Kylian Mbappe

Kylian Mbappe Lottin is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for the France National Football Team and Paris Saint-Germain. Mbappe was born on 20 December 1998 in Paris.

Background

Mbappe began training under his father. During the course of his youth career, his performance in the Clairefontaine academy was phenomenal.

He began his career with AS Bondy and served them for 11 years. In the year 2013, he joined Monaco’s youth team. He has scored 7 goals for the France under-19 team.

Debut

Mbappe made his debut with the senior Monaco team in the year 2015 against SM Caen. He scored his first goal for the club in the year 2016 at the age of 17 and turned out to be the youngest goalscorer for Monaco.

He moved to PSG in 2017. He was signed for a loan from Monaco. He was the second most expensive player to be transferred after Neymar.

He scored a goal on his debut for PSG, in a 5–1 Ligue 1 win at Metz.

Mbappe played for France in 2017 for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. He was the second youngest player after Maryan Wisnieski to feature in the France national team, at the age of 18.

He scored his first senior international goal against the Netherlands in 2018 World Cup qualification.

Rise to glory

Mbappe scored the first hat-trick of his first-team career against Stade Rennais in the Coupe de la Ligue and that was the first hat-trick scored by any Monaco player in the competition since Sonny Anderson in 1997.

He scored a goal for Monaco with a half-volley against Manchester City and he became the second youngest French scorer in UEFA Champions League history behind Karim Benzema.