Do you remember Saido Berahino? Well, he just finished a rather large drought and scored his first goal for over two years at the club level.
In Slovenia. In the second division.
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The former ACE of the Premier League scored six minutes before the time to seal a 2-0 win for NK Tabor Sezana against Triglav Kranj. He scored his first goal in Slovenia and his first in professional football since February 19, 2023.
It was quite a career for the former West Brom Starlet, which plays ten years after his notorious transfer saga with Tottenham Hotspur for NK Tabor Sezana.
The 31-year-old in a small town near the Slovenian border to the northeast of Italy competes in the Slovenian Second Football League after led a short spell between the clubs in England and Wider Europe in Zigzag-Zag-Zag and even in India.
After playing Berahino for England at the U21 level, after his impressive breakthrough at the Hawthorns, he was overturned for an older call of three lions before his career began too Spirörig.
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The interest of Spurs was brown by his time with the baggies. Tottenham offered £ 15 million when West Brom estimated him for £ 25 million – Berahino would later blow up Daniel Levy’s transfer tactics as a “unacceptable”.
The player tried to force the move, which led to an argument with manager Tony Pulis and the chairman of the club.
He was unloaded from the first team for over a month. Although he finally reconciled with the boss, Berahino’s form was badly affected and ended his spell with the club in the middle of a Tordürre, which was 913 days.
During this time – February 2016 to August 2018 – he left West Brom to join Stoke.
His £ 12 million step was a disaster. He served a six -week ban in 2017 because he had not passed a drug test, although he claimed that it was due to the fact that his drink was moved.
Later he was arrested for drinks in 2019 and suspended the potters without paying, with his contract finally being terminated.
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Years later he came with a former teammate -England Defender Glen Johnson -who initiated an extraordinary attack on his behavior in Bet 365 -Stadion during an interview with talk sport.
Although there was a highlight in his career in the same year when he commissioned the land of his birth in Egypt from Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt in 2019.
Zulte Waregem and Charleroi were in the Belgian clubs in 2021 with Sheffield on Wednesday before returning to English football.
He was released in the first division after just one season and then sealed a move to the Cypriot Club Ael Limassol, where he started in just 16 of his 44 games for the team and managed four goals and one template.
Then came a change to the second stage of Indian football with Rajasthan United, which turned out to be short -lived. Club officials say that Berahino is because of an injury that he had suffered from an unspecified “accident”.
His contract was terminated and he quickly returned to European football, in the second stage in Slovenia, which brings us back to his Tordürre – this time we ended a run of 789 days without finding the back of the network.
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It was his first strike since he came to NK Tabor Sezana in early March and reports from local media that he made a significant improvement – even though he still begins a match for the second page of the level.
Berahino recently opened his career and explained how his lack of support system around him affected his life on and next to the field.
“I regretted career 100 %,” he said to Sportsboom.
“If I could roll back for the years, I would have listened to the people around me more, especially my handlers.
“Sometimes I accepted your advice, sometimes I couldn’t. The lack of a support system to lead me didn’t help in my case.
“Footballers should avoid the culture of cutting through the corners. Young players should be encouraged to trust the process and build their career from day by day.”
Berahino also explained why his magic in India did not work and how his international ambitions were behind his most recent step – since he hopes that this could be a turning point.
“I would have loved playing football in India and serving Rajasthan well,” he said.
“However, my family didn’t feel comfortable at all. I say it with a lot of respect for India and their people. It is not a bad place, but my wife and children couldn’t stay.”
The Burundi International added: “As soon as you have reached 30, it is difficult to return to the top level, especially if you have not been in contact for some time.
“However, I train hard with an association that understands me well. The goal is to again captain my national team and qualify for the AFCON in qualification.
“I would like to wear the Burundian kit again and take part in qualifications of the World Cup.”