Football star and Monaco’s striker, Kylian Mbappe has Nigerian origin. We gathered that his father, Wilfred Mbappe has Nigerian and Cameroonian roots.   He was a refugee who migrated to France for greener pastures.

Family sources revealed that Wilfred in a bid to get a permanent stay in France married an Algerian-French lady Fayza, an ex-handball player.

Kylian Mbappe was given a Yoruba name Adesanmi meaning “crown fits me” by his father. The footballer has a younger brother named Adeyemi Mbappe, in recognition of their Nigerian roots.

Adeyemi is a Yoruba name meaning “the crown befits you.” Indeed, Adeyemi is the reason why Kylian celebrates his goals by posing with his arms crossed and thumbs up. “This is how my younger brother celebrated when he beat me in the FIFA video game.”

Mbappe’s father works as coach at AS Bondy and he started training Kylian at the age of six. He also spends time coaching Adeyemi, while he is currently his Kylian’s agent.

The striker has attracted some of the biggest sides in world football in the last few weeks, making the 18-year-old football’s most courted teenager.

He took Europe by storm last season, scoring 26 goals in all competitions in his first full season at senior club level. He is one of the most sought after players in the summer transfer market in Europe. Sources said that Real Madrid has agreed to sign the teenager for £161m.