Mbappe at 20: French starlet's greatest goals

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Mbappé has scored a myriad of great goals. GOAL

We look back at seven of Kylian Mbappe's greatest goals as the Paris Saint-Germain forward turns 20.

Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe has bid farewell to his teenage years, having turning 20 on Thursday.

After a rapid rise at Monaco earned him a move to the Ligue 1 giants in 2017, this year has seen the talented forward take his game to even greater heights.

He tasted World Cup glory with France and won the FIFA Young Player award for his performances in Russia, while in December he claimed the inaugural Kopa Trophy.

In celebration of Mbappe's 20th birthday, we recall some of his greatest goals.

Borussia Dortmund 2 Monaco 3 - Champions League - April 12, 2017

After scoring twice against City in the last 16, Mbappe netted three times versus Borussia Dortmund in the quarter-finals and with his second strike in the away leg was the pick of the bunch.

Mbappe stole Lukasz Piszczek's pass ahead of Sokratis Papastathopoulos near the halfway line and raced clear, curling a delightful finish past Roman Burki's despairing drive from 20 yards.

Guingamp 1 PSG 3 – Ligue 1 – August 18, 2018

Mbappe hit the ground running upon his return to PSG.

In his first league outing of the 2018-19 season his late double lifted PSG to victory at Guingamp, and his second was a thing of beauty. A great first touch from Neymar's pass took centre-back Christophe Kerbrat out of the equation and drew goalkeeper Karl-Johan Johnsson off his line, with the confident forward punishing him with a sublime 90th-minute dink over the onrushing Swede.

Nimes 2 PSG 4 - Ligue 1 - September 1, 2018

A mixed outing for Mbappe ended with him picking up a petulant red card, but his game-breaking goal 13 minutes from time was magnificent.

He produced an immaculate touch to bring down Presnel Kimpembe's raking pass, let the ball bounce once and then clattered into the roof of the net from 15 yards.

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