Boubacar Kébé

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.^[2]

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.

He also capped for Mali U20 at 2005 African Youth Championship.^[3]

His father is Malian and mother is Burkinabé, Yahia Kébé is the elder brother from Boubacar Kébé and sister Asta.^{[citation needed]}

During the last years of his player career, Kébé started coaching at Paris FC's academy.^[4] In the summer 2021, Kébé was appointed head of FC Saint-Leu 95's academy.^[5]

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.^[6]

As of 23 April 2014^[7]