Mbappé

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Icon Books, Sep 27, 2018 - Sports & Recreation - 240 pages

The youngest player to score in the World Cup final since Pelé, for the tournament-winning team, in his brief career to date Kylian Mbappé is breaking records at a rate matched by only the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and is fast becoming one of the biggest names in football.
But did you know that even at three years old, he would sit listening to the manager's talk before an AS Bondy match?
Or where his signature crossed-arm goal celebration came from and where he first performed it?
Or how he got his dressing room nickname 'Thirty-seven'?
Find out about all this and more in Luca Caioli and Cyril Collot's tirelessly researched biography of the game's latest superstar, featruing exclusive interviews with those who know him best.
Includes 2018 World Cup success.

 

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Allée des Lilas
The town where anything is possible
Oulala Oulala
The new attraction
And the winner
The hell of paradise
Better than Thierry Henry
Passed with merit
Louis II 21 October 2016
International
A champion already
The saga of the summer
August 2017
Donatello
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Luca Caioli is the bestselling author of Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and Suarez. A renowned Italian sports journalist, he lives in Spain corresponding for SKY Italia and Corriere della Sera.

Cyril Collot is a French journalist and the author of a number of books about French football. He works for the OLTV channel where he has directed several documentaries about football.

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