Fayza Lamari is an Algerian-born French retired handball player, sports agent, entrepreneur, and celebrity mom, who came to the limelight when her son, the award-winning professional football player, Kylian Mbappe, began gaining global fame.
Age, Early Life, and Education Background
Fayza Lamari was born under the Virgo zodiac sign on 17 September 1974, in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, the daughter of Saliha Ait-Abbas and Mohand Said Lamari. Her family moved to the Republic of France following the alleged French genocide. She spent her childhood in the suburb of Bondy, situated on the outskirts of Paris.
Lamari’s educational background remains unknown.
Career
In her teenage years, Lamari played handball and represented her country internationally in the ‘90s and 2000s, having worked with the French Division 1 handball team, AS Bondy. Lamari also played for the Algerian handball team.
Lamari serves as Mbappe’s agent and representative, and is in involved in his career decision-making and finances. She also represents her son, Ethan.
Lamari played a crucial role in Mbappe’s transfer saga, which concluded in mid-2021 after he signed a 36-month contract extension with the French League 1 football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), rather than the Spanish La Liga team, Real Madrid. It’s reported that Lamari sat down with both PSG and Real Madrid amid reports that her son was planning to end his contract with the former.
The contract renewal in 2021 saw Mbappe become the world’s highest-paid soccer player. Numerous fans and sports journalists hit out at Mbappe and his mom after the news of his contract renewal made headlines. The French journalist, Frederic Hermel, took to X (formerly Twitter) accusing her son of double-dealing stating, ‘In football, there are those who keep their word. And then there is Mbappe…,’ Lamari wasn’t ready to let the comment pass; she replied ‘Mr Hermel. When we don’t know something we should keep quiet…A deal had never been struck.’
Rumors
Recently, it was rumored that Lamari was planning to ‘steal’ and sign the Moroccan defender and PSG player, Achraf Hakimi, who’s Mbappe’s teammate and best friend. In an interview with the Spanish newspaper, “Diario AS,” Hakimi’s agent, Alejandro Camano stated, ‘We are surprised that the only fact of being the mother of an important player allows her to interfere in the market.’ Lamari didn’t respond to the allegations.
Personal Life
Fayza is a married woman. She walked the aisle with the French-Cameroonian football agent and coach, Wilfried Mbappe, in 1997. Wilfred played football in his younger days, but his soccer career wasn’t as successful as his son’s. Fayza and Wilfried have welcomed two sons together, Kylian born in December 1998, and Ethan in December 2006. Currently, Ethan is signed to the Academy wing of the soccer team PSG. Moreover, Fayza and her husband have adopted a son named Jires Kembo Ekko. Jires, who was born in Kinshasa, Congo, on 8 January 1988, relocated to France when he was six years old. He was living with his uncle before he was adopted by the Mbappes – his biological dad represented Congo in the FIFA World Cup of 1974. Jires played for a French youth international team before retiring in 2019. He has played striker for the French League 1 team, Stade Rennais Football Club (commonly known as Rennes or SRFC). All of their children are athletes.
Lamari is a Muslim. Her son, Mbappe, revealed in an interview that he’s Christian, just like his father.
It is reported that Fayza and Wilfried have parted ways. The duo has remained friends to mentor their sons together.
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Height, Weight, and Physical Appearance
Lamari is of Algerian Kabyle roots; she has a pair of brown eyes and long silky hair of the same color. She stands 5ft 9ins (1.75m) tall and weighs roughly 140lbs (64kgs).
Net Worth
Fayza is soaking in Mbappe’s glory, thanks to his thriving football career. She’s played a pivotal role in his success, and his wins have made her popular. Fayza’s main source of income is her career as a sports agent, having accumulated a net worth of approximately $1 million. Her son, Mbappe, who’s third on the 2023 “Forbes” World’s Highest-Paid Athletes list, has accumulated a net worth of a whopping $120 million. He reportedly takes home an annual salary of €72 million (around $79 million) as of early 2024.
Who’s Fayza Lamari’s First-Born Son, Kylian Mbappé?
Kylian Mbappé Lottin hails from Paris, France, and was born under the Sagittarius zodiac sign on 20 December 1998. He attended a private Catholic school situated in Bondy and began taking Spanish classes at the age of 15. He grew up very physically active, and began playing soccer as a child – his childhood dream was to join the Spanish soccer team, Real Madrid – some of his childhood idols were Christiano Ronaldo, Eden Hazard, Zinedine Zidane, and Lionel Messi.
Coached by his dad, Mbappe began his football career with AS Bondy. He eventually joined the national football center, Clairefontaine Academy, where he performed spectacularly, resulting in numerous clubs such as Chelsea, Manchester City, and Bayern Munich trying to sign him. When he was 14 years old, Mbappe was invited by Chelsea to play a match for their junior team – this came a few years after Real Madrid F.C. invited him to visit the club’s facilities, and train with their under-12 squad.
Mbappe signed a 36-month contract with AS Monaco‘s academy in mid-2013 when he was 14 years old. He joined the club’s reserve team in October 2015, and was promoted to the main team a few weeks later, making his team debut on 2 December 2015 in a match against Stade Malherbe Caen. He made his career breakthrough when he scored his first hat-trick in a game against Rennes on 14 December 2016. In August 2017, Mbappe signed with PSG (on loan) with a mandatory purchase option fee of €180 million (around $197 million as of 2024), making him the second most expensive footballer behind Neymar.
Mbappe’s won the League 1 Player of the Year title twice. He’s an important player in the French team who helped the squad win the 2018 FIFA World Cup, ultimately making him the youngest French footballer to play and win in the finals tournament, which brought him the Best Young Player award. In 2019, Mbappe signed a £140 million (around $179 million), 10-year deal with Nike. Mbappe broke the record of the youngest footballer to score three goals (hat-trick) in a match in a World Cup final in the 2022 World Cup. Mbappe has over 112 million and 17 million followers on Instagram, and Facebook respectively.
