Kylian Mbappé

Plenty of players are fast; what sets Kylian Mbappé apart, in my view, is how calm he stays at full sprint. Most athletes lose precision as speed increases, yet he seems to gain it, which is why defenders look like they are solving a problem that changed shape mid-calculation. I am equally struck by his trajectory off the pitch: a kid from the Paris suburbs who became France's captain and carries that role with unusual gravity for his age. I watch him less for the goals themselves than for those moments when the game visibly slows down around him. If he stays hungry, the records will take care of themselves.

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Name (English)

Kylian Mbappé

Name (Japanese)

キリアン・エムバペ

Reading

きりあん・えむばぺ

Born

December 20, 1998 (age 27)

Origin

Paris, France

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Tiger

Awards & achievements

• 2018 Knight of the Legion of Honour
• 2018 Best Young Player Award
• 2017 Alejandro buceta
• Kopa Trophy
• European Golden Shoe

• Official sitehttps://kylianmbappe.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/k.mbappe/
• Xhttps://x.com/KMbappe
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylian%20Mbapp%C3%A9
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%A0%E3%83%90%E3%83%9A
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21621995

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.