Young prodigy of the French team of the 2018 world champion then superstar of the Blues and finally captain since 2023, Kylian Mbappé is already at 23 matches with the tricolor armband since the victory against Iceland (2-1), Tuesday evening at the Parc des Princes. It was a lot at the age of 26 (with ten years possibly ahead of him), since the Real Madrid striker equal Zinédine Zidane, the country's idol and the team's star at the 2006 World Cup.
According to the site Chroniquesbleues.frMbappé is now 7th in the classification of the captains of the French team, far from the record holder who is his former goalkeeper Hugo Lloris goalkeeper, who played 121 international games with this status.
The total of Lloris is much more important than those of the 1998 world champions Marcel Desailly (55 matches as captain) and Didier Deschamps (54) as well as that of Michel Platini (50), the unavoidable number 10 of the French double semi-finalist team of the World Cup (1982 and 1986) and winner of Euro 84.
Mbappé soon in front of Amoros
Before “Platoche”, it is the untenable side manual Amoros who was the captain of the selection. During his 82 matches with the Blues (a record at the time), the player passed by AS Monaco and OM was captain 32 times. Amoros fully participated in the epics of the Platini team, Alain Giresse and Jean Tigana. It was he who finished 4th in the Ballon d'Or in 1986!
Mbappé therefore attacks the Assessment of Amoros and should thus pick 6th place in the ranking of tricolor captains during the 2026 World Cup in North America. After that, the prodigy from Bondy will aim for the top 5 by catching up to Roger Marche, team manager at the rooster from 1947 to 1959 with 42 games with the armband.
