When France take on Senegal in their World Cup opener here on Tuesday, star forward <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/photo/fifa-world-cup-2026-from-cristiano-ronaldo-to-lionel-messi-here-are-top-five-favourites-to-win-the-golden-boot-111545/1" rel="nofollow">Kylian Mbappé</a> will have a special record to break.
Mbappe is just one goal short of Olivier Giroud&rsquo;s all-time record of 57 goals for France. Interestingly, Mbappe, who has netted 12 goals in two World Cups so far, is four shy of Germany&rsquo;s Miroslav Klose, the competition&rsquo;s all-time highest scorer.
However, records don&rsquo;t necessarily drive the France skipper. When asked about the Klose record recently, Mbappe, who scored a hat-trick in the 2022 World Cup final heart-break against Lionel Messi&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/fih-pro-league-india-fall-2-4-to-argentina-in-rourkela-suffer-fourth-consecutive-loss-23616791" rel="nofollow">Argentina</a>, made it amply clear that he&rsquo;s got his eyes firmly on the top prize: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s nice to be on a list of top goal-scorers, though I&rsquo;m not sure if it&rsquo;s fair because they are old compared to me. I&rsquo;ve been lucky enough to play in two World Cups and go far, as well as perform well. I want to keep making history, but what I want most is to return to France with the World Cup.&rdquo;
Meanwhile, Senegal will look to their captain and defender Kalidou Koulibaly to hold firm at the back even as they would expect their all-time leading goal-scorer Sadio Mane (55 goals in 128 internationals) to deliver upfront.&nbsp;
56 No. of goals Kylian Mbappe has scored for France; one less than Olivier Giroud
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