Joris Kayembe

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Joris Kayembe
Personal information
Full name Joris Kayembe Ditu
Date of birth (1994-08-08) 8 August 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left-back / Wing-back
Team information
Current team
 Genk
Number 18
Youth career
2010–2011 Brussels
2011–2013 Standard Liége
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2017 Porto B 73 (9)
2014–2017 Porto 1 (0)
2015 → Arouca (loan) 15 (1)
2015–2016 → Rio Ave (loan) 26 (2)
2017–2020 Nantes 3 (0)
2020–2023 Charleroi 111 (3)
2023– Genk 47 (1)
International career‡
2009–2010 Belgium U16 4 (0)
2014–2016 Belgium U21 9 (3)
2020 Belgium 2 (0)
2023– DR Congo 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 December 2024

Joris Kayembe Ditu (born 8 August 1994) is a professional footballer who as a winger plays for Belgian First Division A club Genk. Born in Belgium and formerly a Belgium international in a pair of friendly matches, he plays for the DR Congo national team. [1]

Contents

Club career

Early career

Born in Brussels, Kayembe started his youth career in Belgium with R.S.D. Jette then FC Brussels and Standard Liége.

Porto

In 2013, he signed for FC Porto. [2] Along with some other players of the team, Kayembe was called to the first-team squad to face S.C. Olhanense. [3] After a very good first season with the B squad he finally made his debut on 4 May 2014, coming as a 46th-minute substitute for Tozé. [4]

Loan to Arouca

Kayembe started the 2014–15 season with Porto's first team but appeared mainly in B squad. In January 2015, he was loaned to F.C. Arouca. [5]

Loan to Rio Ave

On 31 July 2015, Kayembe was loaned to fellow Primeira Liga team Rio Ave F.C. [6]

Nantes

Under one of the terms of the contract allowing Sérgio Conceição to leave FC Nantes and join the Portuguese club bench, Joris Kayembe was transferred free of charge to FC Nantes on June 14, 2017. [7]

Kayembe is suffering from injuries and fights very few games with the Canaries.

Charleroi

On January 17, 2020, he signed a two-year contract with Charleroi SC to revive himself.

In his first 5 months with the Zebras, Kayembe made some interesting appearances.

For the 2020-2021 season, yet left winger, Kayembe starts the championship as a left-back holder following the departure of Núrio Fortuna to Gent.

Genk

In May 2023, he left Charleroi for the Genk where he signed a contract for three years with an additional season as an option. [8]

International career

Kayembe was born in Belgium and is of Congolese descent. [9] Kayembe debuted with the Belgium national football team in a 1–1 friendly draw with Ivory Coast on 8 October 2020. [10] In 2023, Kayembe switched his international allegiance to the DR Congo. [11]

On 27 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 24 Congolese players selected by Sébastien Desabre to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. [12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 January 2025 [1] [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague Cup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Porto B 2013–14 Segunda Liga 262————262
2014–15 181————181
2016–17 286————286
Total72900000000729
Porto 2013–14 Primeira Liga 10000000—10
Arouca (loan) 2014–15 Primeira Liga151000000—151
Rio Ave (loan) 2015–16 Primeira Liga262303100—323
Nantes 2017–18 Ligue 1 30000000—30
Nantes II 2018–19 National 2 30000000—30
Charleroi 2019–20 Belgian First Division A 8000—00—80
2020–21 Belgian First Division A34120—2 [a] 0—381
2021–22 Belgian First Division A39200———392
2022–23 Belgian Pro League 30110———311
Total111430—20—1164
Genk 2023–24 Belgian Pro League26120—8 [b] 1—362
2024–25 Belgian Pro League21020———230
Total47140—81—592
Career total27817100310101030119
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 19 November 2024 [14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Belgium 202020
Total20
DR Congo 202330
2024100
Total130
Career total150

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References

  1. 1 2 Joris Kayembe at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "O servio Pavlovski e o belga Joris Kayembe Ditu inscritos na Liga". Agente Desportivo. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Tozé e Kayembe apontados a Olhão". Noticias do futebol. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Olhanense vs Porto". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Kayembe emprestado ao Arouca" [Kayembe loaned to Arouca] (in Portuguese). Record. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Kayembe já trabalha" [Kayembe already works] (in Portuguese). Rio Ave's Official Website. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 August 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Joris Kayembe de Porto à Nantes". L'Équipe . 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Officiel : Joris Kayembe quitte Charleroi pour Genk". La DH Les Sports+ . 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023..
  9. ↑ "Joris Kayembe: Le Belgo-Congolais débarque au FC Nantes". 15 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Belgium vs. Côte d'Ivoire – 8 October 2020 – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  11. ↑ "Non à la Belgique, oui à la RDC!". LeopardsActu. 28 February 2023. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "Football : 24 Léopards sélectionnés sur les 27 attendus pour la CAN 2023". radiookapi.net. Radio Okapi. 27 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023..
  13. ↑ "J. Kayembe". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  14. ↑ Joris Kayembe at National-Football-Teams.com
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