[3] At the time, many of Europe's leading clubs were interested in signing Moukoko,[1][3] and in April 1999, he trained with Bologna[4] and Empoli.
However, early in the 2002–03 season[9] he returned to Sweden after suffering family problems[2] and falling out with club management over his study arrangements.
After he scored in a 3-0 pre-season friendly win over Queen's Park on 7 July 2003, the Scottish club's manager John Hughes was reported to have said: "I thought Ton Ton [sic] was brilliant, absolutely brilliant, if you had caught him in training the other day, you couldn't kick his backside, and he's a flying machine.
"[10] England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson and his assistant Tord Grip helped Moukoko to get a contract with Carlstad United in the Swedish football Division 2.
[16] Moukoko achieved fame through his depiction as one of the best players in Championship Manager, a video game developed by Sports Interactive.