Benoît Assou-Ekotto

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Personal information
Benoît Assou-Ekotto
Full name	Benoît Assou-Ekotto
Date of birth	March 24, 1984 (1984-03-24) (age 23)
Place of birth	Arras, France
Height	5'8" / 1.78cm
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 18:42, 30 October 2007 (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.

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