Jean-Pierre Tokoto

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.

Career

Club

In March 1980, Tokoto signed with the New England Tea Men of the North American Soccer League. 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.

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, 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

1982 FIFA World Cup squads

References

External links

NASL/MISL stats

fctokoto.com

Living people

1948 births

American soccer coaches

Men's association football forwards

Cameroonian men's footballers

Cameroon men's international footballers

1982 FIFA World Cup players

1972 African Cup of Nations players

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

Olympique de Marseille players

Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players

Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers

Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in the United States

Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States

Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France

Expatriate men's footballers in France