PLAYER DETAILS
Gaël Kakuta profile
- Club
- AEL
- Position
- Attacking Midfield
- Nationality
- DR Congo
- Date of birth
- 1991-06-21
- Birthplace
- Lille, France
- Height
- 173cm / 5'8"
- Weight
- 139 lbs
- Shirt number
- 5
- Signing / transfer fee
- €1.5M
PLAYER BIOGRAPHY
About Gaël Kakuta
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.
A youth product of RC Lens, Kakuta moved to Chelsea in 2007 in a controversial transfer. Rarely used at Chelsea, he was loaned to six teams in five countries before leaving for Sevilla upon the expiration of his contract in 2015.
He was a French youth international and represented the nation at every age group from under-16 to under-21 levels, before switching allegiance to the DR Congo national team in 2017.