Joris Kayembe

Joris Kayembe Ditu 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.

Club career

Early career

Born in Brussels, Kayembe started his youth career in Belgium with R.S.D. Jette then FC Brussels and Standard Liége.

Porto

In 2013, he signed for FC Porto. Along with some other players of the team, Kayembe was called to the first-team squad to face S.C. Olhanense. 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.

Loan to Arouca

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.

Loan to Rio Ave

On 31 July 2015, Kayembe was loaned to fellow Primeira Liga team Rio Ave F.C.

Nantes

Under one of the terms of the contract allowing Sérgio Conceição to leave FC Nantes and join the Portuguese club bench, Joris Kayembe was transferred free of charge to FC Nantes on June 14, 2017.
Kayembe is suffering from injuries and fights very few games with the Canaries.

Charleroi

On January 17, 2020, he signed a two-year contract with Charleroi SC to revive himself.
In his first 5 months with the Zebras, Kayembe made some interesting appearances.
For the 2020-2021 season, yet left winger, Kayembe starts the championship as a left-back holder following the departure of Núrio Fortuna to Gent.

Genk

In May 2023, he left Charleroi for the Genk where he signed a contract for three years with an additional season as an option.

International career

Kayembe was born in Belgium and is of Congolese descent. Kayembe debuted with the Belgium national football team in a 1–1 friendly draw with Ivory Coast on 8 October 2020. In 2023, Kayembe switched his international allegiance to the DR Congo.
On 27 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 24 Congolese players selected by Sébastien Desabre to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.