Kylian Mbappé Height, Age, Girlfriend, Wife, Family, Biography & More
Bio/Wiki | |
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Full Name | Kylian Mbappé Lottin |
Nickname(s) | Donatello [1]EN AS |
Profession | French Football Player |
Physical Stats & More | |
[2]Sportible Height (approx.) | in centimeters - 178 cm in meters - 1.78 m in feet inches - 5’ 10” |
Weight (approx.) | in kilograms - 73 kg in pounds - 163 lbs |
Body Measurements (approx.) | -Chest: 40 Inches -Waist: 32 Inches -Biceps: 14 Inches |
Eye Color | Black |
Hair Color | Black |
Career | |
Debut | International - 25 March 2017 for France against Luxembourg in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers Club - December 2, 2015 for Monaco against SM Caen |
Coach/Trainer | Didier Deschamps (France)![]() Thomas Tuchel (PSG) ![]() |
Position | Forward |
Team | Monaco (2015-2017) Paris Saint-Germain (2017–present; on loan from Monaco) |
Jersey Number | #10 (France National Team)![]() #29 (Paris Saint-Germain) ![]() |
Records/Achievements (main ones) | • Named Young French Player of the Year by Telefoot in 2017. • At 17, Mbappé became the youngest player to score for Monaco. |
Turning Point in Career | According to Mbappé, playing alongside Tammy Abraham at Chelsea at the age of 11 launched his career. |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 20 December 1998 |
Age (as in 2018) | 24 Years |
Birth Place | Bondy, France |
Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Sagittarius |
Signature | ![]() |
Nationality | French |
Hometown | Bondy, France |
School | École à Clairefontaine, France |
College/University | Did not attend |
Educational Qualification | Baccalaureate |
Religion | Christian [3]Opera News |
[4]Heavy Ethnicity/Race | Cameroonian (father) Algerian (mother) |
Food Habit | Non-Vegetarian |
Address | Bondy, France |
Hobbies | Playing football and tennis, listening to music, and playing video games |
Tattoos | He has no tattoos |
Controversies | • On September 1, he scored and assisted in a 4-2 away win over Nimes but was sent off for the first time in his career with a red card in injury time after pushing Téji Savanier in retaliation for a late challenge from behind, which also led to Savanier being fired. Asked about his expulsion after the game, Mbappé said: "Si j'avais la chance de recommencer, je referais la même chose. Je m'excuserai auprès des supporters et de tout le monde, mais je ne peux pas tolérer ce genre de chose." [5]ESPN (Translation : "If I had the chance to do it again, I would do the same thing again. I will apologize to the supporters and to everyone, but I cannot tolerate this kind of thing.") • Le Parc des Prince booed Mbappé on August 14, 2021, before Paris Saint-Germain faced Strasbourg in their 2021-22 season opener amid speculation over his possible signing from Real Madrid. [6]Football Transfers In October 2021, Kaylin confirmed that he called his teammate, Neymar, a "tramp." [7]ESPN • In October 2021, UEFA proposed a new law after a controversial strike made by Kylian Mbappe against Spain where Mbappe appeared well offside when played through by Theo Hernandez. [8]Daily Record |
Relationships & More | |
Sexual Orientation | Straight |
Marital Status | Unmarried |
Girlfriends/Affairs | Alicia Aylies (French Model and Beauty Pageant Title Holder)![]() |
Family | |
Wife/Spouse | He is unmarried |
Parents | Father- Wilfried Mbappé (Football Coach)![]() Mother- Fayza Lamari (former handball player) ![]() |
Siblings | Brother- 2 Jirès Kembo Ekoko (French-Congolese professional footballer) ![]() Ethan Mbappé (Footballer) ![]() |
Favorite Things | |
Favorite Color | Red |
Favorite Club | Chelsea FC |
Favorite Player | Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Eden Hazard |
Favorite Food | Eggs, Chicken, Steaks, Protein Shake |
Favorite Move | Side Pass |
Style Quotient |
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Car Collection | Ferrari, Audi, Mercedes Benz, BMW and a Range Rover |
Assets/Properties | A house in La Moraleja district of Madrid [9]Mirror |
Money Factor |
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Salary/Fees | $28 Million [10]Forbes |
Net Worth | $41 Million [11]Forbes |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Kylian Mbappé
- Every time he gets himself new sneakers, Mbappé makes a comparison of himself to a “child with a new toy”. [12]ESPN
- Mbappé has more followers on Instagram than President Macron. [14]Inside World Football
- Mbappé has a house in the 16th arrondissement! [15]Aleph Zarro
- During the 2018-2019 season, Mbappé said that Messi truly realized the burden on him when he won the European Golden Boot because Mbappé closed the goal gap.
- Mbappé is one of the fastest players in the football world and there have been many analogies with him to Usain Bolt. [16]Ligue1
- He became the youngest first-team goalscorer in Monaco history at the age of 17 years and 62 days, substituting Henry. [17]ESPN
- Monaco lost 5–3 to Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first leg on 21 February 2017, scoring the second-youngest goal in UEFA Champions League history after Karim Benzema. [18]Standard
- Radamel Falcao, another player at Monaco, has been a huge impact throughout the season, giving him the freedom to express himself, teaching him the lessons on how to stay calm and composed during the match, etc. These are some qualities that Mbappé feels he misses. [19]Esquire
Radamel Falcao and Kaylin Mbappé
- When the World Cup was only a year away, Mbappé wanted to join a team where he could be sure of a starting position. The fee for a subsequent full transfer was set at €145 m plus a further €35m, turning him into the most expensive teenager ever, the most expensive transfer ever in a league national and possibly the second most expensive player of all time, after his teammate, Neymar. Upon his arrival in the French capital, he received the number 29 jersey of the Paris Saint-Germain team. [20]PSG
- When he was just 18 years and 11 months, Mbappé became the youngest player in Champions League history by scoring his 10th goal in a 3-1 loss to Bayern Munich on December 6. [21]Goal
- The French player received the number 7 shirt for the upcoming season with PSG in July, taking over the team number left out by Lucas Moura. Under the hashtag #K7LIAN, Mbappé said, “Je continue d’essayer de progresser sur le terrain et je pense que, pour moi, c’était le bon moment pour changer de numéro. C’est une sorte d’affirmation un et beaucoup de grands l’ont porté. J’espère que je pourrai rendre justice à ce numéro sur le terrain.” [22]ESPN (Translation: “I keep trying to improve on the pitch and I think that for me it was a good time to change my number. It’s a kind of assertion one and many greats have worn it. Hopefully, I can do this number justice on the court.”)
- Time magazine questioned Mbappé in 2018 about the kind of sacrifices that he made as a teenager so he could concentrate on his football journey. He replied, “Je n’ai pas eu les moments des gens dits normaux à l’adolescence, comme sortir avec des amis, profiter de bons moments. ” (Translation: “I didn’t have the so-called normal people’s moments as a teenager like hanging out with friends, enjoying good times.”) In contrast, Mbappé says he is “still living the life he always dreamed of” despite lacking a “normal” lifestyle. In less than four years after his first professional appearance, he has amassed over 50 million Instagram followers. While he admits his life has been turned upside down since his first appearance in the spotlight, he describes himself as “happy”.
- Ethan, the brother of Kylian, signed an “aspiring” contract with Paris Saint-Germain on June 25, 2021, and the agreement will last until 2024. [23]Tribal Football
- Nike sponsors Mbappé. Nike Hypervenom 3 was released in 2017 to showcase the prodigious talent of 18-year-old Kylian Mbappé. [24]Lingue 1 He released the Nike Mercurial Superfly VI boots in 2018, which were created in the fashion of former Brazilian striker Ronaldo’s Mercurial R9 boots. [25]As
Kylian wearing a Nike Mercurial Superfly VI
Kylian holding a Nike Hypervenom 3
Ronaldo wearing a Mercurial R9
- Mbappé was named the global ambassador by Swiss watchmaker Hublot in 2018. [26]Football Observatory
Kylian Mbappé as Hublot’s Brand Ambassador
- Among players in EA Sports’ FIFA video game series, Mbappé had the highest possible rating of 94 in FIFA 18.
- In FIFA 21, Mbappé was the cover star, making him the youngest player to appear alone on the cover. [27]Forbes It was his second consecutive time on the cover of FIFA 22, making him one of the few players to have made back-to-back FIFA cover appearances. [28]FIFA
- George Weah, the current president of Liberia, and former Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba, two of Africa’s best strikers, were joined by Mbappé on February 22, 2018, when they met at the Élysée Palace with French President Emmanuel Macron and FIFA President Gianni Infantino concerning a sports development project in Africa. [29]L’equipe Due to his parents’ African roots, Mbappe believes the development of African sport is significant for him. [30]GiveMeSport
- Mr. Mbappé made a cash donation on January 28, 2018, of $34,000 (around £26,000) to a crowdfunding campaign to support and fund the private search mission to locate missing footballer Emiliano Sala, whose plane had disappeared over the English Channel a week earlier. [31]Talksport In a second donation on February 10, 2019, Mbappé donated £27,000 to the GoFundMe campaign set up to fund the search for the plane’s still-missing pilot, David Ibbotson.
- After contracting COVID-19 while playing for the France national team, Mbappé missed the first three games of the 2020-2021 season. [32]CNN
- In a ranking by the French newspaper Le Figaro, Mbappé was named the fastest player in the world. [33]Le Figaro When asked who he thought would be his toughest opponent, Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan’s center-back and captain of the Netherlands) chose Mbappé over any other player, including Mbappé’s childhood idol, Cristiano Ronaldo. [34]Fox Sports
- Mbappe grew up giving more importance to football and didn’t go to school full time. He rather devoted time to football.
- He turned down clubs like Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, and Bayern Munich to join Monaco.
- In one of his interviews, he described his technique of celebrating after scoring a goal, that is, by crossing his hands and giving a thumbs-up. He said he was inspired by his younger brother Ethan who does the exact when he beats Kylian on the FIFA Playstation.
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