1. HE IS MONACO’S YOUNGEST EVER SIGNING

At the age of 16, 1he got signed to Monaco, making him the youngest Monaco signee beating Thiery Henry’s record. When he scored his first goal the following year, he became Monaco’s youngest goal scorer

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2. HE HAS ALGERIAN AND CAMEROONIAN ROOTS

His mother Fayza Lamari is a former handball player and his father is from Cameroon and was his football coach while growing up. So he was actually eligible to represent either of the countries but he chose to stick to France because he is a Citizen by birth


3. HE IS THE SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE PLAYER


Following Neymar, he became the second most expensive player but he is certainly the most expensive teenage with a transfer fee worth 180million Euros.

4. HE BROKE PELE’S RECORD OF BEING THE YOUNGEST PLAYER TO SCORE IN THE WORLDCUP


‘You can reach 1,000 goals,’ Pele tells Mbappe

On becoming the first player born after 1998 to be called up by the French National World Cup Squad, He went on to win the World Cup trophy with the French side. He broke the record previously held by the Legend Pele, for being the youngest player to score and win the World Cup trophy

5. MBAPPE IS A YOUNG PHILANTHROPIST

The young Worldcup winner donated his own share of the World Cup proceeds to charity because he felt players shouldn’t be paid to ply for their national teams


A recent estimate by FinApp estimates that he is worth around €71m, though that figure is liable to blow up in the months and years ahead.


On 28 January 2019, Mbappé donated $34,000 (£26,253.78) to a crowdfunding campaign. To finance a search mission to find football player Emiliano Sala, whose light aircraft had gone missing over the English Channel a week earlier. Later, Mbappé donated a further £27,000 to the GoFundMe campaign created to fund the search for the plane’s still-missing pilot, David Ibbotson. Forbes listed him among the world’s most generous footballers.

6. HE HAD A TRIAL AT CHELSEA

Young Mbappe did a trial at Chelsea at the age of 14 but was rejected because he couldn’t defend; Some years later Arsene Wenger went personally to his home to try to secure a move to Arsenal but it didn’t work out

7. HE HAS MORE INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS THAN BARACK OBAMA, DONALD TRUMP AND FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON

Donald Trump has 12.5million followers; Obama has 21.6 million followers; French President Macron has 1.3million followers, However, @k.mbappe has a total of 28Million followers but he is still behind Lionel Messi and Ronaldo

8. THE YOUNGEST PLAYER TO BE SELECTED AMONG THE FIFA WORLD XI.

The Youngest player in the FIFA XI is currently Mbappe. The spot was previously held by Lionel Messi at the age of 20 in 2007. Mbappe broke the record and got nominated at the age of 19 in 2018

9. HE ONCE SCORED 4 GOALS IN 13 MINUTES


In PSGs 5-0 victory against Lyon in October 2018, he scored 4 goals in 13minutes. It can’t still be compared to Lewandowski who scored 5 goals in 9 minutes in 2015

10. HIS LOVE FOR EXOTIC CARS

The 20-year old is loves exotic cars. He has a collection of five worth around €780,000. He has a Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, BMW, and a Range Rover.

11. MBAPPE ISN’T WHO WE THINK HE IS

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