Here are 5 fun facts about Messi's rival Kylian Mbappe
France football star Kylian Mbappe marks his 24th birthday on Tuesday.
Here are 5 things to know about Kylian Mbappe.
He has scored 12 World Cup goals in 14 matches and is level with Brazil legend Pele in sixth on the all-time list.
He is the second player to find the target in successive World Cup finals after Vava, who scored in Brazil's wins in 1958 and 1962.
Mbappe, who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain has scored 253 times in 363 games for club and country, a tally that far exceeds those of Messi and Ronaldo at the same age.
Mbappe started his football journey in Bondy when he was five.
As a child, he used to sit in with his father, then a youth coach with his hometown club AS Bondy, during the team's tactical discussions. Consequently, he learnt how to absorb tactical information very early on.
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