Edo Kayembe

Edo Kayembe
Personal information
Full name	Edo Kayembe
Date of birth	3 June 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	Kananga, DR Congo
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Watford
Number	39
Youth career
	AS Efokan
	US Tshinkunku
	SC Rojolu
0000–2017	Sharks XI FC
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–2020	Anderlecht
2020–2022	Eupen
2022–	Watford
International career‡
2019	DR Congo U23
2019–	DR Congo
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 May 2025 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 September 2024

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

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]

As of match played 3 May 2025^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup^[a]		League Cup^[b]		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	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	EFL Championship	21	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		22	0
	2023–24	EFL Championship	35	5	0	0	1	0	—		—		36	5
	2024–25	EFL Championship	44	8	1	0	1	0	—		—		46	8
	Total		113	13	1	0	3	0	—		—		117	13
Career total			186	17	10	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	200	17

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

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	27 September 2022	Stade Père Jégo, Casablanca, Morocco	Sierra Leone	2–0	3–0	Friendly
2.	6 September 2024	Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	Guinea	1–0	1–0	2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification