Facts about Kylian Mbappe, the future of football

Being a Cristiano Ronaldo idolizer since he was very young,

Kylian Mbappe

was born on 20 December 1998. Mbappe is one of the most extraordinary soccer players in the world and is known as one of the best players in the world.

Being known for his speed, finishing, dribbling, and strength, Kylian is currently kicking the ball for Ligue 1 club

and the France national team.

The Michelangelo Ninja turtle started his senior career with Ligue 1 club Monaco when he was just 16. He later joined PSG in 2017 on an initial loan and then in 2018 made his permanent move with a transfer worth €180 million. This well remembered move, made him the both second-most expensive player and most expensive teenager ever.

He has been incredible in the international level as well, as he became the youngest French player to score at a World Cup, and became the second teenager, after Pelé, to score in a

Final in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. But is that all? Not for sure. There are many interesting things to know about his life. So let’s dig in.

Facts about Kylian Mbappe you need to know!

Ready to go through some interesting facts? Let’s check them out.

Kylian Mbappe age, parents and childhood

Our first

Mbappe fact

is about his family and childhood. Kylian Mbappe was born in an athletic family in Bondy, a working-class suburb near Paris in France. His parents are both famous as his father is Wilfried Mbappé who is not only his agent, but also a football coach, while his mother, Fayza Lamari, is a former handball player. She competed in Division 1 back in the 1990s

His younger brother, Ethan Mbappe, palyed for PSG under-12s in 2018, while his adoptive brother, Jirès Kembo Ekoko, is also a professional football player.

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Body measurements

I case you haven’t noticed, you need to know that Mbappe is completely on shape as he is 5 ft 10 in or 1.78 m tall, while he weighs 78kg.

Mbappe girlfriend and love life

Time to go through facts about Mbappe love life to see whether the 21-year-old has a girlfriend or not!

According to various sources,

Mbappe’s girlfriend

is currently Miss France 2017, Alicia Aylies.

The rumors of the two being together began after Aylies was spotted watching a match at Paris Saint-Germain, the team Mbappe plays for, in May.

What do you think about them as a couple? Let us know in the comment section.

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Is Mbappe happy with his life?

Let’s go through the

next Mbappe fact

and whether he is happy with his life or not!

We all know that many things differ celebrities’ lives from ordinary people, and though many of them are ok living like this, there are others not feeling fine with this kind of lifestyle. But what about Mbappe?

In fact in 2018, he has spoken on this subject in an interview where he talked about the sacrifices he made as a teenager to focus on his football development: "I did not have the moments of so-called normal people during adolescence, like going out with friends, enjoying good times”.

However, his sacrifice is now rewarded with the sort of life he always dreamed of as he has said and that’s why they say “No pain, No gain”. Right?

Mbappe early career

Ok.. Time to go through

facts about Kylian Mbappe’s professional life

.

He was only six years old when he joined AS Bondy where he began his career and kept improving under his dad’s supervision who was the team’s coach at that time. Later Mbappe joined Clairefontaine academy, and eventually joined

’s youth team in 2013, where he began his journey towards being a star.

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Monaco

In 2015, Mbappe made his first team debut in a 1–1 Ligue 1 home draw against SM Caen. Kicking the ball in this match, he became Monaco's youngest-ever first-team player at the age of 16, by breaking Thierry Henry's record set 21 years previously.

Just a couple of month later and at the age of 17, he became the youngest first team goalscorer in Monaco's history and broke Henry’s record once more.

On 6 March 2016, Mbappe signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal, tying him to Monaco until June 2019.

Mbappe’s first Ligue 1 hat-trick came on 11 February 2017, in their 5-0 win against Metz. The hat-trick made him the youngest player to score a Ligue 1 hat-trick since Jérémy Ménez did it for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard back in 2005. Mbappe was 18 years old in that time.

Mbappe ended the 2016–17 season with 26 goals from 44 matches in all competitions as Monaco won the Ligue 1 title.

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Paris Saint-Germain

Mbappe joined PSG on 31 August 2017 with the club announcing the signing of Mbappé from Monaco on loan.

The fee required for a subsequent full transfer was set at a rumoured €145 million plus €35 million 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

.

Joining the French champions, he received number 29 shirt. However, his number later changed to 7 in July 2018 as the number was vacated by Lucas Moura. That was an

interesting Mbappe fact

! Wasn’t it?!

There are many honors linked to Mbappe during his professional life at PSG, so let’s take a quick look at his most important achievements.

On 6 December, Mbappe scored his 10th Champions League goal in his team’s 3–1 defeat to

and became the youngest player to reach that mark at the age of 18.

Almost one year later and on 8 October 2018, the young star scored four goals in just 13 minutes in a 5–0 home victory over Lyon and became the youngest player to score four goals in one game in Ligue 1 over the last 45 seasons.

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PSG finished the 2018-19 season as Ligue 1 champions, while Mbappé became the season’s top goalscorer with 33 goals and also won the Player of the Year award.

In the new season,

Mbappe stats

are still amazing as he has scored 4 goals in 3 matches for his team in France Ligue 1, in addition to the five goals he has netted in the 8 matches of the 2019-20

.

Currently, both

Liverpool

and

Real Madrid

are seriously chasing Mbappe to join them soon.

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International career

In case of

Mbappe’s international career

, you need to know that he was called up to the senior France squad for the first time to face Luxembourg and Spain in March 2017.

He made his debut on 25 March against the former side, coming on for Dimitri Payet in the 78th minute of a 3–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification away win.

Doing so, he became the second youngest player ever (only behind Maryan Wisnieski) to feature for France at 18 years, three months and five days old.

2018 World Cup

On 17 May 2018, Mbappe was called up to the France squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. He scored his first goal in France's 1–0 Group C win over Peru. This made him the youngest French goal scorer in World Cup history at age 19.

It is also interesting to know that Mbappe was the second teenager to score two goals in a World Cup match after

Pelé

in 1958.

He also made the World Cup final memorable with his 25-yard strike goal against Croatia on 15 July, where France became the champion with a 4-2 result.

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That goal made him the second teenager, after Pelé, to score in a World Cup Final, and with four goals in the tournament he received the FIFA World Cup Best Young Player Award.

To congratulate his success, sent him a post on social media, and stated "welcome to the club".

Mbappe Style of play and reception

Described as a huge football talent who has similarities to Thierry Henry, by Arsene Wenger, Mbappe's movement can be compared with Henry and also 

.

His talent and precocious performances for France at the 2018 World Cup also led him to be compared to Pelé in the media.

Often kicking the ball as a winger, Mbappé is capable of playing on either flank, due to his ability with both feet. However, that is not all he can do.

The 

Michelangelo Ninja turtle

 can also play in the center as a main striker due to his composure, clinical finishing, and eye for goal.

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As we have mentioned before he is one of the bests in the football world and many regard him to be the best player in the 2020s.

Mbappe known for his excellent dribbling ability, explosive acceleration, agility, quick feet, and creativity when in possession of the ball.

His outstanding pace and close ball control when dribbling at speed, excellent movement, tactical intelligence, and ability to beat the defensive line by making attacking runs into space both on and off the ball are also so famous.

The last interesting

fact about Mbappe

style is that he is considered to be the fastest football player in the world, and has been clocked at speeds of 44.7 km/h (27.78 mph) and 36 km/h (22.4mph).

Mbappe idolized Ronaldo when he was young!

As the next interesting fact about Mbappe, you need to know that his childhood bedroom was covered with photos of his football idol back in that time, Cristiano Ronaldo. However, now the Ninja turtle is a great idol himself.

Mbappe Goal celebrations

Mbappe goal celebration

is one of the most famous goal celebrations in the world. However, he has admitted that he has stolen the crossed arms gesture from his brother, Ethan, who did it after scoring a goal playing FIFA.

Doing the famous goal celebration he poses with his arms crossed and hands tucked under his armpits.

Media and sponsorship

Like many other superstars, Mbappe has also earning from his sponsorship deal with Nike.

Nike launched his own personalised football boots, the

Kylian Mbappe Nike Hypervenom 3

, in 2017.

One year later and in 2018, he unveiled the Nike Mercurial Superfly VI boots, inspired by the R9 Mercurial boots of former Brazilian striker Ronaldo.

In addition to Nike, Mbappe signed hid contract as a global ambassador with Swiss watchmaker Hublot in 2018.

The young beloved star also features in EA Sports' FIFA 21 video game series while on FIFA 18 he had the highest potential rating of 94.

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Kylian Mbappe Philanthropy

Let’s go through the

next interesting fact about Mbappe

! On 22 February 2018, Mbappe along with former A.C. Milan forward George Weah, and former

and Ivory Coast forward Didier Drogba had a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and FIFA president Gianni Infantino at the Élysée Palace in Paris to talk about the sports development project in Africa.

As he has claimed himself, the development of African sport is important to him as his parents have African origins.

He also donated $34,000 (around £26,000) to a crowdfunding campaign to finance a private search mission to find football player Emiliano Sala, whose light aircraft had gone missing over the English Channel in January 2019 and later in February, made a further £27,000 donation to the GoFundMe campaign created to fund the search for the plane's still-missing pilot, David Ibbotson.

Mbappe donated all his World Cup earnings

According to the reports, Mbappe believed that he should not be paid to represent France and as the result, he donated the roughly 400,000 euros he made over the course of the tournament to a children’s charity called Premiers de Cordée.

The 21-year-old began this collaboration with the organisation in 2017 and has played soccer with some of the children supported by the charity.

The soccer star loves sneakers

Our

next interesting fact about Kylian Mbappe

is that he is in love with sneakers and as he has described himself he is a “kid with a new toy” when he gets a pair of sneakers.

His first pair were the

Nike Air Maxes

and he has mentioned in an interview that he would cry to his mother in an attempt to get the shoes he had his eye on. You may also like to know that Nike Vapors were the first football boots he wore.

Interestingly, Nike even has a special section on their website called, “BOUTIQUE DE MBAPPÉ”. There, it has the star’s choice in footwear.

Mbappe has 42m Instagram followers!

As a very famous and beloved young football player, Mbappe has a whopping 42 million followers and surprisingly, that’s more followers than former U.S. president Barack Obama, who has 19.9 million.

It has to be mentioned that this number is nothing comparing to big names such as

who has 160m and Cris Ronaldo who has 232m followers.

However, Mbappe is going the ladder so quickly as he only has recently attracted international attention and still his photos receive average millions of likes and thousands of comments.

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Kylian Mbappe apartment!

You might also like to know about the young player’s home!

 Mbappé moved to Paris in a 600 square meter apartment with a view of the Eiffel Tower, which has been described as “luxurious.”

The duplex apartment is at the top of a building located in the 16th borough of Paris and has a big terrace with a bar, and a jacuzzi.

It also worth mentioning that Mbappe chose this apartment due to practical reasons as well. In fact, Parc des Princes, the official home of his team Paris Saint Germain, is located nearby.

Mbappe salary & net worth

As of 2020,

Kylian Mbappe net worth

is reportedly valued around $110 million while his base salary is more than 460 thousand dollars per week.

In 2019 alone, Forbes reported that Mbappe earned about $30 million in salary. Kylian Mbappe has a major endorsement and sponsorship deal with Nike worth up to €3 million.

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