Mathieu Assou-Ekotto
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mathieu Assou-Ekotto | ||
| Date of birth | 8 April 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, France | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1995 | Lens | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1995–1998 | Lens B | 44 | (1) |
| 1998 | Lens | 3 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Mouscron | 4 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Créteil | 18 | (1) |
| 2001–2003 | Valenciennes | 31 | (4) |
| 2003–2004 | Grenoble | 3 | (0) |
| 2004 | Louviéroise | 29 | (0) |
| 2005 | Standard Liège | 25 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Willem | 32 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Mouscron | 74 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Boussu Dour Borinage | 56 | (3) |
| Total | 319 | (10) | |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Mathieu Assou-Ekotto (born 8 April 1978) is a French retired footballer who played mainly as a midfielder.
Over the course of nine seasons, he amassed Belgian Pro League totals of 132 games and two goals, mainly in representation of Mouscron.
Football career
Born in Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, Assou-Ekotto spent nine years with local RC Lens all levels comprised but played mainly for the reserves during his spell, only appearing in three Ligue 1 games with the club. Released in the 1998 summer, he moved to Belgium and joined R.E. Mouscron.
In the 2000 off-season, Assou-Ekotto returned to France and played for three teams in three 1/2 seasons, competing in the second, third and fourth divisions (in the latter two categories with Valenciennes FC). On 19 January 2004 he moved back to Belgium and its Pro League, signing with R.A.A. Louviéroise.
Assou-Ekotto contributed with 11 matches in the first half of the 2005–06 campaign to Standard Liége's runner-up position, before joining Willem II in the Netherlands in the following winter transfer window. In yet another January move, he signed for former team Mouscron – first joining on loan – going on to play with the Hainaut side until it folded in December 2009.[1]
Personal life
Assou-Ekotto's younger brother, Benoît, is also a footballer. A defender, he too started his career at Lens, going on to spend several seasons in the Premier League with Tottenham Hotspur.[2]
References
- ↑ Assou-Ekotto définitivement à Mouscron (Assou-Ekotto permanently with Mouscron); Foot Goal, 15 June 2007 (French)
- ↑ Belgique: Mouscron dit adieu au championnat (Belgique: Mouscron says goodbye to league); Sports.fr, 28 December 2009 (French)