Jean-Pierre Tokoto
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 January 1948 | ||
Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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 football team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
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 NBA.
Honours
Oryx
- Cameroonian Championship: 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967
- Cameroon Cup: 1963, 1968
- African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1965
Marseille
- French Championship: 1972
See also
References
- ^ a b "Jean-Pierre Tokoto". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ Tea men acquire two stars Boston Globe, 28 March 1980
- ^ "Οι 200 κορυφαίοι Αφρικανοί". Sport24.gr. 25 October 2006.
- ^ High school hoops superstar Tokoto is one that got away, Rockford Register Star, 31 January 2010, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
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External links
- Jean-Pierre Tokoto – FIFA competition record (archived)
- NASL/MISL stats
- fctokoto.com
- Living people
- 1948 births
- American soccer coaches
- Association football forwards
- Cameroonian footballers
- Cameroon international footballers
- Cameroonian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in France
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Philadelphia Fever (MISL) players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
- New England Tea Men players
- Jacksonville Tea Men players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Olympique de Marseille players
- Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- 1972 African Cup of Nations players
- Cameroonian football biography stubs