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How many goals has Kylian Mbappe scored for France? Superstar rapidly catching several Les Bleus legends

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Kylian Mbappe is one of the most talked about players in the world right now, and for good reason.

The forward has always had the potential and talent to have a massive career, but he is currently in the form of his life.

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Mbappe won the Golden Boot at the 2022 World Cup
Mbappe won the Golden Boot at the 2022 World Cup

The 25-year-old is one of the world's best players and is already one of France's top goalscorers.

At the 2022 World Cup, he ended the tournament with eight goals, including a hat-trick in the final, but it wasn't enough for Les Bleus.

He's now at Euro 2024 and is playing with a broken nose, but despite having to wear a mask, he's looking to lead his country to glory.

How many goals has Mbappe scored for France?

Mbappe's parents are from Cameroon and Algeria, so he could have easily ended up representing one of those.

However, the French Football Federation moved very quickly to secure his international future once they realised his talent.

As a result, Mbappe was called into the French senior team in March 2017, when he was 18 years old.

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Mbappe is already one of France's best-ever players
Mbappe is already one of France's best-ever players

He made 13 appearances for France's various youth teams before Didier Deschamps decided that he was ready.

Mbappe made his debut from off the bench in a 3-1 win over Luxembourg, but he didn't get his first goal for Les Bleus until August of that same year.

France played the Netherlands in a friendly, and in a 15-minute cameo, the forward bagged the first of 48 international goals.

But he had to wait another six games before his next two arrived against Russia.

Mbappe has 82 caps for his country, but only scored three goals in his first 12 matches, which means his next 45 have come in just 70 games.

Olivier Giroud is now France's all-time top goalscorer after passing Thierry Henry's record of 51 goals against Poland in Qatar, but you wouldn't imagine that will last long given Mbappe's form.

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The 2018 World Cup kickstarted Mbappe's international career
The 2018 World Cup kickstarted Mbappe's international career

France's top ten goalscorers

1: Olivier Giroud - 52 goals

2: Thierry Henry - 51 goals

3: Kylian Mbappe - 48 goals

4: Antoine Griezmann - 44 goals

5: Michel Platini - 41 goals

6: Karim Benzema - 37 goals

7: David Trezeguet - 34 goals

8: Zinedine Zidane - 31 goals

9: Just Fontaine - 30 goals

9: Jean-Pierre Papin - 30 goals

11: Youri Djorkaeff - 28 goals

How many goals has Mbappe scored at the World Cup?

The World Cup in 2018 was where Mbappe made his first major impression on the international stage.

Before he went to Russia, Mbappe scored just four goals in his first 15 appearances for the national team.

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He did provide six assists in that time, but as a goalscorer, he was nowhere near his current level.

But the 2018 World Cup changed everything as Mbappe scored four goals, including the winner against Peru, two in the 4-3 win over Argentina and one in the final against Croatia.

In the space of a month, the PSG star doubled his goal tally and became a world champion.

He picked up where he left off in Qatar and topped the goalscoring charts with eight goals.

He scored against Australia in the opener before bagging twice against Denmark and Poland.

But he didn't get a goal against England or Morocco.

However, he then scored an incredible hat-trick in the final as he did everything in his power to ensure Les Bleus lifted the World Cup trophy.

He is now on 12 World Cup goals in just 14 matches and has potentialy three more tournaments in his career.

Mbappe has an 'obsession' with the World Cup and is just four goals behind the all-time top World Cup goalscorer Miroslav Klose, and is now level with Pele.


World Cup all-time top goalscorers

1: Miroslav Klose - Germany - 16 goals

2: Ronaldo - Brazil - 15 goals

3: Gerd Muller - Germany - 14 goals

4= Just Fontaine - France - 13 goals

4= Lionel Messi - Argentina - 13 goals

5= Pele - Brazil - 12 goals

5= Kylian Mbappe - 12 goals

7= Jurgen Klinsmann - Germany - 11 goals

7= Sandor Koscis - Hungary - 11 goals

9= Gabriel Batistuta - Argentina - 10 goals

9= Teofilo Cubillas - Peru - 10 goals

9= Grzegorz Lato - Poland - 10 goals

9= Gary Lineker - England - 10 goals

9= Thomas Muller - Germany - 10 goals

9= Helmut Rahn - Germany - 10 goals

How many goals has Mbappe scored at the European Championships?

Mbappe's record at the Euros is far less impressive than at the World Cup.

He's made seven appearances across two tournaments, including Euro 2024 and has just one goal.

He didn't score at all at Euro 2020 before Les Bleus were knocked out of the competition by Switzerland in a penalty shootout.

in Germany so far, he has one goal, which came via the penalty spot against Poland.

But he will be looking to add to that tally as France push to be kings of Europe.

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