Here is all you need to know about Ligue 2 footballer Gael Kakuta including his age, wife, salary, career, bio and more
Eden Hazard’s most recent remarks about the club’s situation were warmly received by Chelsea supporters.
Who is Amiens player Gael Kakuta, bio, age, height, wife, profile, stats, salary and net worth
The season has been extremely difficult for the Blues, who currently sit 10th in the Premier League under Mauricio Pochettino’s leadership. Gael Kakuta did not succeed at Chelsea, but Hazard still calls him the best young player he has ever played with.
Much of Kakuta’s career has been spent in France since he left Chelsea in 2015, and many Premier League fans have forgotten about him. But Hazard has now, rather shockingly, listed the erstwhile Chelsea misfit as one of the best players he played with. Obi One Podcast, he started:
The only one I was saying ‘wow’ but when I stopped playing young team you know in France was Gael Kakuta. You asked me talent. Kakuta by far number one. Talent. I mean, talent. Wow.”
During roughly the same period, Hazard and Kakuta went through the youth systems at Lille and Lens.
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''You asked me talent. Kakuta, by, far number one. Talent. I mean, talent. Wow."
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Who is Gael Kakuta?
Gael Romeo Kakuta Mambenga is a professional football player for Ligue 2 club Amiens who was born on June 21, 1991, in Lille, France. The 32-year-old stands 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) tall.
Kakuta, the attacking midfielder is a young player at RC Lens who made the contentious transfer to Chelsea in 2007. He wasn’t utilised much at Chelsea and was loaned to six different teams across five different nations until moving to Sevilla in 2015 when his contract expired.
Before committing to the DR Congo national team in 2017, he was a French young international who competed for his country at all age levels, from under-16 to under 21.
After spending eight years in West London on loan at teams like Vitesse, Lazio, and Rayo Vallecano, Kakuta went to Stamford Bridge from Lens, a French team, in 2007. With just 16 appearances in all competitions and no goals, the Frenchman departed Chelsea in 2015 to sign with Sevilla, a Spanish team.
He is single and unmarried.
What is Gael Kakuta’s net worth?
Gael Kakuta, who plays for Amiens, makes £7,200 a week and £374,400 annually. His net worth is £11,356,800, as reported by Salary Sport. His transfer value is currently between €0.7M and €1.2M.