Benoît Assou-Ekotto
Assou -Ekotto in the jersey of the Spurs in November 2010
Benoît Pierre David Assou -Ekotto ( born March 24, 1984 in Arras ) is a French- Cameroonian footballer on the position of a left defender. He also owns the French passport. He currently plays for Queens Park Rangers in the Football League Championship, the second English top flight.
Career
Assou -Ekotto started his professional career at RC Lens, where he came in 2003 to the first team, which committed him from his youth club ASPTT Arras. His debut in Ligue 1 was the French-born on 28 March 2004 Paris St. Germain, as he was used right from the start and played. The game was won 1-0, two more missions followed. At the end of RC Lens was eighth. His most successful season with the Northern French was the 2005/06 season, where he finished fourth and RC Lens was qualified for the UEFA Cup in 2006/ 07. He also came to the first few times on the European stage. About the way UI Cup, Lens could qualify for the UEFA Cup. After being off Romania's CFR Cluj in the final, he was urged before to the 3rd round, where you failed at Udinese Calcio. Assou -Ekotto played for the first time internationally against Lech Poznan, where he played in the first leg of the Intertoto Cup first round. The game ended 2-1.
The following year, the in Lens now to become a regular player for the equivalent of about five million euro moved to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. His first competitive match for Tottenham, he completed 19 August 2006 on the opening day against Bolton Wanderers, which was lost with 0:2. After the first season, he came out with a knee injury in the 2007/ 08 season only to use one in the Premier League and the UEFA Cup. 2008/ 09 Assou -Ekotto returned to the scene and became a regular player the Spurs in 38 games, the Cameroonian was used 29 times. Tottenham finished in eighth place and lost the final of the English League Cup Manchester United on penalties 1:4.
During the very good 2008/09er season he was called up on 11 February 2009 for a friendly match against Guinea for the first time in the national team of Cameroon, for which he has, although he could play for France, decided.
On September 2, 2013 moved to the end of the season on loan in the Football League Championship at the Queens Park Rangers.
His brother Mathieu Assou -Ekotto is also football player and is currently working for Excelsior Mouscron in Belgium.
Achievements
- Intertoto Cup Winner 2005