Benoît Assou-Ekotto
Assou-Ekotto playing for Tottenham Hotspur in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Benoît Pierre David Assou-Ekotto | ||
| Date of birth | 24 March 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Arras, France | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Metz | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–2004 | Lens | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | Lens | 67 | (4) |
| 2006–2015 | Tottenham Hotspur | 155 | (4) |
| 2013–2014 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 31 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Saint-Étienne | 28 | (0) |
| 2016– | Metz | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2009–2014 | Cameroon | 24 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:08, 23 March 2016 (UTC). |
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Benoît Pierre David Assou-Ekotto (born 24 March 1984) is a professional footballer who plays as a left back for Ligue 1 club Metz.
Assou-Ekotto began his career at Lens and in 2006 was signed by Tottenham Hotspur. He became a first-team regular for the Premier League side, totalling 200 appearances across all competitions. He was loaned to Queens Park Rangers in 2013 and released in 2015, after which he joined Saint-Étienne.
Despite being born in France, Assou-Ekotto represented Cameroon at international level, participating in two FIFA World Cup tournaments.
At the age of ten, Assou-Ekotto followed his brother in signing for Lens, before making his Ligue 1 debut on 28 March 2004 against Paris Saint-Germain, which Lens won the game 1–0. He played in 66 games in Ligue 1 for Lens. He then played in seven of eight UEFA Cup matches as Lens fell to Udinese in the round of 32. After breaking into the first-team with three appearances in 2003–04, Assou-Ekotto caught the eye with 29 starts in 2004–05. At the start of the 2005–06 season, he played in all of Lens' games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, as they won that tournament and secured a place in that season's UEFA Cup. In the 2005–06 season, he was an almost ever-present for Lens in the league missing just four of 38 league games as his team finished fourth and again qualified for the UEFA Cup. Assou-Ekotto's outstanding performances throughout the season led to him being praised as one of the best left-backs in the country.
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