Kylian Mbappe Lottin is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. He is considered one of the best players in the world.
Born in Paris and raised in nearby Bondy, Mbappe began his senior club career in 2015 playing for Monaco, where he won the Ligue 1 title. In 2017, aged 18, Mbappe signed for Paris Saint-Germain on an eventual permanent transfer worth €180 million, making him the second-most-expensive player and most expensive teenage player.
There, he has won four Ligue 1 titles and three Coupes de France, was for three seasons Ligue 1 Player of the Year and top scorer and is the club's second-highest all-time top goalscorer. Notably, he helped PSG attain a domestic quadruple in the 2019–20 season, and led the club to its first ever Champions League Final. In 2021–22 season, he became the first player to finish as both top scorer and top assist provider in Ligue 1 history.
At international level, Mbappe made his senior debut for France in 2017, at age 18. At the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Mbappe became the youngest French player to score at a World Cup, and became the second teenager, after Pelé, to score in a World Cup Final. He finished as the joint second-highest goalscorer as France won the tournament, and won the FIFA World Cup Best Young Player and French Player of the Year.
France kicked off their 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign in Qatar against Australia on 22 November 2022. In the match, Mbappe was involved in three of France's four goals in a 4–1 victory; he was in the build-up for the second goal, scored the third – a header from an Ousmane Dembele cross, and assisted Olivier Giroud for the fourth goal. Four days later, Mbappe scored both of France's goals in a 2–1 victory over Denmark, securing qualification to the knockout stages and thus breaking the "World Cup Champions' Curse". In the knockout round of sixteen against Poland, Mbappe scored two goals, the first into the roof of the net from 16 yards and the second a curling strike into the top corner, in a 3–1 win for France.
After appearances in France's wins against England and Morocco in the quarter and semi-finals, Mbappe became only the second player in history to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final, scoring three goals against Argentina in the 2022 World Cup final. Argentina led 2–0 with just over ten minutes remaining before Mbappe scored twice in two minutes, the second from a volley after playing a one-two. In extra time, Argentina would take the lead again, from Messi, before Mbappe again drew France level with a penalty to make it 3–3 four minutes from the end of extra time and the match went to a penalty shoot-out; Mbappe scored his penalty, but France lost the shoot-out. 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 Pele. Having scored a goal in the 2018 final, Mbappe also became the outright top goalscorer in World Cup finals, with four goals, and his hat-trick was the first in a final since Geoff Hurst for England in 1966.
Mbappe scored eight goals, including three against Argentina on Sunday in an exhilarating final at Lusail Stadium.
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