Kylian Mbappé

Youth career

Mbappé started out at AS Bondy, where his father Wilfried was a coach. A stint at the famous Clairefontaine academy followed, before a host of impressive performances had numerous French clubs and Real Madrid attempting to sign him. Mbappé ultimately settled on AS Monaco.

2015–16 season

Mbappé made his Ligue 1 debut on 2 December 2015 in a 1-1 home draw against SM Caen, replacing Fábio Coentrão after 88 minutes, becoming Monaco’s youngest-ever senior debutant aged 16 years 347 days and breaking Thierry Henry’s record set 21 years ago. On 20 February 2016, Mbappé scored his first senior goal for the club, a stoppage-time goal in a home Ligue 1 3–1 win over Troyes; at the age of 17 years and 62 days, he became the youngest goalscorer in Monaco's history — displacing Thierry Henry in the process. On 6 March 2016, Mbappé signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal, tying him Monaco until June 2019.

2016–17 season

Mbappé scored his first hat-trick of his senior career on 14 December 2016 in the 7–0 rout of Stade Rennais F.C. in the Coupe de la Ligue round of 16 at the Stade Louis II - the first hat-trick scored by any Monaco player in the competition since Sonny Anderson in 1997.

On 11 February 2017, Mbappé scored the first Ligue 1 hat-trick of his career in the 5-0 home win over FC Metz; at 18 years and two months he became the youngest player to score a Ligue 1 hat-trick since 17-year-old Jérémy Ménez did it for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard back in 2005.On 21 February, Mbappé scored Monaco's second goal in the 40th minute with a thunderous half-volley after receiving Fabinho's long ball over the opponents' back line (it was his first ever UEFA Europa League or UEFA Champions League goal and he became the second youngest French scorer in UEFA Champions League history behind Karim Benzema) in the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg match against Manchester City, which Monaco lost 5-3.On 5 March, Mbappé scored two first-half goals in the 4-0 Ligue 1 home win over FC Nantes to bring his Ligue 1 career tally to ten goals and become the youngest player in the last 30 years to hit the Ligue 1/Division 1 ten-career-goals mark. His brace against Nantes on 5 March brought up his 2016-2017 season tally to nine Ligue 1 goals and five Ligue 1 assists in just 822 minutes of Ligue 1 football.On 11 March, Mbappé scored a goal in the 2–1 Ligue 1 home win against FC Girondins de Bordeaux to register his seventh Ligue 1 goal in his last four starts.In the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg match at the Stade Louis II on 15 March, he made the score 1-0 for Monaco in the 8th minute by turning home Bernardo Silva's low cross from close-range (his 11th goal in his past 11 matches in all competitions) to help Monaco beat Manchester City 3-1 (aggregate score 6–6) and advance to the quarter-finals on the away goals rule.

Youth

Mbappé capped a fine, debut senior season at AS Monaco by scoring five times for France as they won the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, the striker almost single-handedly securing their spot in the final with a sparkling performance in their 3–1 defeat of Portugal in the semi-finals.

Senior

Mbappé was called up to the senior France squad for the first time to face Luxembourg and Spain in March 2017.

Style of play

Mbappé has been described as a "huge football talent" who "has similarities to Thierry Henry" by Arsène Wenger. Several highly rated pundits have stated that the similarities between Mbappé and Henry make him one of the most exciting prospects in world football.

Personal life

Mbappé's father Wilfried hails from Cameroon and, as well as being his agent, is a football coach. His half-brother Jirès Kembo Ekoko is also a professional football player, and his Algerian mother Fayza is a former handball player.

Career statistics

International