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Karl Louis Brillant Toko Ekambi (born 14 September 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Lyon and the Cameroon national team.

Karl Toko Ekambi

Toko Ekambi with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name	Karl Louis Brillant Toko Ekambi
Date of birth	(1992-09-14) 14 September 1992 (age 30)
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Lyon
Number	7
Youth career
0000–2010	Paris FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Paris FC	67	(21)
2012–2013	Paris FC B	6	(1)
2014–2016	Sochaux	72	(25)
2016–2018	Angers	68	(24)
2018–2020	Villarreal	52	(16)
2020	→ Lyon (loan)	8	(2)
2020–	Lyon	80	(30)
National team‡
2015–	Cameroon	50	(12)
Honours Men's football Representing  Cameroon Africa Cup of Nations Winner 2017 2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:02, 11 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:36, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

Toko Ekambi began his career with Paris FC in the Championnat National and Sochaux in Ligue 2 before joining Angers in Ligue 1. After 18 months at Villarreal in Spain's La Liga, he returned to France's top flight with Lyon.

Born in France, Toko Ekambi made his international debut for Cameroon in 2015. He represented the nation at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2017, 2019 and 2021, winning the 2017 tournament.

Early life

Karl Louis Brillant Toko Ekambi[2] was born on 14 September 1992 in Paris.[1]

Club career

Sochaux

Born in Paris, Toko Ekambi began his career at Paris FC in the third-tier Championnat National. In June 2014, having been third-top scorer with 13 goals, he transferred to Sochaux.[3] He made his Ligue 2 debut on the opening day of the 2014–15 season against Orléans, as a 57th-minute substitute for Thomas Guerbert in a 1–0 home loss.[4] He ended his first season as joint-fourth top scorer with 14 goals.[5]

Angers

In June 2016, Toko Ekambi joined Angers for €1 million, on a four-year deal.[6] He scored seven times in his first Ligue 1 season, including two in a 3–0 home win over Bastia on 26 February.[7]

In August 2017, Brighton & Hove Albion, newly promoted to the Premier League, reportedly made a bid for him, offering €8 million plus €1 million in possible bonuses to Angers.[8] He began that season in good form, scoring nine goals in 18 Ligue 1 appearances in the first half of the season, attracting interest from England for his services in the January transfer window.[9]

In January 2018 Brighton were again reported to have made a bid for him, which was rejected by Angers.[10][11] On 24 February, Toko Ekambi scored two-second-half goals, including the winner in the 89th minute, to help Angers move out of the relegation zone in a 2–1 away win over fellow strugglers Lille.[12] He finished the 2017–18 Ligue 1 season with 17 goals, ninth in the league's top scorers.[13] He won the Prix Marc-Vivien Foé for best African in the league. He was the first Cameroonian to win the award named after Marc-Vivien Foé, who died playing for the country in 2003.[14]

On 25 April 2017, late substitute Toko Ekambi scored in a 2–0 home win over Guingamp in the Coupe de France semi-final.[15] In Angers' first final since 1957 on 27 May, he played the entirety of a 1–0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).[16]

Villarreal

In June 2018, Toko Ekambi signed with Villarreal in Spain's La Liga, for an estimated €20 million. He was signed to replace Cédric Bakambu, who had left for the Chinese Super League in January.[17] He scored ten goals in his first league season, including two in a 3–1 home win over Rayo Vallecano on 17 March.[18]

With five goals each, Toko Ekambi and Getafe's Ángel were top scorers of the 2018–19 Copa del Rey.[19] This included four in an 8–0 (11–3 aggregate) home win over Almería in the last 32 second leg,[20] followed by a goal in the next stage against Espanyol, who eliminated his team.[21]

Toko Ekambi was the La Liga Player of the Month for October 2019, with three goals including two in a 4–1 win over Alavés on 25 October.[22]

Lyon

On 20 January 2020, Toko Ekambi went back to Ligue 1, on loan to Lyon for the remainder of the season.[23] On 2 June, he moved on a permanent transfer with a four-year contract, for a fee of €11.5 million.[24] He played in the 2020 Coupe de la Ligue Final on 31 July, the last game in the competition's history. On as an 80th-minute substitute for Memphis Depay, he scored in the penalty shootout after a goalless draw, but his team lost to PSG.[25]

With 14 goals in 2020–21, Toko Ekambi was once again joint ninth top scorer in Ligue 1.[26] The following season, he finished joint tenth with 12 goals.[27]

International career

Toko Ekambi made his debut for Cameroon on 6 June 2015 in a 3–2 friendly win over Burkina Faso in Colombes, France, as a 66th-minute substitute for Justin Mengolo.[28] He scored his first goal on 3 September the following year in a 2–0 home win over the Gambia in 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.[29] Manager Hugo Broos called him up for the final tournament in Gabon, which the team won.[30]

On 28 March 2017, Toko Ekambi scored and was sent off in a 2–1 friendly loss to Guinea in Brussels.[31] In June, Broos selected him for the 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia.[32] He also went to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.[33]

At the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations on home soil at the start of the following year, Toko Ekambi scored twice in a 4–1 group win over Ethiopia,[34] and the opening goal of a 2–1 win against Comoros in the last 16.[35] On 29 January, he scored both goals against the Gambia in the quarter-finals.[36] On 29 March 2022, he scored a goal in the fourth minute of time added on at the end of extra time against Algeria to send Cameroon to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[37]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 November 2022[1][38]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Paris FC	2010–11	Championnat National	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2011–12		25	3	1	0	0	0	—		26	3
	2012–13		14	4	0	0	0	0	—		14	4
	2013–14		26	14	0	0	0	0	—		26	14
	Total		67	21	1	0	0	0	—		68	21
Sochaux	2014–15	Ligue 2	38	14	1	0	1	0	—		40	14
	2015–16		34	11	6	1	2	0	—		41	12
	Total		72	25	7	1	3	0	—		82	26
Angers	2016–17	Ligue 1	31	7	2	1	0	0	—		33	8
	2017–18		37	17	1	0	1	0	—		39	17
	Total		68	24	3	1	1	0	—		72	25
Villarreal	2018–19	La Liga	34	10	2	5	—		7[lower-alpha 1]	3	43	18
	2019–20		18	6	1	0	—		—		19	6
	Total		52	16	3	5	—		7	3	62	24
Lyon (loan)	2019–20	Ligue 1	8	2	3	0	1	0	4[lower-alpha 2]	0	16	2
Lyon	2020–21		35	14	4	0	—		—		39	14
	2021–22		30	12	0	0	—		10[lower-alpha 1]	6	40	18
	2022–23		15	4	0	0	—		—		15	4
	Total		88	32	7	0	1	0	14	6	110	38
Career total			348	118	21	7	5	0	21	9	395	134

International

As of match played 9 June 2022[39]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Cameroon	2015	3	0
	2016	4	1
	2017	10	1
	2018	5	0
	2019	8	1
	2020	3	0
	2021	7	2
	2022	10	7
Total		50	12

As of match played 9 June 2022

Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Toko Ekambi goal[39]

List of international goals scored by Karl Toko Ekambi

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3 September 2016	Limbe Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon	Gambia	2–0	2–0	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2	28 March 2017	Edmond Machtens Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Guinea	1–1	1–2	Friendly
3	14 June 2019	Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar	Mali	1–1	1–1
4	8 October 2021	Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon	Mozambique	3–0	3–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	16 November 2021		Ivory Coast	1–0	1–0
6	13 January 2022	Olembe Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Ethiopia	1–1	4–1	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
7				4–1
8	24 January 2022		Comoros	1–0	2–1	2021 Africa Cup of Nations
9	29 January 2022	Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon	Gambia	1–0	2–0
10				2–0
11	29 March 2022	Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria	Algeria	2–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
12	9 June 2022	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Burundi	1–0	1–0	2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Lyon

• Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2019–20[40]

Cameroon

• Africa Cup of Nations: 2017;[14] third place: 2021[41]

Individual

• Ligue 2 Team of the Year: 2014–15[42]
• Prix Marc-Vivien Foé: 2018[14][43]
• La Liga Player of the Month: October 2019[22]

References

External links

• Karl Toko Ekambi – FIFA competition record (archived)

На других языках

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[de] Karl Toko Ekambi

Karl Toko Ekambi (* 14. September 1992 in Paris) ist ein kamerunischer Fußballspieler, der seit Januar 2020 beim französischen Erstligisten Olympique Lyon unter Vertrag steht. Der Stürmer ist seit Juni 2015 kamerunischer Nationalspieler.

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- [en] Karl Toko Ekambi

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[es] Karl Toko Ekambi

Karl Toko Ekambi (París, Francia, 14 de septiembre de 1992) es un futbolista camerunés. Juega como delantero en el Olympique de Lyon de la Ligue 1 de Francia.

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[fr] Karl Toko-Ekambi

Karl Brillant Toko-Ekambi, né le 14 septembre 1992 à Paris, est un footballeur international camerounais évoluant au poste d'attaquant à l'Olympique lyonnais.

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[it] Karl Toko Ekambi

Karl Toko Ekambi (Parigi, 14 settembre 1992) è un calciatore francese naturalizzato camerunese, attaccante dell'Olympique Lione e della nazionale camerunese.

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[ru] Токо-Экамби, Карл

Карл Токо-Экамби (фр. Karl Toko Ekambi; 14 сентября 1992, Париж, Франция) — камерунский футболист, нападающий клуба «Лион» и сборной Камеруна.

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