Mbappé << ehm BAH pay >>, Kylian (1998-…), is a French professional soccer player. Soccer is called football in much of the world. Mbappé is considered one of the world’s best soccer players. He stars for France’s Paris Saint-Germain FC (commonly known as PSG), one of soccer’s top teams. FC stands for football club. Mbappé also plays for the French national team, commonly known as les Bleus (the Blues). Mbappé is a forward. For a discussion of soccer positions and formations, see Soccer (Players and officials).
Kylian Mbappé Lottin was born on Dec. 20, 1998, in Paris. He grew up in Bondy, a suburb. Mbappé began playing soccer at a young age.
Mbappé began his professional career with AS Monaco FC of Ligue 1, France’s top soccer league, in 2015, when he was only 16 years old. AS stands for association sportive, or sporting association. In 2017, Mbappé helped Monaco win the Ligue 1 title. Later that year, he joined PSG. Mbappé has helped PSG win four Ligue 1 titles, in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022. He has been named the Ligue 1 player of the year three times, for the 2018-2019, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022 seasons. Mbappé has led Ligue 1 in goals scored four times, in 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022.
In 2017, Mbappé debuted for the French national team. The following year, he helped France win the FIFA World Cup in Russia. FIFA stands for Fédération Internationale de Football Association (International Federation of Association Football). FIFA is soccer’s world governing body. During the 2018 World Cup tournament, Mbappé became only the second teenager, after the Brazilian star Pelé, to score a goal in a World Cup championship game. Mbappé was named the French Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019. At the 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar, Mbappé won the Golden Boot award as the leading goal scorer in the tournament, with eight goals.
