Kylian Mbappe has won the top goalscorer award every single season since 2018/19, and he is charging up the all-time Ligue 1 goalscoring list. [32] 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. At the 2022 FIFA World Cup, France reached the final; Mbapp won the Golden Boot and Silver Ball and set the record for most goals scored in World Cup finals. Mbappe was born in France and raised in nearby Bondy. Lionel Messi And Kylian Mbappe Combine For Beautiful Goal As PSG Beat Lens. 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Sada Thioub reduced the arrears with a close-range effort four minutes from time, but it was too little, too late for a team almost certain to be relegated. At 22 years and 357 days old, he became the youngest player to score 100 goals for a single team in the French top-flight since Opta began recording data in the 195051 season. 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. [81][82] Mbapp finished the 201920 season as joint-top scorer in Ligue 1 with 18 goals, along with Monaco's Wissam Ben Yedder. Mbappe The Bayern striker has claimed glory in the award for a second straight year and some big name rivals were also prominent in the European golden boot race. Mbappe goal Lionel Messi would be "welcomed with open arms" if he decides to return to LaLiga, Royal Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales said. France forward Mbappe struck twice in the first half to put PSG on 75 points with six games left, extending the French champions' lead to 11 points before second-placed Marseille travel to Olympique Lyonnais on Sunday. 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! [211] Mbapp features as the cover star of FIFA 21, making him the youngest to appear on the cover solo. [74] PSG finished the season as Ligue 1 champions,[75] with Mbapp winning the Player of the Year award,[76] while also finishing the season as the top goalscorer with 33 goals. Robert Summerscales. [125] Mbapp and PSG also reportedly secured a signing-on figure in the region of 100million. The first leg of that round of 16 clash saw Messi open the scoring from the spot, before a scintillating performance from Mbappe saw him score a hat-trick at Camp Nou. [172] He secured the tournament's Golden Boot with eight goals, and became the sixth all-time top goalscorer in World Cup history with twelve goals, tied with Pel. [173] Having scored a goal in the 2018 final, Mbapp also became the outright top goalscorer in World Cup finals, with four goals, and his hat-trick was the first in a men's final since Geoff Hurst for England in 1966. Mbappe scores one of the most bizarre goals of 2023 Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe scored one of the strangest goals of the 2022-23 season against Lorient. Kylian Mbappe is currently PSG's all-time top goal scorer, and he's also amassed a laundry list of personal recognition below: Messi and Ronaldo's rivalry has dominated football for over two decades with the pair setting a whole new benchmark for individual excellence. Goals [90] On 28 October, Mbapp recorded two assists, both for Moise Kean, in a 20 Champions League group stage victory against stanbul Baakehir. [30][31] On 6 March 2016, Mbapp signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal, tying him to Monaco until June 2019. That persuaded PSG to make their move for the striker, at the start of 2017/18, as part of a 145m transfer deal to sign him ahead of Real Madrid. AS Monaco's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League next season were dealt a heavy blow after they were thumped 4-0 by visitors Montpellier. [213], On 22 February 2018, Mbapp was joined by two of Africa's greatest strikers, former AC Milan forward and current Liberia President George Weah, and former Chelsea and Ivory Coast forward Didier Drogba, in a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and FIFA president Gianni Infantino at the lyse Palace in Paris that focused on a sports development project in Africa. Mbappe DAMIEN MEYER/AFP via Getty Images. ", "Kylian Mbapp, joueur du mois d'aot de la Ligue 1 Conforama! [126] He became the third player to finish as Ligue 1 top scorer four seasons in a row. Madrid? In 149 Ligue 1 appearances, Mbappe has netted 107 goals, including 91 for PSG. [24], 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. ", "Kylian Mbapp, joueur du mois d'aot de la Ligue 1 Uber Eats! We went to his house to talk to his parents and sell them our project. [46], 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. 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[130] His first goal in the match was clocked at eight seconds, making it the second-fastest goal ever scored in Ligue 1 history, tenths of seconds later than Michel Rio's goal for Guingamp against Caen in 1992. I never asked for my departure in January. Getty Images Get the best email in soccer. PSG career. [145] In a post-match press conference, Mbapp stated: "It's flattering to be the second one after Pel but let's put things into context Pel is in another category. [53][54][55][56] He was handed the number 29 shirt upon arrival in the French capital. Despite speculation over his long-term future in Paris, Mbappe remains the key player for club and country, as PSG prepare for a summer of changes. The France international has now scored as many as 201 times in 309 games for Monaco, PSG and the national team.
