Kylian Mbappé Lottin was born in Paris, December 20, 1998), is a French soccer player of Cameroonian and Algerian descent. Play as forward at Paris Saint-Germain of Ligue 1 of France.
It had an early emergence at the European level in its debut season as a professional and was singled out by various media and specialists as one of the continent's most projected players.In 2017 it was singled out by UEFA as one of the revelation players of the season, same year in which he was awarded the Golden Boy award for the best European soccer player under 21 with the highest historical score.
International with the French national team, he participated with his inferior categories in the European U-19 of 2016 held in Germany and where he was proclaimed champion and silver boot as second highest scorer of the tournament.
Trajectory.
Beginnings and hatching in France.
Born in the XIX District of Paris, in December 1998, he spent his childhood in Bondy, a town located in the nearby department of Sena-San Denis. He is the son of the Cameroonian immigrant Wilfried Mbappé Lottin, current coach and former football player, who was his representative, and Fayza Lamari, of Algerian origin, a former handball player. His adopted elder brother, Jirès Kembo Ekoko, is also a professional footballer.
Initiated in the Association Sportive Bondy, it happened to the smaller divisions of the Monaco, where it arrived at the first equipment. He made his professional debut on December 2, 2015 in a home draw against Stade Malherbe Caen by Ligue 1, becoming the youngest debutant of the club with 16 years and 347 days, breaking the previous record of Thierry Henry, current for 21 years.
On February 20, he scored his first goal in the highest category in the 3-1 victory over Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne; with 17 years and 62 days, which marked a new mark in the history of the Monegasque entity and once again exceeding that established by Henry. A month later he signed his first contract as a professional and a player of the first team for all purposes, which linked him to the club for three years, until June 2019
On December 14, 2016, it stood out as the date of his first hat-trick in the elite, in a 7-0 victory over Stade Rennais Football Club in the Round of 32 in the Coupe de la Ligue. club, being the first to achieve it in that competition since Sonny Anderson did it in 1997.12 As for the league championship, he achieved it on February 11, 2017, in the home win by 5-0 over the Football Club of Metz.
His scoring record continued during the season, highlighting the first achieved in UEFA competition against Manchester City Football Club on 21 February, being the second youngest French to score in the history of the Champions League behind Karim Benzema It was in the first leg of the knockout stages of a competition that it became the revelation of the tournament, 15 16 17 Despite his early and sudden appearance in the first European level, the player became in the referent of the team, being the main architect of AS Monaco FC reach the semifinals of the competition, something that was not achieved from the 2003-04 season, was finally eliminated by Juventus Football Club by a 4-1 aggregate. His record in the maximum continental competition closed him as the sixth highest scorer with six goals, and was included in the ideal team and as one of the revelation players.
In the domestic championships he became the youngest player of the last thirty years to reach the ten goal mark of Ligue 1. completing a scoring streak in eleven consecutive games contemplating all the competitions, several of them decisive in the evolution of the aforementioned European competition.
Their actions aroused the interest of several teams for hiring, [citation needed] until finally on August 31 it became official its assignment to Paris Saint-Germain Football Club with a compulsory purchase option of 180 million euros at the end of the 2017-18 season, club that beat him in the Trophée des Champions 2017, and located in his hometown.
His debut in Paris came on September 8, when he scored a goal in the 1-5 victory against FC Metz, and four days later scored his first European goal for "les parisiens" in the group stage. of the 2017-18 edition of the Champions League in the match against Celtic Football Club.As one of the leaders with Edinson Cavani and Neymar da Silva, the club established a new scoring mark in the group stage with 25 goals , 16 of them marked by the trio, and four by Mbappé along with three assists, but they were eliminated in the round of 16 by the Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, current champion of the tournament, by a global 5-2 He left the entity very touched in the psychic.
In March they won the Coupe de la Ligue by defeating their former club from Monaco 3-0, while they were consolidated in the first place of the French championship with a great advantage over their pursuers that allowed them to proclaim themselves winners with several days of advance for the conclusion of the same.
National selection.
He has been international with the French national team in the youth categories under-17 and under-19.
Kylian debuted with the Gauls on September 10, 2014, was in the U-17 category, entered the 71st minute in a friendly against Ukraine and won 1 to 0.32 Two days later, they played the rematch, this time was the whole game in court and tied without goals.
Then the coach Jean-Claude Giuntini did not return to quote Mbappé, likewise the U-17 team won the European Championship 2015
He returned to be considered for the national team, after he debuted in Monaco and had his first minutes as a professional, this time to defend the U-19 team, with one year less than the category.
The technician Ludovic Batelli summoned him to play the Elite Round for the European Under-19 of 2016.
He debuted in an official competition on March 24, 2016, despite being his first match in the category he played as a starter against Montenegro and won 1 to 0. He played the match with 17 years and 95 days, he used shirt number 13.
On March 26, scored his first goal with France, was at 9 minutes against Denmark, team that defeated 4 to 0. It was against Serbia the last game of the round, Kylian scored the only goal of the game and won 1 to 0. France qualified for the European finals with an ideal score.
On June 6, he was confirmed on the final list to participate in the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, in Germany.36 37 The UEFA website, highlighted Kylian as one of the outstanding players to follow in the competition.
He was summoned for the first time to the national team of France on March 16, 2017, by coach Didier Deschamps, to play on the FIFA dates of the month.
On March 25, he debuted with the senior team, entered at minute 78 by Dimitri Payet to play against Luxembourg in the World Cup standings and won 1-3. His first game he played with 18 years and 95 days, he became the second youngest player to defend France, he wore the number 12 shirt.
On May 17, 2018, coach Didier Deschamps included him on the list of 23 for the World Cup.
