Chiró Vuza N'Toko Mena (born 30 January 1988), known as Chiró N'Toko, is a
footballer
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who plays as a
centre back
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. He most recently played for
El Paso Locomotive
El Paso Locomotive FC is an American professional soccer team based in El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2018, the team made its debut in the USL Championship in 2019.
History First season
In February 2018, the United Soccer League announced that El P ...
in the
USL Championship
The USL Championship (USLC) is a men's professional association football, soccer league in the second tier of the United States soccer league system#Men's leagues, United States league system. It is organized by the United Soccer League (USL) a ...
.
Club career
AGOVV
N'Toko came to
AGOVV in the summer of 2007 as a replacement for
Dennis van der Ree who had moved to
SC Cambuur
SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutc ...
. Although his primary position is
centre back
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Defenders fall into four main categ ...
he succeeded as right back for AGOVV in his first season. In his second season at AGOVV he became a regular in the first squad, and was considered one of the best defenders of the
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...
. In his third season N'Toko was placed in the
centre back
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Defenders fall into four main categ ...
position due to the breakthrough of fellow AGOVV-player
Ramon Leeuwin. At the end of the
2009–10 season N'Toko was released from his contract in search for a new challenge.
ADO Den Haag
In the winter of 2011, N'Toko was signed by former AGOVV-manager
John van den Brom
Joseph Anthonius ''John ''van den Brom (born 4 October 1966) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of Eerste Divisie club Vitesse.
As a player, he played for Vitesse, Ajax, De Graafschap and Is ...
until the summer of 2013. He played his first game for the club as a substitute in the 0–1 away win against
PSV as a substitute from
Dmitri Bulykin
Dmitri Olegovich Bulykin (; born 20 November 1979) is a retired Russian footballer. Between 2003 and 2005, he played regularly for the Russian national team.
Club career
Lokomotiv Moscow
Bulykin began his football career with Lokomotiv Moscow ...
. On 13 March 2012, N'Toko suffered a serious knee injury and was out for the remainder of the season. N'Toko was released at the end of the 2011–12 season.
Barnet
N'Toko joined
Barnet on 15 February 2013, and made his debut when he started in a 2–1 win at
York City
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a day later. Following Barnet's relegation at the end of the season N'Toko was released by the club.
Later career
In July 2013, N'Toko signed a two-year deal with
FC Eindhoven
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. After three seasons as a key player for the club, he joined
Cambuur on 22 June 2016. He played 13 matches before joining
NAC Breda
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on 9 January 2017.
In September 2018, N'Toko moved to
Slovak Super Liga
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club
FK Senica
FK Senica () is a Slovakia, Slovak football (soccer), football team, based in the town of Senica. The club was founded in 1921.
History
FK Senica was founded in 1921. Newly created partition was rapidly progressed, but the boom dampened dark per ...
. He then joined
USL Championship
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club
El Paso Locomotive
El Paso Locomotive FC is an American professional soccer team based in El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2018, the team made its debut in the USL Championship in 2019.
History First season
In February 2018, the United Soccer League announced that El P ...
in November 2018. He grew into a
team captain
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at the club. He suffered a season-ending injury in the summer of 2020 and was subsequently not included in the roster.
References
External links
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Voetbal International profile
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1988 births
Living people
Footballers from Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the Congo men's footballers
Belgian men's footballers
Belgian expatriate men's footballers
AGOVV players
ADO Den Haag players
Barnet F.C. players
FC Eindhoven players
SC Cambuur players
NAC Breda players
FK Senica players
El Paso Locomotive FC players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
English Football League players
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Men's association football central defenders
USL Championship players
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in England
Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in England
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
21st-century Belgian sportsmen
21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo sportsmen