Christian Kabasele (born 24 February 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Udinese.

In the meantime, Eupen had quickly transferred me to the reserve team and the A-team, partly to keep me satisfied.

"[3] After progressing through the youth system at Eupen, Kabasele was promoted to the first team ahead of the 2008–09 season and signed a four–year contract with them.

[6] He made his debut for the club, starting a match and played 81 minutes before being substituted, in a 3–0 loss against Lierse on 12 October 2008.

[9] Having spent most of the 2009–10 season on the sidelines, Kabasele then made two appearances for Eupen, as they were promoted to Belgian Pro League.

[12] Kabasele made his debut on 12 February 2011 in a 3–1 home win against Westerlo, coming on as a substitute for Jonathan Wilmet.

[15] As a result of his lack of playing time at the end of the 2010–11 season, Kabasele made four appearances and scoring once for KV Mechelen in all competitions.

[16] On 22 August 2011, Kabasele joined Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.

[19] Two weeks later on 19 November 2011, Kabasele opened his account for the club, scoring a last-minute goal in a 2–0 home win over Kaliakra Kavarna in an A PFG match.

[20] After two more goals for Ludogorets Razgrad in the Bulgarian Cup, he then scored twice for the club, having come on as a second half substitute, in a 5–0 win against Svetkavitsa Targovishte on 18 March 2012.

[21] A month later on 11 April 2012, Kabasele scored his sixth goal for the club in the Bulgarian Cup semi–finals against Septemvri Simitli, winning 4–1.

[23] Despite being on the sidelines on four occasions throughout the 2011–12 season, Kabasele remained in the first team for the club, as he made fourteen appearances and scoring six times in all competitions.

[41] Kabasele made his Genk debut, starting the whole game, in a 1–1 draw against Cercle Brugge on 2 August 2014.

"[43] Since making his debut for Genk, Kabasele quickly established himself in the starting eleven for the side, playing in the centre–back position.

[45] Kabasele then helped Genk three out of the four clean sheets between 23 November 2014 and 13 December 2014, during which, he was suspended for picking up five yellow cards and scored on his return, in a 3–0 win against K.V.

[4][47] Since returning from suspension, Kabasele continued to regain his team place in the starting eleven for the side, playing in the centre–back position, for the rest of the 2014–15 season.

[50] It wasn't until on 23 September 2015 Kabasele scored his first goal of the season, as well as, captaining the side for the first time, in a 5–2 win against Dessel Sport in the sixth round of the Belgian Cup.

[60] Despite minor injury setbacks throughout the 2015–16 season, Kabasele went on to make forty–six appearances and scoring five times in all competitions.

[65] Amid to the transfer move, he made his Watford debut, starting the whole game and playing 120 minutes, as the club lost 2–1 against Gillingham in the second round of the League Cup.

[66] Four days later on 27 August 2016, Kabasele made his league debut for Watford, starting a match and playing 52 minutes before being substituted, in a 3–1 loss against Arsenal.

[70] Following the injury of Nordin Amrabat, Kabasele started in the right midfield position and played the whole game, in a 2–0 loss against Stoke City on 3 January 2017.

[74] It wasn't until on 8 April 2017 Kabasele returned from injury, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute, in a 4–0 loss against Tottenham Hotspur.

[99] After serving a suspension and then sidelined with an injury, he returned to the starting line–up against Crystal Palace on 7 December 2019 and kept a clean sheet, in a 0–0 draw.

[100] Kabasele played a role against Manchester United on 22 December 2019, setting up the club's first goal of the game, in a 2–0 win.

[103] Kabasele continued as a first-team regular, and by the time the season was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he had made 19 league appearances.

[104] Kabasele remained an integral part of the team once the season resumed behind closed doors, and set up a late equaliser for Craig Dawson to settle a draw on 20 June 2020.

[114] In February 2011, Kabasele was called up to Belgium U21 for the first time, making his only appearance for the U21 side, coming against Greece U21 on 27 March 2011.

[123] Kabasele then was called up to the national team on two more times by the end of the year but appeared as an unused substitute.

"[130] In April 2019, he (and Watford team-mates Adrian Mariappa and Troy Deeney) were subjected to racist comments on social media.

[131] Kabasele spoke out against racism, where he experienced the racial abuse from his time at Bulgaria and called for tougher action.