After an end of the season in cannonball with Real Madrid in Liga (to finish Pichichi and European Golden Soulier), Kylian Mbappé was then decisive with the French team. He scored and gave a decisive pass during the defeat in the semi-finals of the League of Nations against Spain (5-4) and then opened the scoring against Germany and also served Michael Olise on the second goal during the small final (2-0). At 26, the prodigy from Bondy reached 50 goals in 90 selections!
Mbappé is already the 3rd top scorer in the history of the Blues with the record holder Olivier Giroud (57 achievements) and Thierry Henry (51) in the viewfinder. The captain of the tricolor training can largely approach the next 2026 World Cup in North America in the shoes of the top scorer in the history of France, he who is already the top scorer in the history of PSG.
Mbappé between Thuram and Henry
In number of capes, the “Kyks” is still outside the top 10 with its 90 matches but will soon be a centenary alongside its coach Didier Deschamps (103 selections) and his probable future National Zinedine Zidane Coach (108). Mbappé is far from the 145 selections of Hugo Lloris and the 142 of Lilian Thuram.
However, in official competition, Kylian Mbappé is a 5th most capped player in history with 69 games, as indicated by the Chroniques Bleues site. He has already exceeded Thierry Henry (69 matches in official competition) and will probably go beyond Lilian Thuram (71 matches) next fall, during the World Cup 26 qualifiers (six matches against Ukraine, Iceland and Azerbaijan).
As a reminder, the France World Champion 98 team did not participate in the qualifying World Cup qualifiers in 1998 and was exempt from qualifying for the 2002 World Cup as title holder. Lilian Thuram has played no less than 71 friendly matches with the Blues! It was really another era …
