Benoît Assou-Ekotto

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Benoît Assou-Ekotto
Personal information
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
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 18:23, 3 December 2006 (UTC).
** National team caps and goals correct
as of June 25, 2006.

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.

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Tottenham Hotspur F.C. - Current Squad

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

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