Edouard 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, joining from the Congolese club Sharks XI FC. 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. On 7 January 2022, Kayembe joined Premier League club Watford on a four-and-a-half year contract. International career 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. He represented the DR Congo U23s in a pair of 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification matches in March 2019. Kayembe made his senior debut for the DR Congo national football team in a friendly 1–1 draw with Algeria on 10 October 2019. Career statistics References External links Anderlecht profile Watford profile 1998 births Living people People from Kananga 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers Democratic Republic of the Congo international footballers Association football midfielders Sharks XI FC players R.S.C. Anderlecht players K.A.S. Eupen players Watford F.C. players Belgian Pro League players Premier League players Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate footballers Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England