Joris Kayembe
Personal information
Full name Joris Kayembe Ditu
Date of birth (1994-08-08) 8 August 1994
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*
Years Team Apps (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 6 (1)
International career‡
2009–2010 Belgium U16 4 (0)
2014–2016 Belgium U21 9 (3)
2020 Belgium 2 (0)
2023– DR Congo 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2023

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]

Club career

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

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]

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]

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

International career

Kayembe was born in Belgium and is of Congolese descent.[7] Kayembe debuted with the Belgium national football team in a 1–1 friendly draw with Ivory Coast on 8 October 2020.[8] In 2023, Kayembe switched his international allegiance to the DR Congo.[9]

Career statistics

As of 30 July 2020[1][10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Porto B 2013–14 Segunda Liga 262————262
2014–15 181————181
2016–17 286————286
Total 72900000000729
Porto 2013–14 Primeira Liga 10000000—10
Arouca (loan) 2014–15 Primeira Liga 151000000—151
Rio Ave (loan) 2015–16 Primeira Liga 262303100—323
Nantes 2017–18 Ligue 1 30000000—30
Nantes II 2018–19 National 2 30000000—30
Charleroi 2019–20 First Division A 80000000—80
Career total 128123031000013413

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.
  6. ↑ "Kayembe já trabalha" [Kayembe already works] (in Portuguese). Rio Ave's Official Website. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Joris Kayembe: Le Belgo-Congolais débarque au FC Nantes". 15 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Belgium vs. Côte d'Ivoire – 8 October 2020 – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
  9. ↑ "Non à la Belgique, oui à la RDC!". LeopardsActu. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "J. Kayembe". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
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