Saël Kumbedi
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Kumbedi with Lyon in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Saël Kumbedi Nseke | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 March 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Stains, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | CC Taverny | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Le Havre | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Le Havre B | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Le Havre | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Lyon B | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Lyon | 53 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | France U17 | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | France U18 | 7 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | France U19 | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | France U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | France U21 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Saël Kumbedi Nseke (born 26 March 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 1 club Lyon.[2]
Club career
A former youth academy player of Paris Saint-Germain and CC Taverny, Kumbedi joined Le Havre in 2019.[3] He made his senior team debut for the club on 13 November 2021 in a 2–0 cup win against Vierzon.[4]
On 31 August 2022, Kumbedi signed a three-year contract with Lyon until June 2025.[5]
International career
Born in France, Kumbedi is of Congolese descent.[6] He is a French youth international. In April 2022, he was named in France under-17 team squad for 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[7] On 1 June 2022, he scored two goals in the final of the tournament in a 2–1 win against Netherlands.[8]
Career statistics
- As of match played 26 April 2025[2]
| Club | Season | League | Coupe de France | Europe | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Le Havre B | 2022–23 | National 3 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Le Havre | 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Lyon B | 2022–23 | National 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| Lyon | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 68 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
Lyon
- Coupe de France runner-up: 2023–24[9]
France U17
France U19
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2024[11]
References
- ^ "Saël Kumbedi". Olympique Lyonnais. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ a b Saël Kumbedi at Soccerway
- ^ "SAËL KUMBEDI NSÉKÉ : "QUAND TU REDESCENDS AVEC LA RÉSERVE, TU SENS QUE LES REGARDS SONT DIFFÉRENTS"". Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "SAËL KUMBEDI NSÉKÉ, L'ARRIÈRE LATÉRAL PRÉCOCE DU HAC". Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Arrivée du défenseur Saël Kumbedi jusqu'au 30 juin 2025" (in French). Lyon. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Vos talents : Saël Kumbedi, droit au(x) but(s)". Mairie d'Épinay-sur-Seine. 28 August 2022.
- ^ "LES VINGT JOUEURS CHOISIS POUR L'EURO". 30 April 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "France 2-1 Netherlands: French fight back to claim third U17 EURO title after Kumbedi double". 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "PSG beat Lyon 2-1 to win French Cup final in Mbappe's farewell appearance". Reuters. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Final: France 2–1 Netherlands: Line-ups". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "2024 Under-19 EURO final highlights, report: Spain 2-0 France". UEFA. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
External links
- Profile at the Olympique Lyonnais website
- Saël Kumbedi at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Saël Kumbedi at WorldFootball.net