Benoît Assou-Ekotto
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benoît Pierre David Assou-Ekotto | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:36, 08 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.
Club career
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 former 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 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 has become the North-London club's first choice left-back ahead of Gareth Bale, due to a string of good performances under new boss Harry Redknapp.
International career
Assou-Ekotto made his debut for Cameroon against Guinea in a friendly on the 11th of February, 2009.[1] He also played the full 90 minutes in Cameroon's 1-0 surprise world cup qualifying defeat to Togo on 28 March 2009.
Personal life
He is the younger brother of fellow professional football player Mathieu Assou-Ekotto.