Joris Kayembe

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 represents the DR Congo national team.[1]

In this Congolese name, the surname is Kayembe and the post-surname is Ditu.
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

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. 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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