Ignatius Ganago

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Ignatius Ganago
Entraînement du RC Lens - 15 juillet 2020 22.jpg
Ganago with Lens in 2020
Personal information
Full name Ignatius Kpene Ganago
Date of birth (1999-02-16) 16 February 1999 (age 23)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Lens
Number 9
Youth career
2011–2017 EFCB
2017 Nice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Nice II 13 (9)
2017–2020 Nice 52 (6)
2020– Lens 24 (7)
National team‡
2019– Cameroon 3 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place 2021 Cameroon
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:27, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Ignatius Ganago (born 16 February 1999) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club RC Lens as a forward.[1]

Club career[]

Early career[]

Ganago was part of the EFCB junior academy in Cameroon before joining OGC Nice in 2017.[2]

Nice[]

Ganago made his professional debut for Nice in a 4–0 Ligue 1 win against Monaco on 9 September 2017 coming on for Mario Balotelli in the 74th minute, during which he also scored his first goal for the club.[3]

Lens[]

On 10 July 2020, Ganago signed for newly promoted club RC Lens.[4]

International career[]

Ganago debuted for the senior Cameroon national football team in a friendly 0–0 tie with Tunisia on 12 October 2019.[5] Later that month his club Nice refused to release him for the Under-23 AFCON tournament.[6]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 1 July 2021[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nice 2017–18 Ligue 1 6 1 1 0 1 0 3[c] 0 11 1
2018–19 Ligue 1 20 2 1 0 1 0 — 22 2
2019–20 Ligue 1 26 3 2 1 1 0 — 29 4
Total 52 6 4 1 3 0 3 0 62 7
Lens 2020–21 Ligue 1 24 7 0 0 — — 24 7
Career total 76 13 4 1 3 0 3 0 86 14
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ 1 appearance in UEFA Champions League, 2 in UEFA Europa League

International[]

As of match played 17 November 2019 [7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Cameroon 2019 3 0
Total 3 0

Honours[]

Cameroon

References[]

  1. ^ a b Ignatius Ganago at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  2. ^ "10 African talents looking to break through in 2017 - Paul Nehf". www.paulnehf.de.
  3. ^ "Nice vs. Monaco - 9 September 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Ignatius Ganago au RC Lens". Ligue 1. Retrieved 10 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Tunisia vs. Cameroon - 12 October 2019 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  6. ^ "Nice refuse to release Cameroon's Ignatius Ganago for Under-23 Afcon". 30 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ^ Ignatius Ganago at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. ^ AfricaNews (6 February 2022). "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place". Africanews. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

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