Football Query

Player · DR Congo · Midfielder

Gaël Kakuta

Goals from 26 Mar 2017 to 30 Dec 2025

Caps
28
Starts
23
Minutes
1,819
Win % when playing
35.7%
Goals
5
Matches scored in
4
Penalties
1
Hat-tricks
0
For their side
15th of 124
Yellow cards
1
Sent off
0
Longest gap
4.6 yrs
Minutes per goal
364

Goals by year

FinalsQualifiersFriendlies
201720182019202020212022202320242025

Tallest: 2 · Year

When they scored

By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.

1–15′16–30′31–45′46–60′61–75′76–90′ET

Tallest: 2 · Minute

What the goals did

Extended lead2
Equaliser1
Winning goal1
Opening goal1

DR Congo with and without them

DR Congo's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.

With them2810810332635.7%
Without them53202013614837.7%

Played most alongside10

Chancel Mbemba27
Cédric Bakambu21
Samuel Moutoussamy20
Meschack Elia18
Arthur Masuaku15
Théo Bongonda15
Yoane Wissa15
Fiston Mayele14
Charles Pickel13
Lionel Mpasi12

Faced most10

Ali MaâloulTunisia3
BuatuAngola3
Gelson DalaAngola3
Naïm SlitiTunisia3
ShowAngola3
Yassine MeriahTunisia3
Youssef MsakniTunisia3
Abdallahi MahmoudMauritania2
Achraf HakimiMorocco2
Aishi ManulaTanzania2

Against4

Botswana21
Kenya11
Mauritania11
Tanzania11

At tournaments3

Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.

African Cup of Nations 202521
African Cup of Nations qualification 202311
FIFA World Cup qualification 202111

Every goal5

30 Dec 2025v Botswana3–060′—Extended lead3–0African Cup of Nations 2025
30 Dec 2025v Botswana3–041′penExtended lead2–0African Cup of Nations 2025
24 Mar 2023v Mauritania3–137′—Opening goal1–0African Cup of Nations qualification 2023
11 Nov 2021v Tanzania3–06′—Winning goal1–0FIFA World Cup qualification 2021
26 Mar 2017v Kenya1–260′—Equaliser1–1Friendly

Every match on record28

In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.

9 Jun 2026v Chile1–2came on 58′32——Friendly
6 Jan 2026v Algeria0–1came on 69′51——African Cup of Nations 2026
30 Dec 2025v Botswana3–0started, off 74′742—African Cup of Nations 2025
9 Sep 2024v Ethiopia2–0started, off 45′45——African Cup of Nations qualification 2024
9 Jun 2024v Togo1–0started, off 45′45——FIFA World Cup qualification 2024
6 Jun 2024v Senegal1–1started, off 73′73——FIFA World Cup qualification 2024
7 Feb 2024v Ivory Coast0–1started, off 45′45——African Cup of Nations 2024 · Semi-final
24 Jan 2024v Tanzania0–0started, off 87′87——African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage
21 Jan 2024v Morocco1–1started, off 64′64——African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage
17 Jan 2024v Zambia1–1started, off 71′71——African Cup of Nations 2024 · Group stage
6 Jan 2024v Angola0–0started, off 60′60——Friendly
19 Nov 2023v Sudan0–1came on 45′45——FIFA World Cup qualification 2023
15 Nov 2023v Mauritania2–0started, off 83′83——FIFA World Cup qualification 2023
9 Sep 2023v Sudan2–0started, off 83′83——African Cup of Nations qualification 2023
18 Jun 2023v Gabon2–0started, off 75′75——African Cup of Nations qualification 2023
24 Mar 2023v Mauritania3–1started, off 62′621—African Cup of Nations qualification 2023
29 Mar 2022v Morocco1–4came on 45′45——FIFA World Cup qualification 2022
14 Nov 2021v Benin2–0started90——FIFA World Cup qualification 2021
11 Nov 2021v Tanzania3–0started, off 62′621—FIFA World Cup qualification 2021
5 Jun 2021v Tunisia0–1started, off 55′55——Friendly
17 Nov 2020v Angola1–0started, off 80′80—YellowAfrican Cup of Nations qualification 2020
14 Nov 2020v Angola0–0came on 46′44——African Cup of Nations qualification 2020
12 Oct 2019v Ivory Coast1–3started, off 45′45——Friendly
10 Oct 2019v Algeria1–1started, off 58′58——Friendly
13 Oct 2018v Zimbabwe1–2started90——African Cup of Nations qualification 2018
5 Sep 2017v Tunisia2–2started, off 82′82——FIFA World Cup qualification 2017
1 Sep 2017v Tunisia1–2started, off 83′83——FIFA World Cup qualification 2017
26 Mar 2017v Kenya1–2started901—Friendly

Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.