 He was called up for the first time to the senior team in November 2014 but did not play.He switched his international allegiance to Burundi in August 2018 and scored on his international debut in September, later captaining the side at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.Born in 1993 in Bujumbura, the then-capital of Burundi, Berahino played football as a child with a ball of plastic bags tied up with laces.