Qualified for the final of Euro U19 with Blueberries, with a success against Portugal (3-1), he has left his mark with two goals and an assist, Kylian Mbappé, the prodigy striker AS Monaco, aged just 17 years and therefore already outclassed, has everything to become a rising star.
He outclassed in Blueberries
Principal architect of the course of the team of France U19 in the Euro in its class, which will play the final against Italy on Sunday night (20:30),
Kylian Mbappé is ahead of its partners. At 17 and a half, he has already skipped a grade, after playing only two games with the U17 traffic. Result, the native of Bondy is 7 goals in as many appearances for the U19. It was he who offered the winning goal players Ludovic Batelli against Serbia in the Elite Tour in March for its third meeting only with his elders. And it was he who called the Bleuets for the final of Euro U19 therefore, by scoring twice against Portugal on Thursday after offering Ludovic Blas (Guingamp), also outperformed the first traffic goal after a great number in the box. Anecdotally, Kylian Mbappé, born on 20 December 1998 and was therefore in the womb of his mother when the France team was crowned world champion on July 12, more than a year and a half gap with Issa Diop (9 January 1997), the central defender and "big brother" of this selection.
He won the Gambardella
In addition to leading the team of France U19 in the final of Euro category, Kylian Mbappé has already conducted its partners towards a trophy. This season, in addition to its appearance in the professional group of AS Monaco, the tricolor prodigy has indeed taken the U19 French Riviera to final victory in
Cup Gambardella against Lens (3-0). Curtain lifted the famous OM-PSG in the Coupe de France, Mbappé has thus offered a double, a habit now to raise a few minutes later cut the most prestigious category of young people in France. This is not nothing, and even then outclassed, it has evolved into team boss. If paying in passing a great time television interview to halftime with
Daniel Lauclair , who had not recognized. Not destabilized, Kylian Mbappé will present himself to the camera. Last time we take it to another, certainly.
It is already professional
After a beginner course with AS Bondy, then a transition to the INF Clairefontaine, where her eldest, Thierry Henry has also matured before joining the Rock, the
Ile prodigy was spotted by AS Monaco makes him join his training center in la Turbie. Three years later, on March 6, at 17 years and two months, he signed his first professional contract with the club from the Principality who was quick to make a proposal to his nugget that was already on the shelves of the PSG, Arsenal, Real or Bayern Munich. An early record for one who had visited the Chelsea plants to 11 years, and that of Real Madrid at 14, in front of Zinedine Zidane at the time, according to his father, Wilfried. It must be said that the family is sporty, since his father is precisely trainer Bondy, his uncle sports coordinator at Sedan while her mother is a former professional handball player. Incidentally, his brother by adoption, is none other than Jirès Kembo Ekoko, the former Rennes winger, with whom he is related. Professional, it can not be invented, and the kid will also take the oral its STMG Bac in September, not having been able to spend in July, the fault of the Euro.
He broke the record of Thierry Henry
Many people claimed to succeed Thierry Henry in the history of Monaco. Freshly out of the Riviera in just 22 years, international tricolor (123 caps, 51 goals), who is the best scorer of the
Blues , was previously the earliest scorer of the Principality, with a doubling to 17 years and eight months in 1995 against Lens in First Division. And although it took 21 years to clear the record shelves. Kylian Mbappé and registered his first goal with AS Monaco February 20 denrier Ligue 1 side in Troyes, at 17 and 62 days exactly. A performance that necessarily accelerate negotiations with the club to sign his first contract, March 6, 15 days later.
He has played 11 games in Ligue 1
If it is not the earliest in this statistic compared to its France U19 team partners, although still a time he was the youngest after Ludovic Blas,
Kylian Mbappé has experienced Ligue 1. he even played eleven games last season, plus two cup matches, having caught the eye of Leonardo Jardim in training. Sure it has benefited from the chronic inefficiency of Monaco attackers during the last year, but still, it has established itself as a luxury joker, offering even two tenure. His versatility, which could serve in the future, has for now been accumulated playing time on the wings. Although given his statistics, especially with blueberries (7 games, 7 goals), one wonders if it would not have no place in a point, if Augustine was not as good as him, or whether rather it is intended to play on the left as does Anthony Martial Manchester United.
