Boubacar Djeidy Kébé (born 10 May 1987) is a Burkinabé-

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an professional

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who plays for

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. He also holds French citizenship.

Club career

Kébé was born in

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, Burkina Faso. He formerly played for Girondins de Bordeaux, FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin and Nimes Olympique by Nimes shot 7 goals in 15 games and was transferred on 16 December to RC Strasbourg. He joined Iranian Pro League side Damash Gilan in December 2012. He made his debut on 4 December 2012 for Damash, he came on as a substitute in 52nd minute and scored in the 85th minute to make it a 1–0 victory over Esteghlal. After playing for Damash for one and a half years, he signed a one-year contract with Esteghlal on 6 November 2013. He made his debut in a

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match over Caspian Qazvin but he was injured in the 10th minute and was out for one month. He scored his first goal for Esteghlal on 9 February 2014 in a match against

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in his first league appearance.

International career

He also capped for Mali U20 at

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Personal life

His father is Malian and mother is Burkinabé,

Yahia Kébé Yahia Kébé (born 11 July 1985) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a striker for Al-Zawraa. Club career Kébé began his career in 1999 with US Torcy. He played with the club's youth squad before transferring to Blackburn R ...

is the elder brother from Boubacar Kébé and sister Asta.

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