Edo Kayembe

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Edo Kayembe
File:Edo Kayembe 2025 (cropped).jpg
Kayembe playing for Watford in 2025
Personal information
Full name Edo Kayembe[1]
Date of birth (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Kananga, DR Congo
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Watford
Number 39
Youth career
AS Efokan
US Tshinkunku
SC Rojolu
–2017 Sharks XI FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Anderlecht 31 (0)
2020–2022 Eupen 40 (4)
2022– Watford 133 (15)
International career‡
2019 DR Congo U23 2 (0)
2019– DR Congo 36 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 December 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Edouard "Edo" 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.

Club career

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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 scored his first goal for Watford FC on 11 November 2023 during a league match against Rotherham United FC. As a starter, he contributed to his team's 5–0 victory.

International career

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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]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 13 December 2025[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Anderlecht 2017–18 Belgian Pro League 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 1 0
2018–19 Belgian Pro League 12 0 1 0 — 2[c] 0 — 15 0
2019–20 Belgian Pro League 18 0 3 0 — — — 21 0
2020–21 Belgian Pro League 2 0 0 0 — — — 2 0
Total 33 0 4 0 — 2 0 0 0 39 0
KAS Eupen 2020–21 Belgian Pro League 23 0 3 0 — — — 26 0
2021–22 Belgian Pro League 17 4 2 0 — — — 19 4
Total 40 4 5 0 — 0 0 0 0 45 4
Watford 2021–22 Premier League 13 0 0 0 0 0 — — 13 0
2022–23 Championship 21 0 0 0 1 0 — — 22 0
2023–24 Championship 35 5 0 0 1 0 — — 36 5
2024–25 Championship 44 8 1 0 1 0 — — 46 8
2025–26 Championship 20 2 0 0 1 0 — — 21 2
Total 133 15 1 0 4 0 — — 138 15
Career total 206 19 10 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 222 19
  1. ^ Includes Belgian Cup, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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Scores and results list DR Congo's goal tally first.[11]

List of international goals scored by Edo Kayembe
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 27 September 2022 Stade Père Jégo, Casablanca, Morocco File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone 2–0 3–0 Friendly
2. 6 September 2024 Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 1–0 1–0 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

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