Kylian Mbappé was born on 20 December 1998 in Paris. A French footballer born in Paris and raised in the suburb of Bondy, Mbappé emerged at AS Monaco as a teenager and joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2017. At 19 he was a key player as France won the 2018 World Cup, scoring in the final, and he became only the second teenager after Pelé to score in a World Cup final. In the 2022 final he scored a hat-trick in a losing cause against Argentina and won the tournament's Golden Boot. He became PSG's all-time leading scorer before moving to Real Madrid in 2024. Known for explosive pace and clinical finishing, he has captained the French national team.
Before and after
- 20 November 1998Launch of International Space Station
- from 28 November 1998 to 30 January 2019Premiere of Oggy and the Cockroaches
- December 1998Launch of PayPal
- 11 December 1998Launch of Mars Climate Orbiter
- 20 December 1998Birth of Kylian Mbappé
- 1999Founding of Maritime, Fluvial and Harbor Museum of Rouen
- January 1999Discovery of flerovium
- from 1999 to 2003Ituri conflict
- 1999Founding of European System of Central Banks
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