Gaël Kakuta
DR Congo · MF · age 35
2026 World Cup squad profile
- Team
- DR Congo
- Position
- MF
- Squad role
- Projected starter
- Position rank
- #3
- Intl caps
- 30
- Intl goals
- 5
- Intl assists
- 2
- Composite rating
- 0.52(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 1.5%
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFCON 2023 | 4 | 264 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples — totals shown, not per-90 rates.
▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in the tournament.
- Min
- Total minutes on the pitch.
- G
- Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
- A
- Assists — passes that directly led to a goal.
- xG
- Expected goals — summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
- Sh
- Shots taken.
- KP
- Key passes — passes that led to a shot.
- PrgP
- Progressive passes — completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
- PrgC
- Progressive carries — carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
- Tkl
- Tackles won.
- Int
- Interceptions.
Full definitions in the glossary.
217
Career matches
15,091
Career minutes
35
Goals
28
Assists
23.2
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.21
15
xG / 90
0.14
51
xAG / 90
0.11
78
vs 189 FW players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.
Career — goals & xG by season
GoalsxG
Season-by-season
| Season | Club | League | MP | Mins | Goals | Assists | xG | xAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10 | Chelsea | Premier League | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2010-11 | Chelsea | Premier League | 5 | 123 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2010-11 | Fulham | Premier League | 7 | 237 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011-12 | Bolton | Premier League | 4 | 72 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011-12 | Dijon | Ligue 1 | 14 | 1,093 | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| 2013-14 | Lazio | Serie A | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014-15 | Rayo Vallecano | La Liga | 35 | 3,053 | 5 | 7 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | Sevilla | La Liga | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016-17 | La Coruña | La Liga | 10 | 538 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Amiens | Ligue 1 | 36 | 3,083 | 6 | 6 | 4.2 | 6.1 |
| 2018-19 | Rayo Vallecano | La Liga | 12 | 717 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| 2019-20 | Amiens | Ligue 1 | 24 | 2,001 | 2 | 5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 2020-21 | Lens | Ligue 1 | 35 | 2,394 | 11 | 5 | 11.1 | 6.6 |
| 2021-22 | Lens | Ligue 1 | 29 | 1,673 | 3 | 2 | 4.0 | 2.8 |
| 2022-23 | Lens | Ligue 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.
▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
- Mins
- Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
- Goals
- Goals scored (penalties included).
- Assists
- Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
- xG
- Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
- xAG
- Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.
FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.
Full definitions in the glossary.