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Paris Saint-Germain striker Cillian Mbappe has become the youngest French hat-trick player in the Champions League last night to beat Bruges by 5-0.

He achieved this at the age of 20 years and 306 days, having already scored 17 goals in 27 matches in the tournament. Of all French players in the history of Spain, only Jean-Pierre Papen has more hits in the same number of matches according football sure bets - 22. Also, Mbappe is already the youngest player to reach 15 goals in the race, beating Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi, who made it21 years and 288 days.

Yesterday Mbappe appeared on the field in the 52nd minute, signing in the 61st, 79th and 83rd minutes. As of October 21, 2008, there was no reserve to record a hat trick in the Champions League. Then Joseba Yorente made it to the 6:3 victory at Villarreal over Aalborg on October 21, 2008. The other two with this achievement are Uwe Rossler for Kaiserslautern in 1998 and Walter Pandiani for Deportivo La Coruna in 2001.

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