Ignatius Ganago
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Ignatius Kpene Ganago | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 16 February 1999 | |||||||||||||||
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
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* 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]
Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
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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 |
- ^ Includes Coupe de France
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
- ^ 1 appearance in UEFA Champions League, 2 in UEFA Europa League
International[]
- As of match played 17 November 2019 [7]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Cameroon | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 0 |
Honours[]
Cameroon
- Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2021[8]
References[]
- ^ a b Ignatius Ganago at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "10 African talents looking to break through in 2017 - Paul Nehf". www.paulnehf.de.
- ^ "Nice vs. Monaco - 9 September 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "Ignatius Ganago au RC Lens". Ligue 1. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Tunisia vs. Cameroon - 12 October 2019 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
- ^ "Nice refuse to release Cameroon's Ignatius Ganago for Under-23 Afcon". 30 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Ignatius Ganago at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ AfricaNews (6 February 2022). "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place". Africanews. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
External links[]
Categories:
- Living people
- 1999 births
- Sportspeople from Douala
- Association football forwards
- Cameroonian footballers
- Cameroon international footballers
- OGC Nice players
- RC Lens players
- Ligue 1 players
- Cameroonian expatriate footballers
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate footballers in France
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players