Kylian Mbappe Turns 20 Years Today

By Max Wise

At the tender age of nineteen, Kylian Mbappe, is already a global superstar, equalling and breaking records set by legends of the game.

At 19, the Frenchman is already a World Cup winner, becoming only the second teenager after Brazilian great, Pele, to score in the competition's final after doing so in France's 4-2 win over Croatia in Russia.

At 19, he already has more UEFA Champions League goals than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo had at this stage of their careers.

At 19, he is already the second most expensive player in the history of football after completing a €180m move from AS Monaco to Paris Saint Germain earlier this summer.

Mbappe burst onto the scene as a 16-year-old in December 2015 for AS Monaco after coming on for Fabio Coentrao in a Ligue 1 game.

That come-on made him Monaco's youngest ever debutant, a record which was previously held by a certain, Thierry Henry.

The following season, he helped Monaco to their first Ligue 1 title in 17 years and propelled them to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League.

Mbappe also won the best young player at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, placed 4th in the voting of both the balloon d'Or and FIFA Men's Best Player in 2018, and also won the maiden edition of the Kopa Trophy, awarded to the best player in the world under the age of 21.

These are the achievements of the French player who is celebrating his 20th birthday today.