Chiró Vuza N'Toko Mena (born 30 January 1988), known as Chiró N'Toko, is a

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who plays as a

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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. Club crest and colors The Locomotive brand was unveiled on October 4, 2018, beating ...

in the

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Club career

AGOVV

N'Toko came to

AGOVV AGOVV () is a Dutch association football club based in Apeldoorn. It was established on 25 February 1913. The club played in professional football from 1954 to 1971 and from 2003 to 2013. AGOVV's male first squad plays in 2022–23 in the Tweede ...

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 football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2020–21 Ee ...

. Although his primary position is

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 (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

. In his third season N'Toko was placed in the

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

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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 (russian: Дмитрий Олегович Булыкин; 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 ...

. 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

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on 15 February 2013, and made his debut when he started in a 2–1 win at

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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 FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one bei ...

. After three seasons as a key player for the club, he joined

Cambuur SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch Association football, football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league sy ...

on 22 June 2016. He played 13 matches before joining

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...

on 9 January 2017. In September 2018, N'Toko moved to

Slovak Super Liga The Slovak Super Liga is the top level football league in Slovakia, currently known as the Fortuna Liga due to a sponsorship arrangement. It was formed in 1993 following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The record for most titles is eleven, he ...

club

FK Senica FK Senica () is a Slovak 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 period World War II. World war ...

. He then joined

club

in November 2018. He grew into a

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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

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Voetbal International profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:N'toko, Chiro 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo people