UEFA Champions League records by Kylian Mbappe

Kylian Mbappe has taken the world by storm since the 2016/17 season with Monaco. The World Cup winner has yet to win a Champions League but has already broken many records. The PSG and French sensation is all set to sign for Real Madrid in the upcoming summer transfer window but he will be delighted if he gets his hands on the Champions League title before that. PSG are already in the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League Semi-Finals after beating Barcelona by 6-4 on aggregate. Kylian Mbappe equaled the club’s former striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s UCL goalscoring record and he is now the joint ninth in the list of all-time UCL goal scorers. So it's time we look at Mbappe's Champions League records and stats.

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Kylian Mbappe's UEFA Champions League Stats & Records

Mbappe scored six goals for Monaco in his first season of the Champions League and since then, he has scored at least four times in every campaign. He scored his tenth UCL goal, in a 3-1 defeat at Bayern in December 2017, making him the youngest player to achieve that feat at the age of 18 years 350 days. Kylian Mbappe has already scored 48 goals in 71 appearances and 42 of those have come for PSG in 62 games. He was also the youngest player to hit 25 goals in the Champions League, aged 22 years and 80 days. Erling Haaland later broke that record.

Mbappe has already scored two Champions League hat-tricks, and both have come in away games. He scored the first one in a 5-0 win at Club Brugge in October 2019. He scored his second hat-trick in a 4-1 victory at Barcelona in the 2020/21 season in the round of 16. Kylian has failed to score against only four of the 23 teams he has faced in the competition. He has only failed to score against Atalanta, CSKA Moskva, Leverkusen, and Napoli.

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Mbappe is the youngest French player to score in a Champions League knockout round match at the age of 18 years and 63 days. He is also the youngest player to score more than one goal in a Champions League knockout round match at the age of 18 years and 113 days. Not only that, but he is also the youngest to score in four successive Champions League knockout round matches at the age of 18 years and 120 days. 

Mbappe’s brace in Barcelona this season saw him climb to second on the all-time list, moving past Benzema to reach 15 goals in away Champions League knockout ties. However, Five of Mbappe’s goals have come against Barcelona. Only Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more times against a single opponent away from home (Ajax) in the history of the Competition. The French superstar has scored 8 goals after making 10 appearances in the Champions League this season and will have the opportunity to add more to his tally. He is only 25 years old but has already achieved a lot and the Champions League victory with PSG will be a cherry on top before joining the European Giants, Real Madrid.