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After becoming the top scorer in France's history, Mbappé will now play his 100th game with the Blues.
2026-06-21 00:02:59 / SPORT
'I remember his arrival at the French national team, a teenager, but who was a phenomenon for his age, a phenomenon in speed, efficiency' - this is how Guy Stephan, Didier Deschamps' assistant, says about Kylian Mbappe on the latter's debut on March 25, 2017 when he was only 18 years old and now at the age of 27 against Iraq on Monday he will play his 100th match, during which the transalpine striker was able to score 58 goals, becoming the best scorer in the history of this national team.
And not only that, Mbappe has also surpassed Just Fontaine's 13 World Cup goals and threatens Lionel Messi and Miroslav Klose who have 16 goals each. Mbappe, world champion in 2018 and world runner-up in 2022, is on the scoreboard of 14 goals scored in such competitions
On March 25, 2017, Mbappe made his debut for the French national team in a 3-1 win over Luxembourg. He played 15 minutes as a left-winger and came on in the 78th minute in place of Payet. It was the beginning of a remarkable story. In his fifth match for France, he scored his first goal on August 31, 2017.
In Saint Denis against the Netherlands, he was again a substitute. He entered the field in the 75th minute in place of Oliver Giroud and scored the fourth goal in the 4-0 victory over the Orange in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers in Russia, where they were declared champions.
In that World Cup he played all the matches scoring 4 goals. Also in Qatar in 2022 where he scored 8 goals, 3 of which in the final against Argentina where France lost on penalties. In this edition he has 2 goals, France needs more as he reaches 100 matches with the national team.
At this point, Mbappe is already among the 10 footballers with the most appearances for France, ahead of his coach Deschamps with 103, Patrick Vieria, with 107; Zinedine Zidane, with 108; Marcel Desailly, with 113; Thierry Henry, with 123; Antoine Griezmann and Olivier Giroud, both with 137; Lilian Thuram, with 142 and Hugo Lloris, with 145 and from whom Mbappe has also inherited the captain's armband.
At the moment, Kylian Mbappe has played 99 matches, 7969 minutes and 84 starts. There are 15 matches in 3 World Cups, 9 in two European Championships, 29 in European and World Cup qualifiers, 21 in the Nations League which he won in 2021 and 25 friendly matches. Kylian Mbappe is only 27 years old and still has many matches to play, while the match against Iraq is his 100th.
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