Who is Kylian Mbappe’s idol in football?
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Kylian Mbappe
Kylian Mbappe is already considered a future G.O.A.T. By many fans and players even though he is just 23. The player has lit up the football world with his dazzling displays. The pacy skillful full dribbler is a player everyone wants in their team, the reason Real Madrid was behind his signature madly. The player resides in the French league with Paris Saint-German.
He is already leading the charts on the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022 with the most goals and is eyeing a second consecutive World Title for his county. No wonder his game style resembles a lot of players but there must have been players he must have watched during his early days to become like one. Let’s see who his idols were.
Kylian Mbappe’s idol
In an interview with OhMyGoal, Mbappe revealed that considering his origin Nation which is France he admires Zinedine Zidan a lot whom he calls Zizou. A fact that only a few people would know is that Mbappe was only 6 months old when France won the World Cup. In a press conference for Real Madrid Zidan also confessed his love for the French international superstar.
Along with Zizou, he considers Cristiano Ronaldo as his idol too. One can see a lot of resemblance in their game styles as well. He has a chance of playing against one of his idols as well when Portugal faced France. The player also in his early childhood days in AS Monaco colors had a chance to get himself clicked with CR7 as well.
Kylian Mbappe and his comparison with Cristiano Ronaldo
When it comes to a comparison between Mbappe and his Idol Cristiano Ronaldo, the French man is far ahead of Ronaldo when he turned 23. In goal comparison Mbappe when he reached the age of 23 had scored 197 goals to Ronaldo’s 132. In the assists charts, the French man has 111 to his name and the Portuguese have 66 by that time.
Mbappe won around 14 trophies for the club and country when he turned 23 to Ronaldo’s mere 5. The only 2 categories where both the player and his idol were tied were the Ballon d’Or as both of them hadn’t won any by that time and the international appearances. Both of them were tied on 53 appearances each for their national sides.
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