Talk about a feel good story. Kylian Mbappe is a name you’ll be hearing for quite some time in soccer. The 19-year-old participated in his very first World Cup tournament and is a world champion. What is a man to do with all his World Cup earnings? Well, if you’re Mbappe, you’ve donated it.
It’s been a few days since Sunday’s thrilling finale. France has been crowned as the winner of this year’s World Cup. Kylian Mbappe scored in Sunday’s classic and he’s also scored in other ways. According to Bleacher Report, he’ll be donating his World Cup earnings and we’ll be translating it for you as well.
Kylian Mbappe has opted to donate his earnings from France’s triumphant 2018 FIFA World Cup campaign to charity.
According to L’Equipe (h/t Jack White of USA Today), the Paris Saint-Germain star, who scored as France beat Croatia 4-2 in Sunday’s final in Moscow, decided to give the money to Premiers de Cordee, a charity that offers sporting instruction to children who are hospitalised or have disabilities.
Per L’Equipe (h/t Sports Illustrated), Mbappe, 19, will have earned around £17,000 per game in Russia, as well as a £265,000 bonus for winning the tournament.
As a result, his donation to Premiers de Cordee should amount to just under £400,000.
When athletes do these things, it just warms my heart as they truly want to help. Before we lose you to Google, Mbappe made about $22,344.75 per game in Russia. His bonus for winning is $309,037.96. The amount for the charity? It’ll be a tad under $525,672.40 but nonetheless, he’s doing an honorable act and we’ll continue to applaud him.
The manager of the charity said a few words about this.
The organisation’s general manager, Sebastien Ruffin, was full of praise for the teenaged superstar, per Le Parisien (via White): “Kylian, he’s a great person. When his schedule allows it, he intervenes for us with pleasure. He has a very good [relationship] with children, he always finds the right [words] to encourage them. I sometimes even feel that [he] takes more pleasure to play with the kids than the kids themselves.”
We look forward to seeing Mbappe’s rise.