Kylian Mbappe was incredible in France’s last 16 clash with Poland at the 2022 World Cup.
The Frenchman scored two brilliant goals, both in the second half, as Les Bleus cruised to a 3-1 victory.
His second goal was glorious.
The PSG forward cut inside from the left and curled a brilliant effort past Wojciech Szczęsny and into the top corner.
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That was his 250th goal of his professional career.
The fact that Mbappe reached the landmark before his 24th birthday is outstanding. But how does he compare to some of football legends?
A Twitter user @avisualgame has crunched the numbers and listed the age 38 football legends were when they scored their 250th career goal.
Lionel Messi, Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldo Nazario and Luis Suarez all feature. View the findings below…
At what age did 38 football legends score their 250th career goal?
38. Robbie Fowler – 35 years, 7 months
37. Miroslav Klose – 34 years, 3 months
36. Alessandro Del Piero – 33 years, 10 months
35. Didier Drogba – 33 years, 8 months
34. Carlos Tevez – 31 years, 7 months
33. Thomas Muller – 31 years, 6 months
32. Alan Shearer – 31 years, 4 months
31. Radamel Falcao – 31 years, 0 months
30. Robin Van Persie – 30 years, 11 months
29. Edin Dzeko – 30 years, 9 months
28. Mario Gomez – 30 years, 4 months
27. David Trezeguet – 30 years, 3 months
26. Zlatan Ibrahimovic – 30 years, 3 months
25. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – 30 years, 2 months
24. Antoine Griezmann – 30 years, 2 months
23. David Villa – 29 years, 11 months
22. Fernando Torres – 29 years, 11 months
21. Michael Owen – 29 years, 10 months
20. Ruud van Nistelrooy – 29 years, 4 months
19. Edinson Cavani – 29 years, 2 months
18. Samuel Eto’o – 28 years, 9 months
17. Gonzalo Higuain – 28 years, 5 months
16. Thierry Henry – 28 years, 3 months
15. Karim Benzema – 28 years, 3 months
14. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – 28 years, 2 months
13. Andriy Shevchenko – 28 years, 1 month
12. Wayne Rooney – 27 years, 10 months
11. Robert Lewandowski – 27 years, 5 months
10. Harry Kane – 27 years, 2 months
9. Luis Suarez – 26 years, 10 months
8. Sergio Aguero – 26 years, 10 months
7. Cristiano Ronaldo – 26 years, 8 months
6. Romelu Lukaku – 26 years, 6 months
5. Ronaldo Nazario – 26 years, 3 months
4. Raul – 26 years, 2 months
3. Lionel Messi – 24 years, 8 months
2. Kylian Mbappe – 23 years, 11 months
1. Neymar – 23 years, 8 months
Mbappe has reached 250 goals in lightning quick time.
He was nearly a year younger than Messi when reached the landmark, and nearly three years younger than both Ronaldo’s.
But one current football star reached 250 goals at a younger age than Mbappe: Neymar.
Neymar made his debut for Santos at the age of just 17 and scored 136 times in Brazil’s leagues before moving to Barcelona four years later. He then hit the ground running with the Catalan giants.
Mbappe is well on the road to becoming one of the greatest footballers to have ever played the sport.
But he has a long way to beat Ronaldo’s record goal tally, that currently stands at 813.
Can Mbappe beat it? It’s not out of the question. But he will have to play at the very highest level for at least the next decade to do so.
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