The 25-year-old is a shadow of the player he once looked like he could have been, but that is starting to change with Les Hirondelles
This weekend, Burundi will make their debut at the Africa Cup of Nations, taking on Nigeria in Alexandria on Saturday evening.
It is difficult to capture the pride and power of such a moment, but this modest nation with modest ambitions will be more than simply happy to be in Egypt. Implausible as it seems, they might actually be in with a chance of upsetting the odds.