Personal information | |||
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Full name | Axel Flory Pierre Kayombo [1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 February 2006 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2024 | Basel II | 42 | (16) |
2024–2025 | Basel | 2 | (0) |
2024–2025 | →Stade 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.
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]
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]