Boubacar Kébé
{{Short description|Burkinabé-Malian footballer (born 1987)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Boubacar Kébé
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Boubacar Djeedy Kébé
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1987|5|10}}
| birth_place = Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
| height = 1.78 m
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1996–2001
| youthclubs1 = Torcy
| youthyears2 = 2001–2002
| youthclubs2 = Blackburn Rovers
| youthyears3 = 2002–2005
| youthclubs3 = Bordeaux
| years1 = 2005–2006
| clubs1 = Bordeaux B
| caps1 = 28
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2006–2007
| clubs2 = → Libourne (loan)
| caps2 = 21
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2007–2008
| clubs3 = Libourne
| caps3 = 18
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2008
| clubs4 = Nîmes
| caps4 = 17
| goals4 = 5
| years5 = 2008–2011
| clubs5 = Strasbourg[http://www.racingstub.com/fiche/pe/707-boubacar-kebe Boubacar KÉBÉ – Racing Club de Strasbourg] – racingstub.com
| caps5 = 14
| goals5 = 7
| years6 = 2011–2012
| clubs6 = Cherbourg
| caps6 = 32
| goals6 = 14
| years7 = 2012–2013
| clubs7 = Damash Gilan
| caps7 = 17
| goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2013–2014
| clubs8 = Esteghlal
| caps8 = 11
| goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2014–2016
| clubs9 = Al-Hilal
| caps9 =
| goals9 =
| years10= 2016
| clubs10= Al-Raed
| caps10= 7
| goals10= 1
| years11= 2016–2017
| clubs11= Progresso LS
| caps11=
| goals11=
| years12 = 2019
| clubs12 = Noisy FC
| caps12 = 6
| goals12 = 1
| years13 = 2020
| clubs13 = L'Entente SSG
| caps13 = 4
| goals13 = 1
| years14 = 2020
| clubs14 = Brétigny
| caps14 = 1
| goals14 = 0
| totalcaps = 148
| totalgoals = 22
| nationalyears1 = 2003–2005
| nationalyears2 = 2005–2007
| nationalteam1 = Mali U-20
| nationalteam2 = Burkina Faso U-23
| nationalcaps1 = 17
| nationalgoals1 = 5
| nationalcaps2 = 15
| nationalgoals2 = 7
| pcupdate =
| ntupdate =
| manageryears1 = 2019–2021
| managerclubs1 = Paris FC (youth coach)
| manageryears2 = 2021–202?
| managerclubs2 = Saint-Leu 95 (head of academy)
}}
Boubacar Djeedy Kébé (born 10 May 1987) is a retired Burkinabé-Malian professional footballer.
Club career
Kébé was born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. His career began at US Torcy in the Paris region at the age of 7. Later in his youth career, he joined English club Blackburn Rovers, where he signed a pre-contract with the club, which would only come into effect once he turned 18. However, he left the club at the age of 16 before the contract took effect, as Bordeaux came knocking on his door, ultimately leading him to join the French club.[https://www.lefigaro.fr/football/2009/01/16/02003-20090116ARTSPO00375-kebe-le-grand-bon-avant.php Kébé le grand bond avant], lefigaro.fr, 16 January 2009
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 Hazfi Cup 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 Saipa in his first league appearance.
International career
Personal life
His father is Malian and mother is Burkinabé, Yahia Kébé is the elder brother from Boubacar Kébé and sister Asta.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
Coaching career
During the last years of his player career, Kébé started coaching at Paris FC's academy.[https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=336835727674764&set=a.105222797502726 Coach Boubacar Kebe, en pleine séance...], facebook.com, 8 September 2020 In the summer 2021, Kébé was appointed head of FC Saint-Leu 95's academy.[https://fcslpb95.footeo.com/actualite/2021/06/01/boubacar-kebe-nouveau-responsable-de-l-ecole-de-foot.html Boubacar KEBE, nouveau responsable de l'Ecole de foot], fcslpb95.footeo.com, 1 June 2020
In the following years, Kébé was involved in several football training initiatives for youth players: he became a personal trainer under his own company BJ Footévolution.[https://www.instagram.com/p/C9-kfLJujhs/ Boubacar Kébé at Instagram], instagram.com
Career statistics
{{Updated|match played 26 September 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/boubacar-kebe/37836/|title=Burkina Faso – B. Kébé – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-09}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Libourne
|rowspan="2"|Ligue 2 |21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 1 | ||
| 2007–08
|18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!39||2||3||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||44||2 | ||||||||||
| Nîmes
|Ligue 2 |17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 7 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Strasbourg
|rowspan="2"|Ligue 2 |10 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 2 | ||||
| 2009–10
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!14||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||14||0 | ||||||||||
| Cherbourg
|Championnat National |32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 11 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Damash
|rowspan="2"|Iran Pro League |9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 3 | |||
| 2013–14
|8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!17||2||3||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||20||3 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="1"|Esteghlal
|rowspan="1"|Iran Pro League |11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 2 | 15 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Al Hilal
|2014 |rowspan="2"|Sudan Premier League | |colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2015 | |colspan="2"|— | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | |||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!||||||||colspan="2"|—||9||2||9||2 | ||||||||||
| Al Raed
|7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Progresso da Lunda Sul
|2016 |rowspan="2"|Girabola | |colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2017 | |colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!||||||||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0 | ||||||||||
| Noisy-le-Grand
|6 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Entente SSG
|4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 1 | |||
| Brétigny
|Championnat National 3 |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!148||22||14||3||4||2||12||4||178||31 |
References
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Category:Malian men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Iran
Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
Category:Al-Hilal Club (Omdurman) players
Category:AS Cherbourg Football players
Category:S.C. Damash Gilan players
Category:Esteghlal F.C. players
Category:FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
Category:Nîmes Olympique players
Category:Progresso da Lunda Sul players
Category:RC Strasbourg Alsace players
Category:Saudi Pro League players
Category:Championnat National players
Category:Championnat National 2 players
Category:Championnat National 3 players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Burkinabé people of Malian descent
Category:Burkina Faso men's international footballers
Category:Mali men's international footballers