Kylian Mbappe has been tearing defenses apart since the moment he first put on a soccer jersey. However, the French superstar took a backseat and saw the humor when his father scored a goal in a charity match with an ice-cold finish.
Wilfried Mbappe took the field with Eden Hazard and other French icons to play for Varietes CF against Team Calais in a charity match. In the first half, around the 42-minute mark, Wilfried Mbappe ran through on the goal to score a cool finish that was reminiscent of Brazilian legend, Ronaldo Nazario de Lima.
Kylian Mbappe also saw the similarity as he was quick to post the goal by his father and tagged Ronaldo in the post. Mbappé took it to X and wrote: “Your Cameroonian version is ready…@Ronaldo.” Mbappe poked fun at his father by calling him the Cameroonian version of the iconic striker.
[📺LIVE] ⚽️ Match caritatif @VarietesCF
😅 OH LA FEINTE de Wilfrid Mbappé pour le 6-0 !!
😎 Tel père tel fils ! pic.twitter.com/MEojfMm9qF— beIN SPORTS (@beinsports_FR) October 18, 2023
Wilfried’s cool finish wasn’t out of the blue but a display of the skills of a former professional player. He is originally from Cameroon. He was born in 1970 in Douala, Cameroon.
Later on, Wilfried moved to France, where he settled in a suburb nearby Paris called Bondy. In his professional soccer career, he represented AS Bondy and was a regional-level player back in Cameroon.
As per reports from BBC, Since his retirement, Wilfried has been part of AS Bondy, a soccer team that plays in the tenth division of French league soccer, for over twenty-five years.
He served in various roles at the club including being the sporting director of the club looking after the age groups from under-10s up to under-17s. He also served as a talent scout for PSG.
Eden Hazard dazzled in the charity match with the father of Kylian Mbappe
Wilfried Mbappe scored that beautiful finish with the help of none other than Eden Hazard. The Belgium midfielder was also part of the charity match and used his trademark flick to assist the father of Kylian Mbappe.
Hazard, who recently announced his retirement from soccer, was joined by former French internationals such as Ludovic Giuly, Robert Pires, Didier Deschamps, Claude Puel, and Yohan Cabaye. The charity match was organized to raise money for a charity helping children and teenagers in Hospitals called Pieces Jaunes (Yellow Pieces).
Je suis mort de rire 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
— Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) October 18, 2023
The former players put on a show in the clash at the Stade de l’Epopee and helped raise $15,700 for the cause. Wilfried Mbappe was on the bench and came off it score the goal that grabbed all the headlines with the help of his son Kylian Mbappe.
Kylian has already surpassed his father in his sport with 220 goals and 98 assists in 269 appearances for the French club, PSG. At the same time, he has also been a part of the French national side for quite some time now, scoring 42 times in 72 appearances for the Les Bleus, while picking up a World Cup winner’s medal in the process.