Thimothée Atouba

Born on : February 17, 1982 (44 years) at Douala

Nationality : Cameroon

Height : 1m91

Weight : 80 kg

Number of international caps : 42

First cap : vs Mozambique 28/02/1999

2010-2011
2009-2010
2008-2009
2007-2008
2006-2007
2005-2006
2004-2005
2002-2003
2001-2002

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Main position
Left full-back	70%

Atouba's career statisticsLast updated on 11/07/2026 at 07:21

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Presence

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Results

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Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

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2013/2014

Las Palmas

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Las Palmas	Liga Adelante	3					1		163	3	100%		7%			0%	67%	33%
Las Palmas	Copa del Rey	1						1	13	3	0%	1	25%			0%	100%	0%

2012/2013

Las Palmas

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Las Palmas	Liga Adelante	4					1	3	349	3	100%		13%	1	1	25%	50%	25%
Las Palmas	Segunda Division Playoffs	2					3		190	3	100%		100%			0%	50%	50%

2010/2011

Ajax

2009/2010

Ajax

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Ajax	Eredivisie	1					4		90	0	100%		3%	1		0%	0%	100%
Ajax	(C3) Europa League	2					1	1	145	7	100%		20%			100%	0%	0%

2008/2009

Hambourg

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Hambourg	DFB-Pokal	2	1	1	180	100%		40%		100%	0%	0%
Hambourg	Bundesliga	9	9	1	592	89%	1	26%	1	56%	22%	22%
Hambourg	(C3) UEFA Cup	3	1	2	177	67%	1	21%	1	67%	33%	0%
Cameroon	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	1	1		90	100%		25%		100%	0%	0%

2007/2008

Hambourg

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Hambourg	Bundesliga	22	19	6	1575	0	82%	4	65%	5	36%	27%	36%
Hambourg	(C3) UEFA Cup	8	4	5	690	0	100%		67%	1	75%	25%	0%
Hambourg	DFB-Pokal	1	1		90	0	100%		25%		100%	0%	0%
Cameroon	Friendlies	1	2		90	0	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Cameroon	CAF Nations Cup	6	8	2	513	5	100%		100%	2	67%	0%	33%
Cameroon	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	4	1	3	344	0	100%		100%	1	75%	25%	0%

2006/2007

Hambourg

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Hambourg	Bundesliga	21	15	10	1770	95%	1	62%	3	1	43%	38%	19%
Hambourg	Champions League	4	7		245	100%		50%	1	1	25%	0%	75%
Cameroon	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	2	2		180	100%		40%			100%	0%	0%

2005/2006

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Hambourg	Intertoto Cup	6				6	512	100%		100%	1	83%	17%	0%
Hambourg	Bundesliga	31	1	2771	22	15	2771	100%		91%	6	65%	16%	19%
Hambourg	DFB-Pokal	3	1	275	3		275	100%		100%	1	67%	0%	33%
Hambourg	(C3) UEFA Cup	8			3	5	720	100%		80%	1	75%	13%	13%
Cameroon	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	1					14	0%	1	50%		100%	0%	0%
Cameroon	CAF Nations Cup	3			2	1	300	100%		75%		67%	33%	0%
Cameroon	Friendlies	1			1		45	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Cameroon B	Friendlies	1				1	90	100%				100%	0%	0%

2004/2005

Tottenham

1397

2361

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Tottenham	Premier League	18	1	1397	12	8	1397	24	83%	4	47%	1	50%	28%	22%
Tottenham	League Cup	1			1		120	0	100%		25%		0%	100%	0%
Tottenham	FA Cup	5			4	1	413	0	100%		83%	2	40%	40%	20%
Cameroon	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	3			5		251	0	100%		60%		33%	33%	33%
Cameroon	Friendlies	1			3		90	0	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Cameroon	Friendlies	1				1	90	0	100%		100%		100%	0%	0%

2004/2005

FC Basel

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Cameroon	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	1						1	90	0	100%		100%			100%	0%	0%
FC Basel	Super League	3					2	1	239	0	100%		75%			67%	33%	0%

2003/2004

FC Basel

1287

1817

Club	Competition													V	D	L
FC Basel	Super League	30	2	4	1287	25	11	2574	0	97%	1	83%	4	70%	20%	10%
FC Basel	(C3) UEFA Cup	3				6		285	0	100%		75%		0%	0%	100%
FC Basel	Schweizer Cup	2				1		162	0	100%		67%	1	50%	0%	50%
Cameroon	Friendlies	1					1	90	0	100%		100%		0%	100%	0%
Cameroon	CAF Nations Cup	4				5	1	308	5	75%	1	100%		25%	50%	25%
Cameroon	Friendlies	1						34	0	0%	1	100%		0%	0%	100%
Cameroon	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	2				1	1	180	0	100%		100%		50%	50%	0%

2002/2003

Club	Competition												V	D	L
FC Basel	Nationalliga A	26		1		25	8	2009	88%	3	72%	1	65%	15%	19%
FC Basel	Champions League	11	1		975	20	3	975	91%	1	69%	1	36%	27%	36%
FC Basel	Schweizer Cup	4	1		345		4	345	100%		80%		100%	0%	0%
Cameroon	Friendlies	2				1	1	63	50%	1	67%		50%	0%	50%
Cameroon	Confederations Cup	5				1	4	253	40%	3	100%	1	60%	20%	20%

2001/2002

FC Basel

1004

1314

Club	Competition															V	D	L
FC Basel	Nationalliga A	14	1		1004		9	5	1004	0	79%	3	100%			79%	0%	21%
FC Basel	Schweizer Cup	3					2		310	0	100%			1		67%	33%	0%

2001/2002

Xamax

2000/2001

Xamax

1145

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Xamax	Nationalliga A	15	1		1145		22	3	1145	0	87%	2	68%	4		27%	7%	67%

1999

Union Douala

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Cameroon	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	2						2	22	0	0%	2	50%			100%	0%	0%

Total

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Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Super League	3	200220042005
Schweizer Cup	2	20022003
Intertoto Cup	1	2006

Runner-ups

Super League	1	2003
Eredivisie	1	2010
CAF Nations Cup	1	2008
Confederations Cup	1	2003

Rewards

Victories

Super League Young Player of the Year

2002

Transfers

01/07/14 >	Retired
11/11/12 > 30/06/14	Las Palmas	Free
07/07/09 > 30/06/11	Ajax Amsterdam	Free
12/07/05 > 07/07/09	Hambourg	2.5 M€
07/08/04 > 12/07/05	Tottenham	4.5 M€
01/01/02 > 07/08/04	FC Basel	400 k€
01/07/00 > 01/01/02	Xamax
01/01/99 > 01/07/00	Union Douala

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Player career by clubLast updated on 14/07/2026 at 20:12

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Ajax	3				235	1		100%3	67%2	33%1
Cameroon	42				3047	4		79%33	57%24	24%10
Cameroon B	1				90			100%1	100%1	0%0
FC Basel	96	5	5	1581	7903	8		92%88	65%62	20%19
Hambourg	118	2		4809	9618	21	2	94%111	57%67	21%25
Las Palmas	10				715	1	1	90%9	10%1	30%3
Xamax	15	1		1145	1145	4		87%13	27%4	67%10
Tottenham	24	1		1930	1930	3		88%21	46%11	21%5

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Servette	13	12	6	13
Young Boys	9	7	5	6
FC Thun	8	6	5	6
Xamax	9	5	3	11
Bayer	8	6	3	9
Schalke 04	6	3	3	3
Hannover 96	5	1	3	3
FC Sion	4	3	3	2
M'gladbach	4	2	3	1
Duisburg	4	3	3	1
Aarau	7	4	2	12
Wil	7	6	2	9
Wolfsburg	6	2	2	6
Mainz	4	2	2	3
Valencia CF	3	1	2	6
Dortmund	3	2	2	1
Sigma	2	2	2	0
Spartak	2	2	2	0
Honvéd	2	1	2	0
Urziceni	2	1	2	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Grasshops	10	3	14
FC Zürich	9	3	12
Egypt	4	3	8
Newcastle	4	3	5
Stuttgart	5	3	9
Wolfsburg	6	3	6
Werder	5	3	6
FC Porto	2	2	7
Xamax	9	2	11
Lausanne	2	2	6
FC Thun	8	2	6
St. Gallen	7	2	8
Aarau	7	2	12
Deportivo	3	2	2
Bayern	7	2	8
Hertha	4	2	8
France	1	1	1
Malatyaspor	1	1	2
Valencia CF	3	1	6
Almería	3	1	3

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2013/2014	Las Palmas	0%	25%	4	48%	33%	46	-
2012/2013	Las Palmas	17%	33%	6	45%	24%	29	-
2010/2011	Ajax	0%	0%	0	58%	22%	55	-
2009/2010	Ajax	67%	33%	3	77%	8%	48	-
2008/2009	Hambourg	64%	14%	14	59%	31%	39	Very slightly positive
2007/2008	Hambourg	48%	26%	31	52%	10%	21	Very slightly negative
2006/2007	Hambourg	40%	28%	25	10%	45%	20	Extremely positive
2005/2006	Hambourg	69%	17%	48	20%	80%	5	-
2004/2005	Tottenham	46%	21%	24	38%	42%	24	Slightly positive
2004/2005	FC Basel	67%	0%	3	100%	0%	1	-
2003/2004	FC Basel	63%	20%	35	88%	0%	8	Negative
2002/2003	FC Basel	61%	22%	41	63%	6%	16	Very slightly negative
2001/2002	FC Basel	76%	18%	17	100%	0%	1	-
2001/2002	Xamax	0%	0%	0	26%	39%	23	-
2000/2001	Xamax	27%	67%	15	38%	33%	24	Negative
1999	Union Douala	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Neuchâtel Xamax
19/07/2000	NA	Xamax - FC Basel	2 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first victory
04/08/2000	NA	Servette - Xamax	5 - 2	First loss
09/09/2000	NA	Xamax - Lausanne-Sport	2 - 4	First goal
FC Basel
24/02/2002	NA	Lugano - FC Basel	2 - 5	First match with the club, first start, first victory
24/03/2002	NA	Grasshops - FC Basel	1 - 0	First loss
01/04/2002	NA	Servette - FC Basel	1 - 2	First goal
Tottenham
14/08/2004	PL	Tottenham - Liverpool	1 - 1	First match with the club
21/08/2004	PL	Newcastle - Tottenham	0 - 1	First start, first victory, first goal
18/10/2004	PL	Portsmouth - Tottenham	1 - 0	First loss
Hambourg
16/07/2005		Leiria - Hambourg	0 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first victory
20/08/2005	DFBP	Kickers - Hambourg	1 - 5	First goal
15/10/2005	B	Hambourg - Wolfsburg	0 - 1	First loss
06/12/2006	CL	Hambourg - CSKA Moscow	3 - 2	First red card
Ajax Amsterdam
16/08/2009	E	PSV Eindhoven - Ajax Amsterdam	4 - 3	First match with the club, first start, first loss
20/08/2009	C3EL	Ajax Amsterdam - Slovan	5 - 0	First victory
Las Palmas
02/02/2013	LA	Las Palmas - Elche	0 - 0	First match with the club, first start
24/03/2013	LA	Sabadell - Las Palmas	0 - 4	First victory
30/03/2013	LA	Las Palmas - Guadalajara	0 - 1	First loss
11/05/2013	LA	Huesca - Las Palmas	0 - 0	First red card

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 14/07/2026 at 20:12

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
Super League	Super League	88	4	1743	5	6971	90%79		63%55	14%12	24%21
Schweizer Cup	Schweizer Cup	9	1	817		817	100%9		78%7	11%1	11%1
Copa del Rey	Copa del Rey	1				13				100%1
La Liga 2	La Liga 2	7				512	100%7	1	14%1	57%4	29%2
SDP	Segunda Division Playoffs	2				190	100%2			50%1	50%1
Premier League	Premier League	18	1	1397		1397	83%15		50%9	28%5	22%4
FA Cup	FA Cup	5				413	100%5		40%2	40%2	20%1
League Cup	League Cup	1				120	100%1			100%1
Bundesliga	Bundesliga	83	1	6708		6708	93%77	1	51%42	25%21	24%20
DFB-Pokal	DFB-Pokal	6	1	545		545	100%6		83%5		17%1
Eredivisie	Eredivisie	1				90	100%1				100%1
Friendlies	Friendlies	9				592	78%7		33%3	11%1	56%5
Confederations Cup	Confederations Cup	5				253	40%2		60%3	20%1	20%1
CAF Nations Cup	CAF Nations Cup	13				1121	92%12		54%7	23%3	23%3
WCQAZ	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	12				969	92%11		67%8	25%3	8%1
CAFNCQ	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	4				202	50%2		100%4
Champions League	Champions League	15	1	1241		1241	93%14	1	33%5	20%3	47%7
Intertoto Cup	Intertoto Cup	6				512	100%6		83%5	17%1
Europa League	Europa League	24				2017	96%23		67%16	17%4	17%4

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2013/2014	Las Palmas	2	6	63	42	18	9	15	51	50
2012/2013	Las Palmas	2	6	66	42	18	12	12	62	55
2010/2011	Ajax	1	1	73	34	22	7	5	72	30
2009/2010	Ajax	1	2	85	34	27	4	3	106	20
2008/2009	Hambourg	1	5	61	34	19	4	11	49	47
2007/2008	Hambourg	1	4	54	34	14	12	8	47	26
2006/2007	Hambourg	1	7	45	34	10	15	9	43	37
2005/2006	Hambourg	1	3	68	34	21	5	8	53	30
2004/2005	Tottenham	1	9	52	38	14	10	14	47	41
2004/2005	FC Basel	1	1	7	3	2	1	0	9	2
2003/2004	FC Basel	1	1	85	36	26	7	3	86	32
2002/2003	FC Basel	1T	2	56	14	10	2	2	38	17
2002/2003	FC Basel	1T	2	47	22	14	5	3	57	25
2001/2002	FC Basel	1T	1	55	14	11	0	3	36	16
2001/2002	FC Basel	1T	1	43	22	13	4	5	52	37
2001/2002	Xamax	1T	10	25	22	6	7	9	28	36
2000/2001	Xamax	1T	11	20	22	6	2	14	21	53

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