The photo shoot dates from 2013 and takes place in the bedroom of Kylian Mbappé, who is only 14 years old. The native of Bondy (Seine-Saint-Denis) is still only a resident of the AS Monaco training center, but his talent is far too great not to already attract the attention of the media. This time, it’s a photographer from France-Football who strives to capture the still childish face of the prodigy and the twenty posters of Cristiano Ronaldo which adorn the walls. That year, the Portuguese star won the second of his five Golden Balls and broke a record: with Real Madrid, he scored 59 goals in all competitions.
Never has a Merengues player scored so much in a calendar year. And never again, it was presumed at the time, would an attacker reach these heights again. Young Kylian Mbappé perhaps dreams of it then.
On his 27th birthday, Saturday December 20, the Frenchman equaled this record. For his very last match of the year with Real, the 2018 world champion scored his 59th goal of 2025 and participated in his team’s victory against Sevilla FC (2-0).
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