Wilfrid Mbappé
French football coach and consultant
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Wilfrid Mbappé (born 11 October 1970) is a French consultant and former football coach.[1] He is the father of footballers Kylian Mbappé and Ethan Mbappé. Wilfrid is originally from Djébalè, an island in the Wouri estuary near Douala, Cameroon.[2]
French (since 2005)
Wilfrid Mbappé | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 October 1970 Douala, Cameroon |
| Occupation | Consultant |
| Nationality | Cameroonian (until 2005) French (since 2005) |
| Spouse | Fayza Lamari |
| Children | Kylian MbappéEthan Mbappé |
Personal life
Wilfrid Mbappé's parents were accountants and executive assistants. They moved to France with Mbappé when he was one year old.[2] Mbappé lived with Fayza Lamari, the two signed a civil partnership in 2016 and separated in 2022.[3] Their two children, Kylian and Ethan, are professional footballers. Mbappé is the legal guardian of the former professional footballer Jirès Kembo Ekoko.[4]
Football
A former regional footballer,[5] Mbappé coached AS Bondy for over 20 years,[6] where he trained Steeven Joseph-Monrose, Fabrice Nsakala, Sébastien Corchia, Jonathan Ikoné, William Saliba and Ateef Konaté, his sons Kylian and Ethan, and his adopted son Jirès Kembo Ekoko.[7] Mbappé later devoted himself to his son Kylian's career, advising him on football matters. Kylian's mother, Fayza Lamari, managed Kylian's communications, image, and social projects with the help of lawyers.[8] During the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Mbappé was a consultant for the Togolese television channel New World Sport, alongside Emmanuel Adebayor, Basile Boli and Bonaventure Kalou.[9][10]
In a 2022 interview with L'Équipe, Mbappé made a controversial statement about the role of money in professional football:[11]
The world of football today is more about money and business than about the love and excitement of the game. It is not natural for a ten-year-old to dream of getting into football just to make money, and one day a child told me that he wanted to earn income like Kylian Mbappé. When my generation started in football, love for the ball and the pitch took priority; social and financial success came second. But today things have changed; even parents enter the field with concepts such as contracts and their child's financial future in mind from the very beginning. This new perspective shows that football, once a symbol of passion, excitement and entertainment, is now more than ever involved in the temptations of money and fame.[12]
Impersonation
In February 2023, a 48-year-old man known as "Mohamed A." was tried by a Versailles court and found guilty of impersonating Wilfrid Mbappé between December 2021 and January 2023 in order to obtain a residence permit in France. The man was sentenced to 10 months in prison.[13][14]