Francis Moustapha has completed a move from Zanaco FC to Chicken Inn FC, signing on a deal that begins on 2026-03-06. The Burundian centre-forward joins the Zimbabwean club after leaving the Zambian side, with his contract at Chicken Inn FC currently listed without a specified expiry date.
The transfer is recorded as a standard, permanent move, with the fee officially undisclosed and denoted as “?”. No current market value is attached to Moustapha at the time of the switch, with the latest available valuation data showing a figure of €0 during his spell at Zanaco FC. Nonetheless, the confirmed move marks another step abroad for the Bujumbura-born striker, who continues his career away from his home country of Burundi.
Moustapha, 1.80m tall and primarily deployed as a centre-forward, arrives at Chicken Inn FC having built up experience across several African leagues. Before his stint in Zambia with Zanaco FC, he played in Tanzania for Coastal Union and in DR Congo with AS Simba Kamikaze. Earlier in his career he featured in Rwanda for both Bugesera FC and Kiyovu Sports, and also had a spell in Kenya with Gor Mahia Nairobi, where his market value peaked at €50,000 in 2019 according to transfer records. His senior club career began at Muzinga FC in Burundi after moving there from an unspecified previous side.
The move to Chicken Inn FC keeps Moustapha on the continental circuit and ensures he remains an expatriate player, this time in Zimbabwe. He will be competing in domestic competitions there rather than in the Burundian league system, extending a pattern that has seen him play in at least six different African countries. The transfer fits into a long-running trajectory of cross-border moves that started in 2014 and has taken him through East, Central, and Southern Africa.
Contract details beyond the official start date of 2026-03-06 are not disclosed in the available data, and there is no publicly listed end date to his Chicken Inn FC agreement. Previous moves, including free or low-cost transfers between Bugesera FC, AS Simba Kamikaze, Coastal Union and Zanaco FC, suggest he has frequently changed clubs on standard deals without widely reported fees, contributing to the possibility of free-agent status at various points, although specific free-agent confirmations are not provided in the records.
Now 29 years old, Moustapha is in what is typically considered a forward’s prime. His career path, spanning Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, DR Congo, Tanzania, Zambia and now Zimbabwe, underlines both his mobility and his adaptability to different football cultures and styles. The latest transfer offers him another platform to re-establish or enhance his value on the market, even though no current figure is listed, and gives Chicken Inn FC an experienced, well-travelled attacking option at the heart of their frontline.
If he settles quickly and performs consistently, the move to Chicken Inn FC could become a pivotal chapter in Moustapha’s career, potentially shaping his reputation as a reliable centre-forward across the region and determining his next step once his presently undisclosed contract eventually runs its course.
