02308nam a2200265 4500 260719b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781399629577 Purchased Mathrubhumi Books, Kaloor English 796.33092 LAU/KY Laurens, Julien KYLIAN MBAPPE : Definitive Biography 1 London Seven Dials 2026 341 This was the praise lauded upon Kylian Mbappé who, at just 19 years of age, led France to triumph at the 2018 World Cup. As golden confetti rained down, millions across the globe watched as the young man kissed the iconic trophy; the heir to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the best footballer in the world had announced himself. It was his crowning moment. In Kylian Mbappé: The Definitive Biography, Julien Laurens, the world’s leading French football journalist, paints a vivid portrait of Mbappé’s meteoric rise to global stardom. After a decade covering Kylian’s career, Julien has had unprecedented access to the player’s friends, coaches and teammates past and present. Exploring Mbappé’s humble upbringing in the suburbs of Paris and schooling at the famed Clairefontaine academy, his peerless rise with AS Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain, as well as his dream move to Real Madrid where his career has reached new heights, this extensive biography crafts an intimate account of Kylian’s life. Julien takes us into the inner workings of Mbappé’s psyche, as we witness how becoming a world superstar at just 19 affected the young Parisian. From the complex relationship he had with his boyhood club and its hierarchy to valiantly losing against Lionel Messi’s Argentina in the 2022 World Cup Final, and becoming the new face of Real Madrid’s galácticos, Julien shows us how the Mbappé that stars for club and country today is unrecognisable from the one who won the World Cup with France in 2018. Mbappé, Kylian, 1998– — Biography. Soccer players—France World Cup (Soccer)—History. Real Madrid (Soccer team)—Players Paris Saint-Germain Football Club Sports personalities LEN ddc 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC MAIN MAIN GEN 2026-07-14 Purchased 799.00 757,2026/07/09 2 796.33092 LAU/KY E1103041 2026-08-10 11:29:04 2026-08-04 2026-07-14 LEN 198907 198907