Anthony Tokpah (born July 26, 1977) is a retired

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

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. He was also a member of the

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Career

Anthony Tokpah, after playing with Ratanang Maholosiane and

Manning Rangers Manning Rangers is a now defunct South African Association Football, football club based in Durban. The side is best remembered as the Champions of the Inaugural season of South Africa's Premier Soccer League. History The club was founded in 192 ...

in South Africa,The Liberians are Landing
at iol.col.za came to

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva ...

club

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in 1995, along with another Liberian international, Mass Sarr, Jr. Beside the first season when he played 7 league matches, he did not get much chances to play while with Hajduk. In 2000, he moved to the United States where he played with

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and

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. In 2006, he moved to Guayabo, another soccer team in the United States.

National team

Tokpah made his international debut for

in a

1996 African Cup of Nations The 1996 African Cup of Nations was the 20th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by South Africa, who replaced original hosts Kenya. The field expanded for the first time to 16 teams, s ...

qualifying match against

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

on July 30, 1995.

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at HRrepka. 1973 births Living people Liberian men's footballers Liberian expatriate men's footballers Liberia men's international footballers 1996 African Cup of Nations players Men's association football goalkeepers HNK Hajduk Split players HNK Trogir players Croatian Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Atlanta Silverbacks FC players Hershey Wildcats players Liberian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Manning Rangers F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Brunei {{Liberia-footy-bio-stub