Joris Kayembe

Joris Kayembe Ditu (born 8 August 1994) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Charleroi as a winger.[1]

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) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Charleroi
Number 12
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– Charleroi 8 (0)
National team‡
2009–2010 Belgium U16 4 (0)
2014–2016 Belgium U21 9 (3)
2020– Belgium 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:08, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2020

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]

Career statistics
As of 30 July 2020[1][9]
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. "J. Kayembe". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
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