Mohammed Tchité

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Mohammed Tchité
Full name	Mohammed Tchité
Date of birth	January 31, 1984 (1984-01-31) (age 24)
Place of birth	Bujumbura, Burundi
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Racing de Santander
Number	9
Youth clubs
?-2002 2002-2003	Prince Louis Bujumbura Mukura Victory Sports FC
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2006 2006-2007 2007-present	Standard Liège R.S.C. Anderlecht Racing de Santander	58 (21) 30 (20) 32 (8)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 19, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Mohammed "Mémé" Tchité (pronounced: ess-ach-eye-tea-ee) (born January 31, 1984 in Bujumbura) is a Belgian-Burundian footballer, currently playing as striker with La Liga's Racing de Santander.

Tchité started his footballing career with his hometown Prince Louis Bujumbura. In 2002, he left for Rwandan club Mukura Victory Sports FC. It was with Mukura that he was noticed by scouts from Belgian club Standard Liège.

In 2003 he 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. During a brief, 3-match loan to Juventus during the 2004-05 preseason tour of Asia, Tchité made one appearance, against FC Tokyo, before he returned to Standard. In 2005-06, Tchité scored 16 goals to help Standard finish as runners-up to Anderlecht. That tally put him second in the goalscoring list, behind only Tosin Dosunmu, who scored 18 for Germinal Beerschot.

On August 31, 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 November 11 match against Deportivo La Coruña, he scored the only goal in a 1-0 road win, repeating the feat on February 24, 2008, against UD Almería (home fixture). The striker netted four times in his first twenty league matches at Santander.

Born in Burundi, Tchité is technically eligible to represent Burundi, Rwanda, Congo (his mother is Congolese) and Belgium. However, Tchité announced his wishes to play for Belgium once he obtained his citizenship, which he received on March 5, 2008.^[1]

[edit] References

^ Tchité could be a Red Devil (French)

[edit] External links

Official Racing profile (Spanish)

Preceded by Mbark Boussoufa	Belgian Footballer of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Milan Jovanović
Preceded by Mbark Boussoufa	Belgian Ebony Shoe 2007	Succeeded by Marouane Fellaini