Mbappe finished with eight goals at the 2022 World Cup Qatar. Who will be the best young player at the World Cup 2022?Ĭould Mbappe become the greatest French football scorer ever? (2022 Getty Images) Could Kylian Mbappe be the highest scoring Frenchman in a single World Cup? Given Mbappe has youth on his side, the Parisian could well eclipse Giroud to become his country's most prolific player ever. With 36 goals in 66 games for France, Mbappe has moved ahead of Zidane who scored 31 in 108 appearances. Giroud followed that up with number 53 in the 2-1 quarter-final win over England.īut he may not have that record for long. The overall tournament record is held by Germany's Miroslav Klose who notched up 16 goals across four tournaments.įIFA World Cup 2022 injury list: Neymar, Karim Benzema, Son Heung-min and the rest Kylian Mbappe: On course to become top goalscorer in the French national teamĪlso against Poland, Olivier Giroud scored his 52nd international goal to move ahead of Henry as France's top hitman. His goal against Poland saw him move ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo's tally of eight goals. That is already more than legendary French footballers Thierry Henry, who scored six, and Zinedine Zidane, who achieved five in his career. Mbappe has already matched Pele for most World Cup goal scored under the age of 24 (2022 Getty Images) Kylian Mbappe: Impressive scoring stats at FIFA World CupĪt just 23 years old, Mbappe has so far scored 12 World Cup goals in 14 appearances at just two tournaments. Read on to find out Mbappe's current stats and which records he broke while in Qatar.įIFA World Cup 2022: All results, scores and points table Mbappe joined an elite group of players - Vava (1958, 1962), Pele (1958, 1970), Paul Breitner (1974, 1982) and Zinedine Zidane (1998, 2006) - who have scored in two World Cup finals. Messi gave Argentina the lead from the penalty spot with Angel Di Maria doubling the South Americans' lead.īut Mbappe pulled one back from the spot with 10 minutes remaining before sweeping home a second moments later to go back in front in the goalscoring stakes before Messi's strike in the second half of extra time took him to seven goals as well.įrance then won a late penalty, which Mbappe converted, to make it 3-3 and force a penalty shoot-out. Lionel Messi of Argentina joined him on five before the pair faced each other in the final. Then he scored twice in the round-of-16 win over Poland to go clear at the top on five. In those two victories, Mbappe netted three World Cup goals for his country, propelling him to the top of the race for the Golden Boot. The 23-year-old Paris Saint-Germain striker was a standout for the defending champions, but his hat-trick in the final was in vain as Argentina prevailed on penalties.įrance accumulated six points from their two opening wins against Australia (4-1) and Denmark (2-1) with a superior goal difference to finish top of the group. French football superstar Kylian Mbappe certainly lit up the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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