPTER 1
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Contents
1Early life
2Club career
o 2.1Early career
o 2.2Monaco
 2.2.12015–16: Development
 2.2.22016–17: Breakthrough and league title
o 2.3Paris Saint-Germain
 2.3.12017–18: World record transfer and treble
 2.3.22018–19: Ligue 1 Player of the Year
 2.3.32019–20: Back-to-back league top goalscorer
 2.3.42020–21: Third time top scorer
 2.3.52021–22: Surpassing 100 Ligue 1 goals
3International career
o 3.1Youth career and early senior career
o 3.22018 FIFA World Cup
o 3.3Euro 2020 qualifying and 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
o 3.4UEFA Euro 2020
o 3.52021 UEFA Nations League Finals and 2022 World Cup Qualification
4Player profile
o 4.1Style of play and reception
5Outside football
o 5.1Personal life
o 5.2Media and sponsorship
o 5.3Philanthropy
6Career statistics
o 6.1Club
o 6.2International
7Honours
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8See also
9References
10External links
CHAPTER 2 Early life
Mbappé was born in Paris[5] and was raised in Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis, a commune 10.9 km
(6.8 mi) from the centre of Paris.[6] His father, Wilfried, is originally from Cameroon, and, as well as
being Mbappé's agent, is a football coach, while his mother, Fayza Lamari, is of
Algerian Kabyle origin and is a former handball player.[7][8][9] He has a younger brother, Ethan, who
played for Paris Saint-Germain's under-12 squad in 2018.[10][11] Mbappé's adoptive brother, Jirès
Kembo Ekoko, is also a professional football player.[12] Growing up, his idol was Cristiano Ronaldo, a
player he looked to emulate.[13][14] As a child, Kylian Mbappé went to a private Catholic school in
Bondy, where he was considered academically gifted[15] but extremely unruly.
CHAPTER 3 Club career
CHAPTER 4 Early career
"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."
—Atmane Airouche, president of AS Bondy, on Mbappé as a child. [9]
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. 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 'crack' (the best).[16]
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.[9] At the age of 11, Real Madrid invited Mbappé to
train with their under-12s and visit the club's facilities.[17] At age 14 he travelled to London after an
invite from Chelsea, playing a match for their youth team against Charlton Athletic.[18] He ultimately
settled on Monaco.[19]
CHAPTER 5 Monaco
CHAPTER 6 2015–16: Development
In October 2015, Mbappé was brought in by Leonardo Jardim to be a mainstay in Monaco's B-team
but his level of skill and maturity prompted his promotion to the main squad after just three
weeks.[20] He made his first team debut two months later on 2 December 2015 in a 1–1 Ligue 1 home
draw against Caen, replacing Fábio Coentrão after 88 minutes. 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.[19][21]
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.[22][23] On 6
March 2016, Mbappé signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal, tying him to Monaco
until June 2019.[24] In an interview with CNN, Vadim Vasilyev, AS Monaco's vice-president, who
played a key role in Mbappé signing his first professional contract with the Ligue 1 club, stated that
he knew early on that Mbappé was a "phenomenon."[25]