Benoît Assou-Ekotto

Benoît Assou-Ekotto
Assou-Ekotto playing for Tottenham Hotspur in 2010
Personal information
Full name Benoît Pierre David Assou-Ekotto
Date of birth (1984-03-24) 24 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Arras, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back[2]
Youth career
1994–2004 Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Lens 67 (1)
2006–2015 Tottenham Hotspur 155 (4)
2013–2014 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 31 (0)
2015–2016 Saint-Étienne 20 (0)
2016–2018 Metz 31 (0)
Total 304 (5)
National team
2009–2014 Cameroon 23 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Benoît Pierre David Assou-Ekotto (born 24 March 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a left back.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3][4]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lens 2003–04 Ligue 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2004–05 Ligue 1 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 1
2005–06 Ligue 1 35 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 42 0
Total 67 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 74 1
Tottenham Hotspur 2006–07 Premier League 16 0 1 0 3 0 5 0 25 0
2007–08 Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2008–09 Premier League 29 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 36 0
2009–10 Premier League 30 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 34 1
2010–11 Premier League 30 0 2 0 1 0 12 0 45 0
2011–12 Premier League 34 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 38 2
2012–13 Premier League 15 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 22 1
Total 155 4 9 0 10 0 28 0 202 4
Queens Park Rangers (loan) 2013–14 Championship 31 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
Saint-Étienne 2015–16 Ligue 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 27 0
Metz 2016–17 Ligue 1 18 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 21 0
2017–18 Ligue 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Total 31 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 34 0
Career total 304 5 11 0 12 0 42 0 369 5

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National team Year Apps Goals
Cameroon 2009 5 0
2010 9 0
2011 1 0
2013 3 0
2014 5 0
Total 23 0

Honours

Lens

Tottenham Hotspur

References

  1. ↑ "Benoit Assou-Ekotto: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Benoit Assou-Ekotto". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  3. ↑ "Benoît ASSOU-EKOTTO – Football : la fiche de Benoît ASSOU-EKOTTO". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Benoît Assou-Ekotto " Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  5. ↑ Benoît Assou-Ekotto at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ↑ "Lens 3–1 Cluj (Aggregate: 4–2)". UEFA. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  7. ↑ McNulty, Phil (1 March 2009). "Man Utd 0–0 Tottenham (aet) Man Utd win 4–1 on penalties". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 January 2018.