| Emmanuel Toku | |
| Birth Date: | 10 July 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Kumasi, Ghana |
| Height: | 1.73 m |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder, winger |
| Currentclub: | AEL Limassol (on loan from OH Leuven) |
| Clubnumber: | 21 |
| Years1: | 2015–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Cheetah |
| Years2: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs2: | Fremad Amager |
| Caps2: | 34 |
| Goals2: | 9 |
| Years3: | 2021 |
| Clubs3: | → Botev Plovdiv (loan) |
| Caps3: | 16 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs4: | Botev Plovdiv |
| Caps4: | 47 |
| Goals4: | 5 |
| Years5: | 2023– |
| Clubs5: | OH Leuven |
| Caps5: | 3 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2023 |
| Clubs6: | OH Leuven U23 |
| Caps6: | 2 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs7: | → AaB (loan) |
| Caps7: | 16 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2024– |
| Clubs8: | → AEL Limassol (loan) |
| Caps8: | 2 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Ghana U17 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | Ghana U20 |
| Club-Update: | 21:08, 31 August 2024 (UTC) |
Emmanuel Toku (born 10 July 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for AEL Limassol, on loan from OH Leuven.[1] 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.
Toku started his career with Ghanaian side Cheetah F.C. In August 2019, he signed for Danish 1st Division side Fremad Amager.[2] 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.[3] He made his first start for the club on 2 November 2020 in a 4–0 loss to Vejle Boldklub.[4] 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.[5] He scored his second league in a heavy 4–0 home win against Nykøbing FC on 1 July 2020.[6]
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.[7] At the end of his first season with the club, he played 18 league matches and scored 3 goals.[8]
Toku signed a new contract with the Danish team in August 2020, which extended his stay to 2023.[9] He was key member of the club in his second season.[10] 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.[11] [12] He also scored the 3rd goal in the 73rd minute in a 4–0 match against Hvidovre IF on 20 September 2020.[13] [14] Toku scored a brace on 26 September 2020 in 2–0 win over Skive JK and scored another brace in two minutes in a match against Hobro IK which ended in a 4–0 win.[15]
The club confirmed that other teams had showed interest in signing him during the winter transfer season.[16] [17] He played in 16 matches in the first round of the league and scored 6 goals before he moved on loan to Botev Plovdiv.[18] [19]
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. 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.[20] [21] In September 2021, he joined the club on a permanent deal, signing a three-year contract with the Plovdiv-based club.[22] He was assigned the number 10 jersey.
In January 2023, Toku joined Belgian Pro League club OH Leuven.[23] On 1 September 2023, Toku joined newly relegated Danish 1st Division team AaB on a one-year loan deal including a purchase option.[24]
Toku played in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup and later captained the national under-20 team at the 2019 African Games.[25]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Fremad Amager | 2019–20 | Danish 1st Division | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 3 | |||
| 2020–21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 20 | 9 | |||||
| Total | 34 | 9 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 39 | 12 | |||||
| Botev Plovdiv (loan) | 2020–21 | Bulgarian First League | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 3 | |||
| Botev Plovdiv | 2021–22 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 4 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 48 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 53 | 5 | ||||
| OH Leuven | 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| AaB (loan) | 2023–24 | Danish 1st Division | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| AEL Limassol (loan) | 2024–25 | Cypriot First Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 122 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 21 | |||
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