Saido Berahino

Saido Berahino

Berahino with West Bromwich Albion in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Saido Berahino[1]
Date of birth	(1993-08-04) 4 August 1993 (age 31)[2]
Place of birth	Bujumbura, Burundi
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Rajahstan United
Youth career
2004–2011	West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2017	West Bromwich Albion	105	(23)
2011–2012	→ Northampton Town (loan)	14	(6)
2012	→ Brentford (loan)	8	(4)
2012–2013	→ Peterborough United (loan)	10	(2)
2017–2019	Stoke City	51	(3)
2019–2021	Zulte Waregem	30	(8)
2020–2021	→ Charleroi (loan)	16	(2)
2021–2022	Sheffield Wednesday	29	(8)
2022–2024	AEL Limassol	38	(4)
2024–	Rajasthan United	0	(0)
International career‡
2008–2009	England U16	4	(3)
2009–2010	England U17	12	(6)
2010–2011	England U18	2	(2)
2011–2012	England U19	11	(3)
2011–2014	England U20	7	(0)
2013–2015	England U21	12	(11)
2018–	Burundi	18	(2)
Medal record Men's football Representing  England UEFA European Under-17 Championship Winner 2010 Liechtenstein
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:15, 14 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023

Saido Berahino (born 4 August 1993) is a Burundian professional footballer who plays as a striker for I-League club Rajasthan United and captains the Burundi national team.

Having fled his native Burundi as a child, he received political asylum in Birmingham and credits football with helping him integrate into English society. Berahino joined West Bromwich Albion at the age of 11 and turned professional seven years later. He spent time out on loan at Football League clubs Northampton Town, Brentford and Peterborough United.

Berahino made his first starts for West Bromwich Albion in the 2013–14 season, with highlights of that campaign including a hat-trick against Newport County and the winning goal at Old Trafford against Manchester United. In his second full season, he recorded 20 goals in 45 matches across all competitions. Following that campaign, Berahino became involved in a lengthy transfer saga involving Tottenham Hotspur, straining his relationships with manager Tony Pulis and chairman Jeremy Peace. He was criticised for his conduct and fell out of favour, scoring only seven goals in the 2015–16 season; he did not score a competitive goal from 27 February 2016 to 28 August 2018, a goal drought of 913 days.

In January 2017, Berahino joined Stoke City for a fee of £12 million, potentially rising to £15 million. Stoke were relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2017–18 season and after a single season in the EFL Championship, Berahino was released by Stoke with three years left on his contract. He played in the Belgian Pro League with Zulte Waregem and Charleroi before returning to England for one season at Sheffield Wednesday in League One in 2021.

Berahino represented England at all youth levels from under-16 to under-21. He was part of the England under-17 team that won the 2010 European Championship. He was called up for the first time to the senior team in November 2014 but did not play. He switched his international allegiance to Burundi in August 2018 and scored on his international debut in September. He captained the team at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.