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Mbappé becomes youngest player to reach 100 Champions League appearances
Kylian Mbappé reached 100 Champions League appearances at age 27 in Real Madrid’s match against Roma on Wednesday.
He became the youngest player to reach that mark, beating Lionel Messi’s record, set at age 28 against Roma in 2015.
Mbappé scored in Real Madrid’s 4-3 win after Roma took the lead.
He made his Champions League debut for Monaco in 2016, aged 17, before playing for Real Madrid.
His goal was his 72nd in the competition, moving him ahead of former Madrid player Raúl González into fifth place on its career scoring list.
The milestone adds to Mbappé’s standing among the competition’s leading players; he also topped its scoring chart last season with 15 goals.
Kylian Mbappé became the youngest player to reach 100 appearances in the Champions League, doing so at age 27.
He reached the milestone for Real Madrid against Roma at the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday.
Mbappé scored in the match as Real Madrid came from behind to win 4-3.
He has scored 72 goals in his first 100 Champions League appearances, ranking third behind Robert Lewandowski and Lionel Messi.
Messi previously held the youngest-player record, reaching 100 appearances at age 28 in 2015.
- Who
- Kylian Mbappé, playing for Real Madrid.
- What
- He became the youngest player to make 100 Champions League appearances and scored in the match.
- When
- Wednesday, October 14, 2026.
- Where
- The Stadio Olimpico in Rome, during Real Madrid’s match against Roma.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Lionel Messi reached 100 Champions League appearances at age 28, setting the previous youngest-player record.
Mbappé made his Champions League debut with Monaco as a 17-year-old.
Mbappé reached 100 appearances against Roma, scored, and helped Real Madrid win 4-3.
- Age at milestone
- 27
- Champions League appearances
- 100
- Goals in first 100 appearances
- 72
- Previous record holder
- Lionel Messi, age 28
- Match result
- Real Madrid 4-3 Roma
- Location
- Stadio Olimpico, Rome
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