Fayza Lamari

Fayza Lamari (born 17 September 1974) is a French former handball player and businesswoman. She is the mother of Kylian Mbappé, a French footballer currently playing for Real Madrid.^[1]

Lamari is also the chairman of the Interconnected Investment Holding, which has owned SM Caen since 2024.

Fayza Lamari was born in Bondy to Algerian parents, Mohamed Said Lamari and Saliha Ait Abbas.^[2] Her family is from the Kubail tribe and from Amizour.^[3][4][5][6] She played handball for Bondy Handball Association from 1990 to 2001, a team that spent several seasons in the French Women's Handball League.^[7] After graduating in educational sciences, Lamari worked for a while as an instructor and supervisor in recreation centers.^[8]

Lamari played a prominent role in managing her son Kylian Mbappé's career from the beginning, while her husband Wilfrid Mbappé focused more on the sporting aspect. When Kylian joined AS Monaco at the age of 15, she left her job and took on the role of consultant in the areas of finance, image rights and communications.^[9]

She directly or through intermediaries heads several companies related to Kylian Mbappé's activities; companies that operate in the field of exploiting the image of professional athletes,^[10] providing communications consulting and implementing advertising campaigns.^[11] These companies include Interconnected Investments, Sasile Communications,^[12] and the French branch of Zebra Valley^[13] in collaboration with the Hollywood agency. She is also the director of the Ozora family real estate company.^[14]

Lamari also manages the Kylian Mbappé Association, which was founded by Kylian herself in 2020. The goal of this association is to help young people between the ages of 13 and 21 realize their professional dreams in the fields of culture, sports, and education.^[15] She stated that in return for his commitment, he convinced his son to donate 30 percent of his companies' profits to the association.

In 2022, she played a key role in Kylian Mbappé's negotiations with Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, negotiations that ultimately led to his contract extension with Paris Saint-Germain, although Lamari herself wanted him to leave.^[16] In June of that year,^[17] she launched the FLA agency^[18] to advise and represent the interests of footballers,^[19] including her two sons, Kylian and Ethan, a move that has led to her being described as "one of the most powerful figures in football".^[20][21]

In the summer of 2024, the investment company she manages, bought the Ligue 2 club, Caen, from the American investment fund Oaktree. At the end of her first season as manager, the first team finished bottom of the table and was relegated to the Championnat National.

Fayza Lamari lived with French-Cameroonian Wilfrid Mbappé for many years. The two signed a civil partnership in 2016 and separated in 2022. The result of this relationship are two sons, Kylian and Ethan, both of whom are professional footballers. In addition, Mbappé's family also considers Congolese-French footballer Jirès Kembo Ekoko, whose legal guardian Wilfrid was, as their own son.^[22]