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France 4-2 Croatia

Mbappé the second youngest player ever to score in a World Cup final

The French striker scored France’s fourth as they overcame Croatia in the final in Moscow.

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MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JULY 15:  Kylian Mbappe of France celebrates after scoring his team's fourth goal during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final between France and Croatia at Luzhniki Stadium on July 15, 2018 in Moscow, Russia.  (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Ima
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Kylian Mbappé wrote his name into the record books in France's 4-2 win over Croatia in the World Cup final in Moscow, becoming the second youngest player to score in a World Cup final, at the tender age of just 19 years and 207 days. Only the great Pele managed the feat at a younger age, scoring twice in the final of the World Cup in Sweden in 1958, when he was just 17 years and 251 days old.

Mbappé behind just Pele

Mbappé, with his goal against Croatia, France’s fourth, moves ahead of Argentina’s Peucelle, who scored in his side’s 4-2 defeat to Uruguay in 1930 at the age of 21 and 320 days, and Brazilian Amarildo, who got on the scoresheet in the 3-1 win over Czechoslovakia when he was 21 and 323 days old.