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A 24-year-old Frenchman won the 20th major trophy of his career by scoring against his former team to win the Champions League

Barnaby Lane   

A 24-year-old Frenchman won the 20th major trophy of his career by scoring against his former team to win the Champions League
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  • Kingsley Coman scored the only goal in the Champions League final on Sunday to hand Bayern Munich a 1-0 victory over his former club Paris Saint Germain.
  • The title means Coman, 24, has now won 20 major titles during his career since making his professional debut in 2012.
  • He's now won a trophy every 9.65 games in his club career, having made 193 appearances for PSG, Juventus, and Bayern.
  • Cristiano Ronaldo, 35, has won 30 major trophies in his career, while Lionel Messi, 33, has won 36.

Kingsley Coman won the first major trophy of his career in 2013 when he lifted the Ligue 1 title with Paris Saint Germain.

On Sunday night, the 24-year-old Bayern Munich star scored the goal that condemned his former side to defeat in the Champions League final, and in turn, claimed the 20th major trophy of his career to date.

The Frenchman, who was born in Paris in 1996, headed home in the 59th minute in Lisbon to hand Bayern a 1-0 win and secure its sixth ever Champions League trophy.

Only AC Milan (6) and Real Madrid (13) have now won more titles than the German giants, who also won both the Bundesliga and the German Cup this season.

Coman en route to making history

Coman began his career with PSG in 2012 having progressed through the club's youth ranks.

Though he made just four appearances for the club in two years, he still was awarded a Ligue 1 winners medal twice, and also won the French Cup and Champions Trophy, before moving to Juventus on a free transfer in 2014.

During his only full year in Turin, Coman made 20 appearances and won the domestic treble of Serie A, the Italian Cup, and Italian Supercup.

He moved to Bayern on-loan for the 2015-2016 season, winning three titles — though he again won Serie A due to having already made an appearance for Juventus in the same campaign.

One more year on-loan at Bayern and two trophies followed, before he completed a permanent move to the Germans in 2017. Since then he has made 101 appearances, scored 25 goals, and won three Bundesliga titles, two German cups, two German Supercups, and lastly the Champions League to take his career total to 20.

It also means he's won a trophy every every 9.65 games in his club career, having made 193 appearances in total for PSG, Juventus, and Bayern.

Cristiano Ronaldo, 35, has won 30 major trophies in his career, while Lionel Messi, 33, has won 36.

The most decorated footballer of all time is Brazilian and former FC Barcelona star Dani Alves, who has won 41 major titles for club and country since 2001.

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