Gaël Kakuta, French footballer
Gaël Romeo Kakuta Mambenga (born 21 June 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Lens and the DR Congo national team.

A youth product of Lens, Kakuta moved to Chelsea in 2007 in a controversial transfer. Rarely used at Chelsea, he was loaned to six teams in five countries before leaving for Sevilla upon the expiration of his contract in 2015.

He was a French youth international and represented the nation at every age group from under-16 to under-21 levels, before switching allegiance to the DR Congo national football team in 2017.