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Jean Pierre Tokoto

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Place of birth
  
Douala, Cameroon

1968–1969
  
Weight
  
91 kg

1963–1969
  
Height
  
1.98 m


Years
  
Team

Role
  
Basketball Player

Name
  
Jean-Pierre Tokoto

Pro career
  
2015

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Date of birth
  
(1948-01-26) January 26, 1948 (age 67)

Current team
  
Philadelphia 76ers (Shooting guard, Small forward)

College
  
North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

Parents
  
Laurence Trimble, Trevor Trimble

Playing position
  
Forward / Midfielder

Introducing jean pierre tokoto


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

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JP Tokoto Highlights 2017/18


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.

Honours

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  • Cameroonian Championship: 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967
  • Cameroon Cup: 1963, 1968
  • African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1965
  • Marseille
  • French Championship: 1972
  • Personal

    Tokoto's grandson, also named Jean-Pierre, is a basketball player who was drafted in 2015 by the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA, but has yet to play in the league. The younger Tokoto currently plays for the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA D-League.

    References

    Jean-Pierre Tokoto Wikipedia


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