Ten Things You Might Not Have Known About Kylian Mbappe

1. By current rating, the French forward Kylian Mbappe has dethroned his Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Lionel Messi in Forbes’ list of the world’s richest footballers for the 2022/23 season
2. He might become the world’s highest paid footballer, with an estimated earning of £115million for the 2022/23 season.
3. Mbappé was 18 when he made his senior debut for France, and that was in 2017.
4. Kylian Mbappe’s father’s name is Wilfrid Mbappé and from Cameroon, while his mother Fayza Lamari was born in Algeria., who was born in Algeria
5. Mbappé’s earlier footballing career began at AS Bondy, coached by his father, Wilfried.
6. Mbappe is a winner of many trophies including “Golden Boy” Award – 2017, the “Kopa Trophy” Award – 2018, “FIFA World Cup Best Young Player” Award – 2018, winner of “French Player of the Year” Award – 2018; “Onze de Bronze” Award – 2019, and the Ligue 1 “Young Player of the Year” Award – 2016–17, 2017-18, 2018-2019.
7. You could say footall runs in the gene of the Mbappes. His father, Wilfried Mbappe in addition to being Mbappé’s agent, is a football coach, his mother, Fayza Lamari was a former handball player; his half-brother Jirès Kembo Ekoko, is a retired professional footballer who played as a striker, while his half-brother, Ethan Mbappe, played for the Paris Saint German u19 team.
8. Kylian Mbappé Kylian Mbappé is the nephew of Pierre Mbappé president of the US Ivry, a French multi-sports club based in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, and which primarily known for its football team and handball team.
9. Mbappe was an inspiration, a leading sensation with powering pace at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
10. Kylian Mbappe is the youngest French player to score at a World Cup, and the second teenager, after Pelé, to score in a World Cup Final.

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