Pele’s two stunning FIFA World Cup records that have been broken by Kylian Mbappe
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A new star in the making will be the wrong tagline to give to Kylian Mbappe. He has already, at just 23, a legacy many greats of the sport might envy. He is the second most expensive signing in the history of football. He is the most valuable player on the Transfermarkt right now, with a valuation of around 160 million euros.
When it comes to football stars, no one shines brighter than Brazil’s own Pele. The first football superstar in the World. He made generations fall in love with football. Pele still holds many records that can’t be broken easily. The modern-day greats Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have failed to reach many of Pele’s achievements so far in their career.
Records are meant to be broken; Pele, in his time, had set numerous records that have been broken by modern times greats. The upcoming generation of stars will hurt some. Kylian Mbappe is one of those future stars chasing glory.
Kylian Mbappe is undoubtedly regarded as the next big thing in Football. Upcoming football stars like Erling Haaland will challenge him to become one of the greatest after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi retires. In the chase of this greatness Mbappe has alredy broken some of the reccords set by Pele.
Kylian Mbappe broke one of Pele’s special records in 2018 FIFA World Cup
In the 2018 edition of the FIFA World Cup, the Frenchman became the youngest-ever goal scorer in the World Cup Final. His goal against Croatia in the 64’ minute earned him this feat and along with the World Cup crown. Mbappe achieved this feat when he was just 19 while. Pele previously held this record. He scored a total of 4 goals in Russia in that tournament.
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Kylian Mbappe is ahead of Pele in the total number of goals in the world cups
This time out, he has also surpassed him in total World Cup goals. Pele, in his entire career, scored a total of 8 goals in world cups. Kylian Mbappe, this time out in his second-only World Cup campaign at just 23, has surpassed him with nine goals and is due to play a final where he might score as well.
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A comparisson of Kylian Mbappes’ and Pele’s career
Pele scored an enormous number of goals in his 21 years long career. He played for Santos from 1956 to 1977 and then for New York Cosmos. He scored a combined 655 goals in his club career. He played for his country Brazil for 14 years, making 92 appearances and scoring a whopping 77 goals.
Kylian Mbappe is just 23 right now and already has 309 appearances and scored 221 goals. If the pacy attacker keeps the form alive, he might just beat the likes of Pele and Cristiano Ronaldo in his 30s. The player already has 64 appearances for France’s team scoring 33.
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Syed Ashhad
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