Edouard Kayembe Kayembe (born 3 June 1998) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Watford and the DR Congo national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edo Kayembe[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Kananga, DR Congo | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Watford | ||
| Number | 39 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AS Efokan | |||
| US Tshinkunku | |||
| SC Rojolu | |||
| 0000–2017 | Sharks XI FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | Anderlecht | 31 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Eupen | 40 | (4) |
| 2022– | Watford | 34 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2019 | DR Congo U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019– | DR Congo | 13 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 September 2022 | |||
Kayembe signed his first professional contract on 22 November 2016 with R.S.C. Anderlecht for 4.5 years,[2] joining from the Congolese club Sharks XI FC.[3] He made his professional debut for Anderlecht in a 1–0 Belgian First Division A win over K.A.S. Eupen on 22 December 2017.[4]
On 7 January 2022, Kayembe joined Premier League club Watford on a four-and-a-half year contract.[5]
Kayembe was called up to the DR Congo U20s for the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie, but did not end up going to the tournament.[6] He represented the DR Congo U23s in a pair of 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification matches in March 2019.[7][8]
Kayembe made his senior debut for the DR Congo national football team in a friendly 1–1 draw with Algeria on 10 October 2019.[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Anderlecht | 2017–18[10] | Belgian First Division A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018–19[10] | Belgian First Division A | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20[10] | Belgian First Division A | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Belgian First Division A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||
| KAS Eupen | 2020–21[10] | Belgian First Division A | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22[10] | Belgian First Division A | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 4 | |||
| Watford | 2021–22[10] | Premier League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23[10] | Championship | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| Total | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 107 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 119 | 4 | |||
Watford F.C. – current squad | |
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