Mohammed Tchité

Tchité was born and brought up in Bujumbura, the largest city and capital of Burundi, but his parents hailed from neighbouring Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He started his footballing career with local AS Rangers FC – later named Dragon Super Rangers FC Nyakabiga. He joined Prince Louis FC in 2001, winning the Burundi Premier League and the Revelation Footballer of the Year award, and also being the finalist in the Kagame Inter-Club Cup; in 2002 he left for Mukura Victory Sports in Rwanda, where he would be noticed by scouts from Belgium's Standard Liège. In 2003, Tchité arrived in Liège, where he became a regular member of the first team, scoring 21 goals in 58 matches during his three years with the club. In 2005–06 season, he netted 16 times in the Belgian First Division A to help his team finish as runners-up to Anderlecht, and that tally put him second in the goalscoring list behind only Tosin Dosunmu of Germinal Beerschot; at the end of the following campaign, he was named Belgium's Professional Footballer of the Year, also being the recipient of the Belgian Ebony Shoe. On 31 August 2007, the last day of the summer transfer period, Racing de Santander announced the signing of Tchité in order to replace Valencia CF-bound Nikola Žigić. In the 11 November match against Deportivo de La Coruña, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 road win, repeating the feat on 24 February 2008, against Almeria (home fixture); he netted four times in his first twenty La Liga…

Despite his African roots, Tchité announced his desire to play for Belgium once he obtained his citizenship having played for Standard Liège for over two years. He officially became a Belgian citizen on 11 July 2008. National team coach René Vandereycken called up Tchité for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, but FIFA intervened and ruled the player ineligible because he had previously represented Burundi at senior level in the CECAFA Cup in 2000, also having appeared for the nation at under-20 level and having changed international allegiances to Rwanda when he moved to Mukura Victory Sports in 2002, even though he never played for the Rwandan national side, which meant he remained eligible for the latter according to the main governing body's regulations.

Prince Louis

Burundi Premier League: 2001 Standard Liège

Belgian Cup: 2010–11 Anderlecht

Belgian Pro League: 2006–07 Belgian Supercup: 2006, 2007 Individual

Burundian Revelation Footballer of the Year: 2001 Belgian Footballer of the Year: 2006–07 Belgian Ebony Shoe: 2007