Léandre Kuavita

Léandre Filipe Kuavita (born 31 May 2004) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Standard Liège.

Léandre Kuavita

Personal information
Full name	Léandre Filipe Kuavita
Date of birth	(2004-05-31) 31 May 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth	Ensival, Belgium
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Standard Liège
Number	14
Youth career
	Verviétois
2015–2018	Verviers
2018–2019	Eupen
2019–2021	Standard Liège
2023–2024	Genoa (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2022–2024	Standard Liège B	38	(3)
2022–	Standard Liège	42	(1)
2023–2024	→ Genoa (loan)	0	(0)
International career
2019	Belgium U16	3	(1)
2021–2022	Belgium U18	9	(1)
2022–2023	Belgium U19	4	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 June 2025

Club career

Kuavita was born in Ensival near Verviers to an Angolan father and a Congolese mother, and began his youth career at local club R.C.S. Verviétois. In 2019, he moved from K.A.S. Eupen to Standard Liège.^[1]

At the start of 2022–23, 18-year-old Kuavita started all 14 games for the reserve team in the third-tier Belgian National Division 1, scoring three goals and assisting one. In November, he signed a new contract of undisclosed terms.^[2] He made his first-team debut in the Belgian Pro League on 23 December in a goalless draw at K.R.C. Gent, playing the last six minutes as a substitute for Gojko Cimirot.^[3]

Having made only one more professional appearance for Standard, Kuavita was loaned to Genoa C.F.C. of Serie A on 1 September 2023 without the option to purchase, with both clubs being owned by American firm 777 Partners.^[4] At the end of January 2024, his loan was ended by mutual consent, having played 12 games for the under-19 team.^[5] Before his departure, he was an unused substitute for the first team in a goalless draw at Empoli F.C. on 3 February.^[6]

Due to financial problems, Kuavita was one of several young players given starting roles at Standard in 2024–25 under manager Ivan Leko.^[7][8] He played without a name on his shirt as he was not expected to be playing regularly.^[9] On 30 October, he scored his first professional goal to open a 3–2 extra time win over third-tier Lyra-Lierse Berlaar in the seventh round of the Belgian Cup.^[10]