The stated purpose of this study was to know the competency profile of the ideal EFL teachers as viewed by preservice EFL teachers through the identification and description of the qualities that these preservice students attribute to excellent teachers. In this view, the biographical-narrative approach was adopted. 120 preservice EFL teacher students from the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Porto-Novo were onsidered with an effective participation rate of 88, 33%. The findings indicated that personal qualities are fundamental in the definition of the profile of the competent teacher. Therefore, it is expected that these profiles be taken into account to design training curricula that favor the wholistic development of teachers.