Despite difficult times on and off the field since his arrival at Real Madrid last summer, Kylian Mbappé continues to improve his statistics this season with Casa Blanca. It was the captain of the French team who opened the scoring for the Merengues, on an exceptional serve from Vinicius, during the Intercontinental Cup final won 3-0 against Pachuca, Wednesday evening in Qatar.
In this sumptuous setting of the Lusail Stadium, where he shook the nets 4 times during the 2022 World Cup final against Argentina (including his converted shot on goal), Mbappé scored his 344th goal at the level professional (296 in club, 48 in selection). The almost 26-year-old striker (he will celebrate his birthday on Friday) remains 8th top French scorer in history but is now one behind his former French teammate Olivier Giroud, author of 345 goals (286 for club, 57 for national team). ). As a reminder, Giroud is still active, playing for Los Angeles FC in MLS.
Mbappé quickly on the podium?
With his 344 goals on the clock, Mbappé could quickly enter the top 5 or even climb onto the podium of the most prolific French scorers in history. The Bondynois can hope to catch up with Michel Platini (354 goals), Bafétimbi Gomis (361 goals) and André-Pierre Gignac (363 goals) if he scores around twenty goals in the coming months.
The “Kyks” could even catch up with the 3rd in this prestigious ranking, Roger Courtois, the scoring machine of Sochaux and the team in the 30s and 40s (he even reached a peak of 49 goals with the Cubs and the Blues during the 1935-1936 financial year). Mbappé will then take advantage of his next years as a footballer to become the best French scorer of all time ahead of Thierry Henry (411 goals) and the current record holder Karim Benzema (483 goals, or 139 goals more today).
