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The rise of super wonder kid Kylian Mbappe of France cannot be ignored as he is one of the few talented players who are looked upon to take the place of waning kings Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Argentina’s Lionel Messi who have dominated the football universe for a decade now.
Born on the 20th December 1998 in Paris to Cameroonian father Wilfried Mbappe and Algerian mother Fayza Lamari. Mbappe has been labelled as the best youngest player in the world. He cited Cristiano Ronaldo as his idol. He started his career in AS Brondy from 2004 to 2013 before moving to AS Monaco from 2013 to 2017 and currently playing for Paris saint germain.
On the 11th of February 2017, Mbappe scored his first career hat-trick in 5 nil home win against Metz at 18 years and two months and became the youngest player to do so in ligue 1 history. He scored against Peru in France’s 1-0 group C clash. This made him the youngest French player to score in world cup history at the age of 19. Many sports pundits have analysed and stressed the probability of mbappe being the first black man to win the Balon D’Or after Liberian George Weah being the first and only black man to lift the golden ball.
French ligue 1 giants Paris saint germain and other top European clubs like Real Madrid of Spain, Manchester united of England, Bayern munchen of Germany and others have all been keen to the services of the youngster but it was Paris saint germain that were favoured at last in securing a deal for the youngster in an initial deal that was a loan move from his former club Monaco FC before finally completing a 5-year permanent deal in January 2018.
Mbappe since joining forces with Brazilian super star Neymar Junior and Uruguan Forward Edison Cavani have proved to be one of the most feared front 3 football as far as football history is concerned. He has scored winning goals for his team and has been involved in 80 percent of goals scored by Paris saint germain due to his pace on the flank and creative abilities.
In his first season with Paris saint germain, mbappe won the French ligue 1 and the French super cup: in the 2017/2018 season after winning his first with former club AS Monaco in the 2016/2017 season.
The summer of 2018 saw the further rise of mbappe on the global stage as the youngster proved his best is yet to come by stunning the world with his dazzling performance in Russia where the World cup was staged. He scored a total of five goals, only one goal shy behind the overall chart in the score chart as Harry Kane of England won the golden boot for being the top scorer with 6 goals. His performance earned him the award for the best young player of the tournament as France won their second World cup title. The whole football universe is convinced that there is more to see from the youngster as he yet there is still time for him to prove his worth, most especially by winning the Balon D’Or and many other football accolades there is to be won.
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