BirthJune 211991

Gaël Kakuta

Gaël Kakuta, French footballer

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When
Friday, June 21 199135 years ago
Category
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Era
20th century · 1990s
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Person
Gaël Kakuta

At a glance

Born 1991-06-21.

Known as: association football player. Citizenship: France and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Personal life Didier Drogba was understood to have made Kakuta his protégé when he first came to England. [ 1 ] In October 2014, fraudster Medi Abalimba was jailed for four years after masquerading as Kakuta and spending thousands of pounds on stolen credit cards. [ 2 ] ^ Dove, Ed (6 July 2017). "Amiens plotting move for ex-Chelsea wonderkid Gael Kakuta" . ESPN . Retrieved 15 September 2020 . ^ " 'Fake' Chelsea footballer jailed for posing as Gael Kakuta" . BBC News . 22 October 2014 .

Gaël Roméo Kakuta Mambenga is a former professional footballer who played as a winger. Born in France, he represented the DR Congo national team.

Path and career

Career statistics Club As of match played 26 January 2026 [ 1 ] Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Club Season League National cup [ a ] League cup [ b ] Continental Other Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Chelsea 2009–10 [ 2 ] Premier League 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 [ c ] 0 0 0 4 0 2010–11 [ 3 ] Premier League 5 0 1 0 1 0 5 [ c ] 0 0 0 12 0 2011–12 [ 4 ]

Honours France U19 UEFA European Under-19 Championship : 2010 [ citation needed ] Individual Prix Marc-Vivien Foé : 2020–21 [ 1 ] UEFA European Under-19 Championship Golden Player: 2010 [ 2 ] ^ "Seko Fofana: Lens and Ivory Coast player wins Marc-Vivien Foe award" . BBC . 16 May 2022 . Retrieved 16 May 2022 . ^ Cite error: The named reference KakutaGolden was invoked but never defined (see the help page ).

Why this date

Gaël Kakuta appears on our June 21 calendar for 1991 as a birth entry.

June 21 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

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  9. 20122012 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster
  10. 2012Indonesian Air Force
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Also in 1991

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  • September 12Space Shuttle DiscoveryNASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-48 to deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.
  • September 17EstoniaEstonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
  • September 17LinuxThe first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
  • September 5Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
  • October 201991 Uttarkashi earthquakeAn earthquake struck the Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing at least 768 people and destroying thousands of homes.

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June 21 1991 — 35 years ago, on a Friday.

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