02495nam a2200277   4500008004100000020001800041037004100059041001200100082002200112100002100134245004200155250000600197260003000203300000800233500156000241650004501801650002801846650003401874650004001908650003801948650002501986942000802011942000802019952017102027999001902198260719b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781399629577  cPurchasednMathrubhumi Books, Kaloor  aEnglish  a796.33092bLAU/KY  aLaurens, Julien   aKYLIAN MBAPPEb: Definitive Biography  a1  aLondonbSeven Dialsc2026  g341  aThis 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.  aMbappé, Kylian, 1998– — Biography.  aSoccer players—France  aWorld Cup (Soccer)—History.  aReal Madrid (Soccer team)—Players  aParis Saint-Germain Football Club  aSports personalities  cLEN  2ddc  00102ddc40708NFICaMAINbMAINcGENd2026-07-14ePurchasedg799.00i757,2026/07/09l2o796.33092 LAU/KYpE1103041r2026-08-10 11:29:04s2026-08-04w2026-07-14yLEN  c198907d198907