Collector of heads and nicknames.
Peanut turned into Kix
senior teammates e PSG Mbappé was often referred to by his shortened name, Kiki. Something like Titi Henri. But Kiki existed as long as it was a guy that Thiago Silva can give a ninja turtle mask to make everyone in the locker room laugh and Kilian smile broadly. And Mbappe received the oldest nickname at the famous Clairefontaine Academy. Anelka, Gallas, Henri, Saha, Ben Arfa, Matuidi, Rafa Guerreiro, Benatia and Kilian have studied there over several years.
In football school he was nicknamed Peanuts. The children noticed that the shape of the partner’s head resembles exactly peanuts. Even coaches sometimes called Kilian that way. Mbappe wasn’t hurt by nicknames, unlike the story in which Mbappe forbade Argentine players from calling McAllister “red” and joking about his hair color. He looked like a persecution and hurt the future world champion, and then one of the substitutes and rookies of Scaloni’s team.
But Mbappe plays in such a way that over time the old nicknames lose their relevance. When Kilian first arrived PSG in 2017 he received the nickname Donatello from club veterans. Years later, when football fans Mbappe and his friend Hakimi borrowed a penguin-themed celebration from wide receiver Jaylen Waddle, Ramos nicknamed Mbappe “The Penguin.” Kilian is unlikely to be a big fan of this nickname, as he has a more popular and older one.
Kilian still on world Cup-2018 in the French team was called Kiks. Griezmann especially likes this option. Partly an abbreviation of the name, in France Kiki is sometimes called Kiks. Mbappa also liked the consonance with the word from the English language “kick”, that is, “hit”. On the eve of the match against Nantes, in which Mbappé broke the club record PSG by number of goals, his boots were marked “Kix’s Legacy”. And the boss PSG he’s right, records are important to Kilian.
Giroud’s record is about to collapse
In December, Mbappe celebrated his 24th birthday. No longer a boy, but not yet a football man. The rise of the force. Neutral viewers want to see him in the league, such as La Liga and Premier Leaguebut after his 201st anniversary goal for the club, the striker reminded once again that he’s originally from Paris, so he likes to play for PSG. This is not a guarantee that he will not leave in the summer, because Kilian has long learned to make diplomatic statements, but an explanation of why the record was made.
Ibrahimovic didn’t have the best footballing years in Paris, even though he scored 156 goals in 180 games (0.87 per game average). Cavani had a lower average of 0.66, but was on the field in 301 games and scored 200 goals. Mbappé went further. Kix played 248 matches, many of them on the attacking wing, and not in the center, like the Uruguayan and the Swede, but scored 201 goals. Excellent result. Also, it’s important to mention that he has missed 25 games due to injuries. Furthermore, he has always played with egoists in attack, he has shared attacking positions and penalties.
Mbappe is still not as great an assist as Messi – Lionel has 1,000 assists on shots and total assists in his club career, but at 24 the Frenchman has scored 153 goals and dished out 64 assists in 205 games for Monaco in Ligue 1 alone And PSG. He started early and strong, then passed the 100-assist mark: he has 111, scored 231 in his club career, not counting the national team, and has only made 300 appearances so far.
Impressive statistics, a real phenomenon. And in the national team he has 36 goals in 66 games. Giroud has scored 53 goals in 120 games with more to come, but Kylian has a higher rate of fire than Olivier, Henry and Griezmann. Mbappe aims for the Italian record.
The Champions League is the main goal
Can anyone score a lot in France? It’s not a fact. But it can be formed differently. There are few strong defensive lines in the French league, so a successful sniper will surely find his way to someone else’s target. But in Spain during the golden era of Messi and Ronaldo, the pressure on the middle peasants was also not great, they were often opened. And the powerful Atlético in defense, the Argentine and the Portuguese have also scored a lot.
Mbappe will find himself in Madrid or Manchester, London or Munich, if there are such cities in his career. It is also obvious that there is a dream of becoming the best goalscorer in the history of the Champions League. He now has 60 games, 40 goals and 26 assists. Ronaldo’s record is incredibly far – 140 goals, but Kylian will have time. He follows Aguero, Del Piero, Neymar, Salah, Drogba and Inzaghi.
The next ones will chase Ibrahimovic, Shevchenko, Henri and Muller. He should get around Van Nistelrooy, Raul and Benzema. Only the trio made up of Lewandowski, Messi and Ronaldo will remain. Difficult to bet on records of this caliber, because the Argentine and the Portuguese have crazy numbers. But there will be many matches in the Champions League in the new format. And the start of Holland itself – 28 goals in 23 games, speaks in favor of the youth.
The Norwegian, like the French, is important for the number of goals scored. The nature of Mbappe’s love to collect heads since childhood. He is linked to the goal obsession of an idol, Cristiano Ronaldo. Football curiously flows from one era to another, forming the heirs of legends. Mbappé could be the best son of French football in its history, he has all the data.
But don’t forget that the striker is eleven and a half years younger than Messi and almost fourteen than Ronaldo. Lucky with health – many records will fall at the feet of Kiks. And for starters, you need to win against big clubs, like Bayern on March 8th.
