Kylian Mbappé, a relentless scorer: he surpassed Thierry Henry and reached a Pelé record

kylian mbappe he will turn 24 on December 20, two days after the World Cup final in Qatar, where he became this Saturday the top scorer of the French team at the World Cup overcoming Thierry Henry. Plus, with his goals in a 2-1 draw against Denmark in Group D, the Paris Saint Germain young wonder it achieved a record that Pele had from Chile 1962.

After a goalless first half, Mbappé broke the score after 16 minutes after a block with Theo Hernández. The scorer, therefore, not only made it 1-0 but also, with six goals at the World Cup, he surpassed two legends of his team: Zinedine Zidane and Michel Platini, who had five.

In a complicated match for those led by Didier Deschamps seven minutes later, due to Andreas Christensen’s header, Mbappé reappeared with four minutes remaining to give him the victory and qualifying the last champion to the round of 16 but also setting another personal best.

And this With seven goals, between Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, Mbappé managed to surpass the six scored by French star Thierry Henry.

Similarly, at the age of 23, he became the second player to score seven (or more) goals in a World Cup before turning 24. The other is Pelé, who reached that figure at the age of 21 in Chile in 1962.

There are not many young people who reach such a goal; just mention it Lionel Messi Y Cristiano Ronaldo they only had one at that age. In fact, Leo has only seven out of five World Cups.

So Mbappé remained in a selected group of under-24s with the most goals at the World Cup next to the mentioned Pele (7), James Rodríguez (6) and Mario Kempes (6).

On the other hand, with his brace, the attacker already accumulates 31 goals in 61 matches for the French teamequaling Zidane, seventh top scorer in history, and behind David Trezeguet (34), Karim Benzema (37), Michel Platini (41), Antoine Griezmann (42), Thierry Henry and his teammate Olivier Giroud, both with 51 top of the table.