FUNKO POP! FOOTBALL: Kylian Mbappe (PSG)

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But Mbappe was born and grew up in France, he was selected to play at the prestigious Clairefontaine academy and represented France at the underage level. He won the U19 UEFA European Championships with France in 2016 and there was only one choice for Kylian. Two years later he was lifting the World Cup for Les Bleus. Mbappe is the the leading scorer in Qatar so far with five goals, and his overall tally of nine at World Cups means he has already overtaken Diego Maradona, who scored eight for Argentina, and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo. Mbappe has publicly stated the ‘unfairness’ when it comes to the amount of money footballers make when compared to regular jobs. He has noted the inflation of his salary over others in the world, and often times gives some of his earned money to charitable causes. After the World Cup in 2018, Mbappe gave all of his earnings – a whopping 400,000 euros – to a children’s charity in France. Although Mbappe is one of the fastest players in the world of soccer, he is not quite as fast as the world-record holder, Usain Bolt. During a game vs. Monaco in 2019, Mbappe set an impressive speed of 23.61 miles per hour – .25 miles per hour faster than Bolt when he won the 100m race in 2009. A World Cup winner with France, Mbappe could easily have chosen to play for Cameroon or Algeria. His mother’s roots are Algerian and his father is from Cameroon.

In the 2018/2019 season Messi won the European Golden Shoe with 36 league goals while Mbappe was just 3 behind on 33.He entered into a 180 million euro contract with Paris Saint-Germain after a loan deal with his old team, Monaco. PSG will pay 180 million euros plus bonuses to Mbappé, making it the second most expensive transfer in football history after fellow teammate Neymar transferred to PSG from Barcelona for 222 million euros. If you’re curious about Mbappé’s new team, here aresix facts about Paris Saint-Germain.

It's true he has similar qualities," Wenger told The Ligue 1 show. "He could be another Thierry Henry." Football superstar Kylian Mbappe had just lived up to the hype, helping France to their second World Cup victory at Russia 2018. And he helped PSG reach their first Champions League final in 2020, though they were beaten by Bayern Munich. 3. He's used to lighting up a World CupEveryone knows that my dream has always been to take part at the Olymoic Games and I hope I will be able to realise one of my lifelong dreams," he told French TV station TF1. The blues academy also gave him a number 10 shirt. His mother rejected the offer saying, “Either they sign him now, or within five years they’ll have to offer € 50 million to tie him down.” Born in Bondy, a suburb roughly 11 kilometres northeast of Paris, Mbappe is a success story from the much-maligned ouskirts of Paris. Pochettino’s position, meanwhile, has improved thanks to Mbappé, who spoke of his “great relationship” with the coach. That directly contradicts the club’s position under Leonardo, who repeatedly offered Pochettino’s job to Zinedine Zidane, but Pochettino could yet see out the final year of his deal. Although he waved away the suggestion, Mbappé’s oversight could extend to transfers. According to L’Équipe, he has agreed to the potential sale of Neymar this summer.

Here are some fun facts about France and PSG's megastar. Kylian Mbappe profile Born: December 20, 1998 Age: 22 Position: Striker Club: Paris St. Germain (PSG) Country: France 1. "It's not bad, Messi is watching me" Mbappé reportedly said that he felt he should not be paid to represent France, so he donated the roughly 400,000 euros he made over the course of the tournament to a children’s charity called PremiersdeCordée. He earned an estimated 20,000 euros per game and a300,000 euro bonus for winning the tournament. The place he made the donation to, Premiers de Cordée, pushes sports programs for hospitalised children, and promotes disability awareness in schools and businesses. Mbappé began this collaboration with the organisation in 2017 and has played soccer with some of the children supported by the charity. In October, Mbappe topped the Forbes list for highest-earning footballers - the first time someone other than Messi or Ronaldo has been number one for nine years. In an interview with France Football in December 2019 Mbappe said he found out that Messi had one eye on him all the way. Originally published by Jenna in 2019 and updated by Ruth in August 2022 and Updated by Vanessa R on June 2023Pelé went even further, joking in another tweet: “If Kylian keeps equalling my records like this I may have to dust my boots off again..” Aged 16 years and 347 days, he became the youngest player in the club's history - beating a record set by France and Arsenal legend Thierry Henry in 1994 - when he appeared as an 88th-minute substitute against Caen. During France's 3-1 last-16 win over Poland, his top speed was recorded at 35.3 km/h and before Sunday's game, only six players had recorded faster sprints at this year's World Cup.