Loading AI tools
DR Congolese footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Joris Kayembe Ditu | ||
Date of birth | 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 | 17 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2009–2010 | Belgium U16 | 4 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Belgium U21 | 9 | (3) |
2020 | Belgium | 2 | (0) |
2023– | DR Congo | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024 |
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Porto B | 2013–14 | Segunda Liga | 26 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||||
2014–15 | 18 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 1 | ||||||
2016–17 | 28 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 28 | 6 | ||||||
Total | 72 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 9 | ||
Porto | 2013–14 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Arouca (loan) | 2014–15 | Primeira Liga | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |
Rio Ave (loan) | 2015–16 | Primeira Liga | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 3 | |
Nantes | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
Nantes II | 2018–19 | National 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
Charleroi | 2019–20 | First Division A | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
Career total | 128 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 13 |