Esteghlal completes signing of Gael Kakuta
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Loading...Tehran Times – TEHRAN, Esteghlal football team completed the signing of Gael Romeo Kakuta Mambenga.
The 33-year-old winger has joined the Iranian top-flight club from France’s Ligue 2 club Amiens.
Kakuta has penned a one-year deal with Esteghlal for an undisclosed fee.
A youth product of RC Lens, Kakuta moved to Chelsea in 2007 and has also played in Fulham, Vitesse, Lazio and Sevilla.
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 team in 2017.
Esteghlal, headed by Javad Nekounam, finished in second place in the 2023/24 Iran Persian Gulf Professional League.
