Timothée Atouba

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Personal information
Thimothee Atouba
Full name	Thimothee Atouba
Date of birth	February 17, 1982 (age 25)
Place of birth	Douala, Cameroon
Height	191 cm
Nickname	Tim
Playing position	left back
Club information
Current club	Hamburger SV
Youth clubs
1996-2000	Union Douala
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-2002 2002-2004 2004-2005 2005-	Neuchâtel Xamax FC Basel Tottenham Hotspur Hamburger SV	??? 103 (8) 24 (1) 32 (1)
National team²
2003-	Cameroon	20 (00)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of August 13, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Timothée Atouba (born February 17, 1982 in Douala, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian football player who currently plays for Hamburger SV.

He was part of the Cameroonian 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished top of their group in the first round of competition, before failing to secure qualification for the semi-finals. Atouba signed for Tottenham Hotspur in June 2004 but although he played some promising games on the wing in his first few months at the club, scoring the only goal in a win at Newcastle United, he finished the season as an occasional left-back and was deemed surplus to requirements after only 1 year in London. Atouba joined Hamburg in July 2005. ^[1]

Atouba caused controversy after several rash challenges led to goals against his clubs in the Champions League. After receiving some jeering from a disgruntled crowd he reacted by raising his middle finger to them, and asking to be substituted, having been substituted he repeated his actions and was spat at, and then received a red card. ^[2]