France's Mbappé Sets World Cup Scoring Record

Kathmandu. In the exciting 10-goal thriller for third place (bronze medal) in the FIFA World Cup 2026 held in Miami on Sunday, France was defeated by England by 4-6 goals. Despite losing the match, 27-year-old French forward Kylian Mbappé completed 22 goals in his World Cup career by scoring two goals, setting a historic record as the all-time top scorer. Along with this, he has also taken a clear lead in the Golden Boot race of the current edition with 10 goals.

Mbappé, who entered the field with 20 goals in his overall World Cup career before the match against England, scored two goals in the 48th and 66th minutes of the second half. With the second goal scored in this match, his total World Cup career goal count has reached 22. With this extraordinary achievement, he has broken the all-time record of 21 goals by Argentina's captain Lionel Messi and donned the crown of the highest scorer in World Cup history. Former German striker Miroslav Klose is in third place on this list with 16 goals.

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Along with this, with two goals today, Mbappé has reached 10 personal goals in the current World Cup 2026. Before the match, Lionel Messi of Argentina and Mbappé were tied in the Golden Boot race with 8 goals each. However, after adding two goals today, Mbappé has reached the top position alone in the Golden Boot race with 10 goals. Messi is in second place with 8 goals.

Mbappé achieved this miraculous performance in the process of bringing France back from a huge 4-0 goal deficit in the first half. Although the exciting race for the Golden Boot and all-time top scorer will be more interesting in the upcoming matches as Lionel Messi's final match is yet to come, for now, at the age of 27, Mbappé has already written his name in golden letters in the history of world football.