Benoît Assou-Ekotto

Infobox Football biography
playername = Benoît Assou-Ekotto


fullname = Benoît Pierre David Assou-Ekotto
cityofbirth = Arras
countryofbirth = France
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|3|24|df=y
height = convert|5|ft|10|in|m|2|abbr=on
currentclub = Tottenham Hotspur
clubnumber = 32
position = Defender
years = 2003–2006
2006–
clubs = Lens
Tottenham Hotspur
caps(goals) = 66 (0)
21 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Cameroon
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (0)
pcupdate = 21 September 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 14:36, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Benoît Pierre David Assou-Ekotto (born 24 March 1984 in Arras, France) is a professional Cameroonian footballer currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur.

Assou-Ekotto played 34 of 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.

After a series of poor performances and after picking up a knee injury in December 2006, he appeared to have lost his place in the first team to his predecessor at left-back Lee Young-Pyo. Having regained his fitness in the 2008/2009 season, he is playing regularly at left-back, along with Gareth Bale under Juande Ramos.

He is related to fellow professional football player Mathieu Assou-Ekotto.

External links

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*fr icon [http://www.sitercl.com/Fichejo/A/assouekb.htm Profile and Pictures of Assou-Ekotto]
*fr icon [http://www.sitercl.com/Xavier/20050828.htm Assou-Ekotto: a gold player by Sitercl.com]
*fr icon [http://www.sitercl.com/JOUEURS0/JOUEURS1/JO14inda.htm The other players of Lens]