Champions League: Mbappé becomes fifth-highest scorer with 72 goals
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Nouvelle Tribune
French Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappé has taken his Champions League goal tally to 72, surpassing Raúl, who scored 71. After 100 appearances in the competition, he is now outright fifth in the all-time rankings, according to La Nouvelle Tribune.
Kylian Mbappé, the French striker for Real Madrid, scored his 72nd Champions League goal, overtaking Raúl, who scored 71, to become the competition’s outright fifth-highest scorer in history, reports La Nouvelle Tribune.
Mbappé made his Champions League debut with AS Monaco in the 2016-17 season, before playing for Paris Saint-Germain and then Real Madrid. He reached the total in 100 appearances in the competition.
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