Benoît Assou-Ekotto
| Benoît Assou-Ekotto | ||
 Assou-Ekotto in the Spurs jersey in November 2010
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Benoît Pierre David Assou-Ekotto | |
| birthday | March 24, 1984 | |
| place of birth | Arras , France | |
| position | left defender | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| -1994 | ASPTT Arras | |
| 1994-2004 | RC Lens | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2003-2006 | RC Lens | 66 (0) |
| 2006-2015 | Tottenham Hotspur | 155 (4) |
| 2013-2014 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 31 (0) |
| 2015-2016 | AS Saint-Etienne | 20 (0) |
| 2016-2018 | FC Metz | 31 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| 2009-2014 | Cameroon | 24 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of February 2, 2019 2 As of February 2, 2019 |
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Benoît Pierre David Assou-Ekotto (born March 24, 1984 in Arras ) is a former French - Cameroonian football player on the position of left back.
Career
society
Assou-Ekotto began his professional career in 2003 at RC Lens , which had signed him in 1994 from his youth club ASPTT Arras. He made his Ligue 1 debut on March 28, 2004 against Paris Saint-Germain . The game was won 1-0, two more missions followed. At the end of the season, the RC Lens was eighth in Ligue 1. Assou-Ekotto's most successful season with the RC Lens was the 2005/06 season, in which they finished fourth: the RC Lens qualified for the UEFA Cup via the UI Cup and were divorced in the third round against Udinese Calcio . Assou-Ekotto played for the first time internationally in the first leg against Lech Posen ; the game ended 2-1.
The following year Assou-Ekotto moved to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League . He played his first competitive game on August 19, 2006 on the first day of play against Bolton Wanderers , which was lost 2-0. After the first season he came due to a knee injury in the 2007/08 season only to an appearance in the Premier League and one in the UEFA Cup . In 2008/09 Assou-Ekotto was a regular at Spurs; in 38 games he was used 29 times. Tottenham finished eighth and lost 4-1 to Manchester United in the final of the English League Cup on penalties.
On September 2, 2013, Assou-Ekotto moved to the end of the season on loan in the Football League Championship to the Queens Park Rangers . In February 2015, his contract with Tottenham Hotspur was terminated after he had not played a game under coach Mauricio Pochettino in the 2014/15 season. He played his last game for Tottenham in May 2013.
On August 16, 2016, Assou-Ekotto signed a contract with FC Metz . The defender played here until the summer of 2018 and has been without a new club since then.
National team
On February 11, 2009, he was called up for a friendly against Guinea for the first time in the Cameroonian national team , for which he had decided, although he could also have played for the French association. He took part in the 2014 World Cup with the national team and caused a stir when he gave his own teammate Benjamin Moukandjo a head-butt in the game against Croatia . Cameroon was eliminated in the preliminary round.
family
His older brother Mathieu Assou-Ekotto (born April 8, 1978) was also a professional footballer and played a. a. for Standard Liège and Excelsior Mouscron in Belgium .
successes
Web links
- Benoît Assou-Ekotto in the database of soccerbase.com (English)
- Benoît Assou-Ekotto in the database of weltfussball.de
- Assou-Ekotto on the website of FC Metz
Individual evidence
- ↑ Benoit Assou-Ekotto . Profile on tottenhamhotspur.com, accessed February 2, 2015
- ↑ Football Club de Metz (ed.): Assou-Ekotto est messin. In: FC Metz. August 16, 2016, accessed September 25, 2016 (French).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Assou-Ekotto, Benoît |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Assou-Ekotto, Benoît Pierre David (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cameroonian-French soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arras , France |