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Gaël Kakuta
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Congolese-French footballer (born 1991)
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Gaël Romeo Kakuta Mambenga is a male association football player born in Lille on June 21, 1991. He holds citizenship in France and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kakuta plays as a wing half or attacking midfielder and has represented both France and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in international competition. He speaks and writes in French, which is his native language.
His professional career began in 2009. He has played for several clubs, including Chelsea F.C., Fulham F.C., Bolton Wanderers F.C., SS Lazio, and AEL. During his time with these teams, he wore the number 12 shirt. He has competed in the Premier League.
Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- 2011
- → Fulham (loan)
- 2012
- → Dijon (loan)
- 2014
- → Lazio (loan)
- 2017
- → Deportivo La Coruña (loan)
- 2026
- AEL
- Full name
- Gaël Romeo Kakuta Mambenga
- Date of birth
- ( 1991-06-21 ) 21 June 1991 (age 34)
- Place of birth
- Lille , France
- Height
- 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
- Position
- Winger
- Current team
- AEL
- 1998 1999
- US Lille-Moulins
- 1999 2007
- Lens
- 2007 2009
- Chelsea
- Years
- Team
- 2009 2015
- Chelsea
- 2011 2012
- → Bolton Wanderers (loan)
- 2012 2014
- → Vitesse (loan)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- AEL
- Position
- Attacking Midfield
- Nationality
- DR Congo
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Romeo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Place of birth
- Lille
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Deportivo de La Coruña
- Position played
- wing half
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Mass
- 66
- Image
- Entraînement du RC Lens - 15 juillet 2020 24.jpg
- Height
- 173
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- Commons category
- Gaël Kakuta
- date of birth
- 1991-06-21
- sport number
- 12
- name in native language
- Gaël Kakuta
- start of work period
- 2009-00-00
- birth name
- Gaël Romeo Kakuta Mambenga
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 January 2026
Gaël Romeo Kakuta Mambenga (born 21 June 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Greek Super League club AEL. Born in France, he represents the DR Congo national team.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gaël Kakuta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.