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The youngest player since Pelé - the king of football - to score a goal in a World Cup final ... At 19 years old Kylian Mbappé could be on his way to decrown the Brazilian legend The star of the French national team himself couldn''t have imagined Sunday''s win a few years ago : SOT mbappé
The craziest dream would be to win a world cup ! a world cup.. the champions league.. id love to experience wins like these but im still so far off But he didn''t have to wait that long ..
The precocious player already turned heads as a child with his impressive dribbling skills Here he is at just 10 years old galvanizing his coaches at AS Bondy SOT AS Bondy - synthé incrusté He''s what we call a phenomenon he was the only kid i knew FOR SURE he''ll be playing in the Ligue 1 At 12 years old he joined the elite French National Football Institute .. At the time a lot frailer than his classmates, Mbappé would buff up as he turned professional SOT INF You can see he was just a baby! When he arrived we called him Mbébé ! At 14 years old, Real Madrid - the team of his idol Christiano Ronaldo, came knocking on Mbappé''s door ... but his family had other plans, prefering that he stay in France It would be at AS Monaco where he made his professional debut Showcasing his speed and potential, Mbappé quickly became a coveted player In 2017 Paris Saint Germain signed a loan for the teen prodigy Didier Deschamps too called him on to join the French national team - just in time for the 2018 world cup.

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