Axel Kayombo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Axel Flory Pierre Kayombo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Écully, France | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sturm Graz | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Servette | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Basel II | 42 | (16) |
| 2024–2025 | Basel | 2 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Stade Lausanne Ouchy (loan) | 28 | (9) |
| 2025– | Sturm Graz | 17 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024–2025 | DR Congo U20 | 4 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:01, 1 August 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:26, 7 July 2025 (UTC) | |||
Axel Flory Pierre Kayombo (born 25 February 2006) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Austrian Bundesliga club Sturm Graz. Born in France, he is a youth international for the DR Congo.
Career
[edit]A youth product of Servette, Kayombo moved to Basel in 2015 where he finished his development.[2] On 21 July 2023, he was promoted to Basel's senior side.[3] He made his senior and professional debut with Basel in a 2–0 Swiss Super League loss to FC Lugano on 2 April 2024. On 31 July 2024, he extended his contract with Basel until 2026, and joined Stade Lausanne-Ouchy on a season-long loan in the Swiss Challenge League.[4] On 28 May 2025, he joined Sturm Graz in the Austrian Football Bundesliga on a contract until 2029.[5]
On 28 May 2025, Kayombo signed a long-term contract with Austrian Bundesliga champions Sturm Graz.[6][7]
International career
[edit]Born in France, Kayombo is of DR Congolese descent through his father and holds dual French-Congolese citizenship.[8] In November 2024, he was called up to the DR Congo U20s for a training camp.[9] He was not released by his club to the DR Congo U20s for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 1 August 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Basel U21 | 2021–22 | Swiss Promotion League | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Swiss Promotion League | 10 | 2 | — | — | 10 | 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | Swiss Promotion League | 30 | 14 | — | — | 30 | 14 | |||
| Total | 42 | 16 | — | — | 42 | 16 | ||||
| Basel | 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Stade Lausanne Ouchy (loan) | 2024–25 | Swiss Super League | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | 30 | 10 | |
| Sturm Graz | 2025–26 | Austrian Bundesliga | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6[a] | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 2026–27 | Austrian Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 88 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 100 | 28 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
References
[edit]- ↑ "Axel Flory Pierre Kayombo". oefb.at.
- ↑ "Axel Kayombo wechselt vom FC Basel zu Sturm Graz". 28 May 2025.
- ↑ "Junior Zé, Avdullahu und Kayombo neu im Kader ersten Mannschaft | FC Basel - Die offizielle Website". www.fcb.ch.
- ↑ "Axel Kayombo verlängert und wechselt leihweise zu SLO | FC Basel - Die offizielle Website". www.fcb.ch.
- ↑ "Sturm verpflichtet Axel Kayombo aus Basel". SK Sturm.
- ↑ "Axel Kayombo wechselt zu Sturm Graz" [Axel Kayombo joins Sturm Graz]. FC Basel (in German). 28 May 2025. Archived from the original on 7 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ↑ "Sturm Graz verpflichtet 19-jährigen Stürmer Kayombo" [Sturm Graz sign 19-year-old striker Kayombo]. Salzburger Nachrichten (in German). 28 May 2025. Archived from the original on 29 May 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ↑ "Schweizer Fussball-News - Neuer Stürmer für Servette – Basels Kayombo wechselt zu Graz". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF).
- ↑ "Léopards U20: A 18 ans, Axel Kayombo fait déjà ses preuves". Actualite.cd. 5 November 2024.
- ↑ "🔴 Official: The list of 24 Leopards for the U20 AFCON revealed!". Foot Africa.
External links
[edit]- Axel Kayombo at Soccerway
- 2006 births
- Living people
- People from Écully
- Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo men's youth international footballers
- French men's footballers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo people of French descent
- French sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Men's association football wingers
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- FC Basel players
- FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy players
- SK Sturm Graz players
- Swiss Super League players
- Challenge League (Switzerland) players
- Swiss Promotion League players
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriates in Austria
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria