French football forward who won the 2018 World Cup at 19 and scored a hat-trick in the 2022 final, which France lost on penalties; he left Paris Saint-Germain for Real Madrid in 2024.
Èr líng yī bā nián Shìjièbēi Mǔbāpèi yí zhàn chéngmíng.
Mbappé made his name in a single tournament at the 2018 World Cup.
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Chinese fans call him 姆总, 'Boss Mbappé', or 忍者神龟 'Ninja Turtle', a joke on his looks. In 2018 he became the second teenager, after Pelé, to score in a World Cup final.
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Phonetic transliteration of French 'Mbappé.' Note the unusual 姆 at the start - 姆 by itself is 'nanny,' but here it just carries the /m/ sound for the prenasalized M-.
French footballer born 1998. World Cup winner 2018, World Cup final hat-trick 2022, captain of France since 2023. Transferred from Paris Saint-Germain to Real Madrid in 2024. One of the faces of the post-Messi-Ronaldo era in world football and a massive social-media figure in China.