Benoît Assou-Ekotto
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Benoît Assou-Ekotto | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Benoît Assou-Ekotto | |
Date of birth | March 24, 1984 (age 22) | |
Place of birth | Arras, France | |
Height | 5'8" / 1.78cm | |
Position | Defender | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Tottenham Hotspur | |
Number | 32 | |
Professional clubs* | ||
Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
2003-2006 2006- |
RC Lens Tottenham Hotspur Total |
66 (0) 15 (0) 81 (0) |
National team** | ||
2006- | Cameroon | 0 (0) |
* Professional club appearances and goals |
Benoît Assou-Ekotto (born March 24, 1984 in Arras, France) is a professional Cameroonian footballer currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur.
Assou-Ekotto played 34 of RC Lens 38 league games in the 2005-06 Championnat before moving to Tottenham Hotspur in the summer of 2006 for an undisclosed fee (believed to be in the region of £3.5 million). His first game in Ligue 1 was against PSG on the 28th March 2004, Lens won 1-0. During his 66 games in Ligue 1 he failed to score.
Described by Tottenham Sporting Director Damien Comolli as one of the brightest prospects in French football, Assou-Ekotto arrived at Tottenham to provide competition at the left-back position.
He is related to fellow professional football player Mathieu Assou-Ekotto.
[edit] External links
- Benoît Assou-Ekotto career stats at Soccerbase
- (French) Profile and Pictures of Assou-Ekotto
- (French) Assou-Ekotto: a gold player by Sitercl.com
- (French) The other players of Lens
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Robinson | 2 Chimbonda | 3 Lee | 4 Zokora | 5 Davids | 6 Tainio | 7 Stalteri | 8 Jenas | 9 Berbatov | 10 Keane | 11 Mido | 12 Černý | 13 Murphy | 14 Ghaly | 15 Malbranque | 16 Ziegler | 18 Defoe | 20 Dawson | 22 Huddlestone | 24 O'Hara | 25 Lennon | 26 King | 27 Davenport | 28 Barnard | 29 Ifil | 30 Gardner | 32 Assou-Ekotto | 35 Dervite | 39 Barcham | Manager: Jol |