Author of a hat-trick with France against Gibraltar, Kylian Mbappé continues to break records and set all the statistics on fire.
Already in the history of PSG with the title of top scorer for the club, Kylian Mbappé is slowly approaching records in the French national team. With a hat-trick against Gibraltar (14-0), the PSG striker has reached the 300-goal mark in his career (227 with PSG, 27 with AS Monaco, and 46 with the French national team) with a magnificent lob from 44 meters. A total reached at just 24 years, 10 months, and 28 days.
More precocious than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo
The French international thus surpasses his former teammate Lionel Messi, who reached this total of 300 career goals at the age of 25 years, 7 months, and 24 days, and Cristiano Ronaldo (27 years and 3 months). Only Neymar Jr (24 years, 8 months, and 1 day) has done better among the significant players of this 21st century. But after the match against Gibraltar, Kylian Mbappé downplayed this milestone: “There are players who have scored 800 goals, others 850. 300 goals are ridiculous compared to that. It’s a step and I want to continue to be decisive for my national team and my club.”
In the race for the title of top scorer of the year
In the French national team, the PSG striker has 46 goals thanks to his hat-trick and has surpassed Antoine Griezmann (44) this Saturday night. He now has in his sights Thierry Henry (51 goals) and Olivier Giroud (56). “With 18 goals in less than a year, from France-Australia in the opening of the World Cup on November 22, 2022, to his famous lob on Saturday, the prodigy has just scored almost 40% of his total for the French national team,” reports Le Parisien. Another goal in mind for the Rouge & Bleu striker is the title of top scorer of the year 2023. The Parisian number 7 has a total of 46 goals in 2023 and is in competition with two serial scorers, Harry Kane and Erling Haaland, who have 48 goals each. Since his match against Toulouse (1-1) on August 19, Kylian Mbappé has scored 18 goals in 16 matches. “This is his best statistical start, but he is alternating enchanting performances with unusual blackouts like at Newcastle and Milan, very exposed matches,” notes LP. He has eight matches left (Greece, Monaco, Newcastle, Le Havre, Nantes, Dortmund, Lille, and Metz) to hope to win this honorary title.
