Emmanuel Toku (born 10 July 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Botev Plovdiv.[2][3] He played for Ghana at the youth level, playing for them in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup and serving as the captain of the Ghana U-20 national team in 2019.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2000-07-10) 10 July 2000 (age 22) | ||
Place of birth | Kumasi, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Botev Plovdiv | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2019 | Cheetah F.C. | ||
2019–2021 | Fremad Amager | 34 | (9) |
2021 | → Botev Plovdiv (loan) | 16 | (3) |
2021– | Botev Plovdiv | 46 | (5) |
National team | |||
2016–2017 | Ghana U17 | ||
2019 | Ghana U20 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:00, 5 November 2022 (UTC) |
Toku started his career with Ghanaian side Cheetah F.C. In August 2019, he signed for Danish 1st Division side Fremad Amager.[2][4] He made his debut on 25 October 2019 in a 2–1 loss against Hvidovre IF, coming on as a substitute for Théo Chendri at half time.[5] He made his first start for the club on 2 November 2020 in a 4–0 loss to Vejle Boldklub.[6] Toku In a match against HB Køge, he came on in the 60th minute to assist a goal for Lukas Engel in the 83rd minute, which helped the team salvage a 1–1 draw at the end of the match. After that performance he featured more, going on to start in 8th successive times, in the process scoring his first goal in a 4–2 home win against Fredericia HK on 29 February 2020.[7] He scored his second league in a heavy 4–0 home win against Nykøbing FC on 1 July 2020.[8]
On 25 July 2020, he scored a goal against the eventual league champions Vejle Boldklub during the last match of the season which ended in a 4–1 home win for his team.[9] At the end of his first season with the club, he played 18 league matches and scored 3 goals.[10]
Toku signed a new contract with the Danish team in August 2020, which extended his stay to 2023.[11] He was key member of the club in his second season.[12] He started in the first match of the season on 13 September 2020 against Vendsyssel FF, in the process scoring a screamer for his first goal of the season in the 40th minute of the match which ended in 6–0 win.[13][14] He also scored the 3rd goal in the 73rd minute in a 4–0 match against Hvidovre IF on 20 September 2020.[15][16] Toku scored a brace on 26 September 2020 in 2–0 win over Skive JK[12] and scored another brace in two minutes in a match against Hobro IK which ended in a 4–0 win.[17]
The club confirmed that other teams had showed interest in signing him during the winter transfer season.[18][19] He played in 16 matches in the first round of the league and scored 6 goals before he moved on loan to Botev Plovdiv.[20][3]
After playing the first round of the season with Fremad Amager, Toku signed an 18-month loan with Bulgarian Parva liga side Botev Plovdiv on 11 February 2021.[20][3] He made his debut for the club in a 2–0 loss against FC Arda Kardzhali on 12 February 2021 and enjoyed 74 minutes of action before being substituted as he was named in the team's starting line-up for the game.[21][22] In September 2021, he joined the club on a permanent deal, signing a three-year contract with the Plovdiv-based club.[23] He was assigned the number 10 jersey.
Toku played in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup and later captained the national under-20 team at the 2019 African Games.[24]
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