Jean-Pierre Tokoto

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Jean-Pierre Tokoto Sr.
Personal information
Date of birth (1948-01-26) 26 January 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1963–1969 Oryx Douala (–)
1968–1969 Marseille 12 (1)
1969–1970 CA Paris-Neuilly 31 (13)
1970–1971 AC Paris-Joinville 14 (0)
1971–1972 Marseille 2 (0)
1972–1975 Bordeaux 102 (21)
1975–1977 Paris Saint-Germain 59 (17)
1977–1978 Bordeaux 38 (10)
1978–1980 Béziers Hérault 60 (12)
1980–1981 New England Tea Men 57 (17)
1981 Jacksonville Tea Men 23 (2)
1981–1982 Philadelphia Fever (indoor) 11 (8)
International career
Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jean-Pierre Tokoto (born 26 January 1948) is a retired Cameroonian professional footballer. He competed for the Cameroon national team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Contents

Career

Club

In March 1980, Tokoto signed with the New England Tea Men of the North American Soccer League. [2] In 1981, the team moved to Florida and renamed itself the Jacksonville Tea Men. In the fall of 1981, Tokoto moved to the Philadelphia Fever of the Major Indoor Soccer League.

In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years. [3]

Coaching

Jean-Pierre Tokoto was director of coaching at Schwaben AC, a youth soccer team based in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. After many successful years at the club, in 2009 he left the team to create a new club, FC TOKOTO, a college preparatory soccer academy. He now coaches a U-17 and U-16 team for Lions '82 SC a team based in the Rockford Illinois area.

Personal life

Tokoto's grandson, also named Jean-Pierre, [4] is a basketball player who was drafted in 2015 by the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association. Tokoto has a second grandson, Seth Trimble, who plays college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels.

Honours

Oryx

Marseille

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jean-Pierre Tokoto". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  2. Tea men acquire two stars Boston Globe, 28 March 1980
  3. "Οι 200 κορυφαίοι Αφρικανοί". Sport24.gr. 25 October 2006. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  4. High school hoops superstar Tokoto is one that got away, Rockford Register Star, 31 January 2010, "High school hoops superstar Tokoto is one that got away - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2011.