Nzuzi Toko

Nzuzi Bundebele Toko (born 20 December 1990) is a professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Eskişehirspor, as a midfielder.

Toko holds both Swiss and DR Congo nationality; he played youth international football for the former and senior international football for the latter.

Early and personal life

Born in Kinshasa, Zaire, Toko moved to Switzerland at the age of four.

Club career

Toko spent his early career in Switzerland for Grasshoppers II and Grasshoppers.

On 20 May 2014, Toko signed a three-year contract with English club Brighton & Hove Albion following the conclusion of his contract at Grasshoppers. His agent revealed that Toko had turned down a move to Russia.

On 20 January 2015, Toko agreed to mutually terminate his contract with Brighton after only 8 months at the club. He signed for Turkish club Eskişehirspor the next day.

International career

He scored on his senior international début for DR Congo in a 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia in May 2010. He played in two further games for DR Congo before switching allegiance to Switzerland, a 6-3 loss against Egypt in August 2010 and a 2-0 loss in Paris against Gabon in February 2011.

Toko

Toko is a small rural settlement 10 kilometres east of Stratford, New Zealand, at the intersection of East Road (State Highway 43) and Toko Road. It is located on a railway, the Stratford–Okahukura Line, the western portion of which was operated as a branch line known as the Toko Branch prior to the line's completion. The Toko Stream flows through the area to join the Patea River.

The population of the Toko statistical area was 1164 in the 2006 Census, unchanged from 2001. The statistical area covers a large region to the east of Stratford, not just the settlement of Toko.

Geography

Toko is surrounded by extremely fertile land, being located on the periphery of the Taranaki ringplain and adjacent to the Patea River. The area is drained by the Toko Stream, and its tributaries the Manawaiwiri and Waiwiri Streams. Once covered in wetlands, since settlement the area has been drained to take advantage of the fertile soils. Dairy farming predominates the surrounding land use, with some sheep and beef farming in the steeper hill country.

Toko (disambiguation)

See also

Toko (shop)

A toko (Indonesian for shop) is a shop in the Netherlands selling mainly Asian food products of which the owners are generally Indo-European, Indonesian, Surinamese,Chinese or Vietnamese.

In Indonesia, the term toko is used a generic name for any kind of shop or store, not necessarily sold solely Asian food product. For example in Indonesia, toko roti means a bakery while a toko kelontong sells daily necessities. The term is of Indonesian origin and probably from the Chinese Hokkien loanword to refer a shop. In the Netherlands, the meanings has shifted more specifically to refer to Asian shops and takeaway restaurants.

History

Tokos have become a common type of shop in Dutch cities since the repatriation of Dutch colonial expats and Indo-Europeans during and after the Indonesian revolution in the late '40s and early '50s. Tokos originally sold products from the former Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).

In the Dutch language the word toko has become an informal name for any type of company or organisation.