Benoît Assou-Ekotto

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Benoît Assou-Ekotto
Personal information
Full name Benoît Assou-Ekotto
Date of birth March 24, 1984 (1984-03-24) (age 24)
Place of birth    Arras, France
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Tottenham Hotspur
Number 32
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003–2006
2006–		 RC Lens
Tottenham Hotspur		 66 (0)
17 (0)   
National team2
2006– Cameroon 00 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 22:08, 27 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of June 25, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

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

Assou-Ekotto played 34 of RC 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 since picking up an injury in December 2006, he appears to have lost his place in the first team to his predecessor at left-back Lee Young-Pyo.

Yet Assou-Ekotto has been very unlucky regarding his knee injury that has hampered both of his seasons at spurs. He is not expected to be fit until the 2008/2009 season.

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

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