Kylian Mbappé Lottin is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Real Madrid and captains the France national team. Widely regarded as one of the best players in the world, he is known for his dribbling, finishing and speed. Mbappé began his senior club career in 2015 with Monaco, where he won the Ligue 1 title in the 2016–17 season. In 2017, aged 18, Mbappé signed for Paris Saint-Germain on an eventual permanent transfer worth €180 million, making him the second-most-expensive player and most expensive teenage player of all time.
With PSG, he won six Ligue 1 titles and four Coupes de France, including a domestic quadruple in the 2019–20 season, while also leading the club to its first ever UEFA Champions League final in 2020. He is the club’s all-time top goalscorer, ranks third in assists, and is the seventh-highest goalscorer in Ligue 1 history. In 2024, Mbappé joined Real Madrid on a free transfer. At international level, Mbappé made his senior debut for France in 2017, at age of 18.
At the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Mbappé became the youngest French player to score at a World Cup, as well as the second teenager, after Pelé, to score in a World Cup final. He finished as the joint second-highest goalscorer as France won the tournament; he went on to win the FIFA World Cup Best Young Player and French Player of the Year awards for his performances. He also helped France to victory in the UEFA Nations League in 2021, receiving the top scorer award in the finals.
At the 2022 FIFA World Cup, France reached the final again; Mbappé won the Golden Boot and Silver Ball and set the record for the most goals scored in World Cup final matches by scoring a hat-trick. Mbappé is one of only two players to have scored in two consecutive World Cup finals (the other being Brazil’s Vavá in 1958 and 1962). Mbappé finished in third place for the 2023 Ballon d’Or and was runner-up for the 2022 The Best FIFA Men’s Player award.
He was named to the FIFA FIFPro World11 in 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023, the UEFA Team of the Year in 2018 and the UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season in 2016-17, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22. He was awarded the Golden Boy in 2017, the Kopa Trophy in 2018, and was shortlisted for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year in 2019 and 2023. Mbappé has been named Ligue 1 Player of the Year a record five times, and has finished as the Ligue 1 top scorer for a record six seasons; in the 2021-22 season, he became the first player to finish as both Ligue 1 top scorer and top assist provider.
Some of the best quotes from Kylian Mbappé are listed below.
- “A great team relies on its leaders and they have to make a difference at key moments.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “Even if I am French, I have African roots. Helping African sport to develop is something that is very important to me. If I can use my reputation or other means to help, then I will.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “Football goes fast but it can go quickly in both directions.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “For me, football is more than a sport, just look at the impact it has on society.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “Helping people, moreover those coming from where you grew up, this is the most important. Not everyone can succeed, but at least you can to act for them.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “I always assume that one day someone will come and try to do better so you always have to go beyond your limits.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “I am aware of the risk with all the media attention, all the glitz and glamour around football. And that was the only piece of advice my father gave me about my future – to stay myself. I know where I come from.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “I am happy, and I am living the life I always dreamed of.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “I am hungry for titles.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “I don’t have the words. Not even in my wildest dreams, and I am a big dreamer, would I have imagined this, there is still one more step to take, but we are proud of what we have done.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “I get up in the morning and I go to practice like everyone else.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “I have always considered myself as a privileged person from a kind of elite among the lucky ones. So I think we should help all those who have not had the luck I have had, to use my fame to help.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “I have learned that the biggest stars and the greatest players are the most humble ones, the ones who respect people the most.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “I have so much love for football, that I think is the reason why I seek refuge in training – I’m always guided by that desire to conquer, to win.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “I try to work to improve myself every day and I try to do on the pitch what I do during the training sessions.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “I work hard every day to try to help my team. I try to have fun too – because football is still fun – and scoring goals, breaking records, that’s what drives me.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “I would choose Messi’s left foot, Neymar’s right foot, Cristiano’s mentality, and Buffon’s class.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “I would not say that what I do is extraordinary. I would just say that I am able to do what I know best. I would not say it’s extraordinary.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “I’m not going to revolutionize football. I’m in a system. You have to know how to respect it and to stay in place.”– Kylian Mbappé
- “If the team needs you, you need to sacrifice.”– Kylian Mbappé
- “In football, everything is possible, from the moment you work and you believe in your qualities.”– Kylian Mbappé
- “It will not matter, the pressure I always had it, I was mediated early, I learned to handle it, I got used to it and it’s part of my environment.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “It’s one of the disadvantages of succeeding early. I missed simple things like having a driver’s license. I think everyone has one. For so many people, a license is an obligation, but it wasn’t for me. Licenses are often synonymous with autonomy, but I had my autonomy so early that I’ve had drivers at my disposal. It was never a priority.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “It’s really incredible to be compared to a player like ‘King Pele’ who is the King of Football. But what I must think about is working hard and following my own pathway and not thinking about people who compare you to other players.”– Kylian Mbappé
- “Learning is fine, but you also have to win – you only have one career.” – – Kylian Mbappé
- “Like the greats, you want to make your own story yourself, and not be a copy of another.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “PSG is an ambitious club that wants to be the best in the world. So you have to win all the competitions and leave no room for doubt.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “The Champions League is very difficult and you need to keep your concentration at all times.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “The greatest are an inspiration for all the kids who wake up early in the morning. Everyone watches you, is inspired by you and wants to be you. So you influence society. That’s what being more than an athlete means. I want more kids to have that opportunity. I want everybody to start with the same chance.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “We have given ourselves the means of our ambitions, and in football, when we give ourselves the means, it is always less difficult.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “We must always set the bar high, otherwise we do not progress.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “We must stop feeling fear.”– Kylian Mbappé
- “We try not to let pressure get into our heads and play the way we usually do.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “When we make the effort for each other, it makes the difference.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “When you are young, you admire the people you see on TV and you want to have the same gestures and the same attitudes and behave in the same way. It is a responsibility.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “With Ronaldo in the league, people will be passionate again about Serie A.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “You can’t sit around and do nothing, you have to carry on.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “You have to raise your game to the level of those around you. Then you have to maintain that high level, and by doing this I think I am improving naturally.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “You should always focus on training and consider it a step forward. And each step is taking you higher and higher until you reach the top, which is where you should stay.” – Kylian Mbappé
- “Zidane the player made me dream and still makes me dream when I watch videos of him. The coach is completely different, he is a great coach who has quickly achieved results and continues to develop.” – Kylian Mbappé
