Axel Kayombo

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Axel Kayombo
Personal information
Full name Axel Flory Pierre Kayombo [1]
Date of birth (2006-02-25) 25 February 2006 (age 19)
Place of birth Écully, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Sturm Graz
Number 11
Youth career
Servette
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2024 Basel II 42 (16)
2024–2025 Basel 2 (0)
2024–2025Stade Lausanne-Ouchy (loan) 28 (9)
2025– Sturm Graz 0 (0)
International career
2024–2025 DR Congo U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:26, 7 July 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:26, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Axel Flory Pierre Kayombo (born 25 February 2006) is a professional football player who plays as a winger for Austrian Football Bundesliga club Sturm Graz. Born in France, he is a youth international for the DR Congo.

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Career

A youth product of Servette, Kayombo moved to Basel in 2015 where he finished his development. [2] On 21 July 2023, he was promoted to Basel's senior side. [3] He made his senior and professional debut with Basel in a 2–0 Swiss Super League loss to FC Lugano on 2 April 2024. On 31 July 2024, he extended his contract with Basel until 2026, and joined Stade Lausanne-Ouchy on a season-long loan in the Swiss Challenge League. [4] On 28 May 2025, he joined Sturm Graz in the Austrian Football Bundesliga on a contract until 2029. [5]

International career

Born in France, Kayombo is of DR Congolese descent through his father and holds dual French-Congolese citizenship. [6] On November 2024, he was called up to the DR Congo U20s for a training camp. [7] He was not released by his club to the DR Congo U20s for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations. [8]


References

  1. "Axel Flory Pierre Kayombo". oefb.at.
  2. "Axel Kayombo wechselt vom FC Basel zu Sturm Graz". 28 May 2025.
  3. "Junior Zé, Avdullahu und Kayombo neu im Kader ersten Mannschaft | FC Basel - Die offizielle Website". www.fcb.ch.
  4. "Axel Kayombo verlängert und wechselt leihweise zu SLO | FC Basel - Die offizielle Website". www.fcb.ch.
  5. "Sturm verpflichtet Axel Kayombo aus Basel". SK Sturm.
  6. "Schweizer Fussball-News - Neuer Stürmer für Servette – Basels Kayombo wechselt zu Graz". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF).
  7. "Léopards U20: A 18 ans, Axel Kayombo fait déjà ses preuves". Actualite.cd. 5 November 2024.
  8. "🔴 Official: The list of 24 Leopards for the U20 AFCON revealed!". Foot Africa.