Mathieu Assou-Ekotto
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mathieu Assou-Ekotto | ||
| Date of birth | 4 April 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, France | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Boussu Dour Borinage | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| 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– | Boussu Dour Borinage | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Mathieu Assou-Ekotto (born 4 April 1978) is a French professional footballer who plays for Boussu Dour Borinage in the Belgian Second Division, 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.
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[edit] Football career
Born in Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, Assou-Ekotto spent nine years with local RC Lens (youth level comprised), but appeared 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 top level, signing with R.A.A. Louviéroise.
Assou-Ekotto contributed with 11 games in the first half of the 2005–06 season 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 outfit until it folded in December 2009.[1]
[edit] 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.[2]
[edit] 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)
[edit] External links
- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from Arras
- French people of Cameroonian descent
- French footballers
- Cameroonian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- RC Lens players
- US Créteil-Lusitanos players
- Valenciennes FC players
- Grenoble Foot 38 players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Belgian Second Division footballers
- R.E. Mouscron players
- R.A.A. Louviéroise players
- Standard Liège players
- Eredivisie players
- Willem II Tilburg players
- French expatriate footballers
- Cameroonian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Cameroonian expatriates in Belgium
- Cameroonian expatriates in the Netherlands
