Francis N'Ganga

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Francis N'Ganga
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-06-16) 16 June 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Poitiers, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left back / defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Lokeren
Number 41
Youth career
–2004 Grenoble Foot 38
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2009 Grenoble 106 (2)
2009–2012 Tours 81 (0)
2012–2019 Charleroi 157 (1)
2019 Ermis Aradippou 8 (0)
2019– Lokeren 5 (0)
International career‡
2008– Congo 41 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 March 2018

Francis N'Ganga (born 16 June 1985) is a Congolese footballer who plays as a left back in Belgium for Lokeren.

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Club career

On 12 July 2019, he signed with Lokeren. [1]

International career

His debut in the national team was on 7 September 2008 in Brazzaville vs. Mali.

He represented the national team at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, where his team advanced to the quarterfinals. [2] [3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 January 2019
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Grenoble 2005–06 [4] Ligue 2 27100——271
2006–07 [4] 33000——330
2007–08 [4] 30100——301
2008–09 [4] Ligue 1 9000——90
Grenoble total99200——992
Tours 2009–10 [4] Ligue 2 30000—2 [lower-alpha 1] 0320
2010–11 [4] 24000—1 [lower-alpha 1] 0250
2011–12 [4] 22000—1 [lower-alpha 1] 0230
Tours total76000—40800
Charleroi 2012–13 [4] Pro League 31010——320
2013–14 [4] 11010——120
2014–15 [4] 20010——210
2015–16 [4] 370104 [lower-alpha 2] 0—420
2016–17 [4] First Division A 34120——361
2017–18 [4] 24031—00271
Charleroi total15719140001702
Career total33239140403494
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in the Coupe de la Ligue
  2. ↑ Appearances in the Europa League

International

Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first. [5]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 November 2011 Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire, Congo Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe 1–11–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.19 November 2014 Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 1–01–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.17 November 2015 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, CongoFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1–12–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

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References

  1. ↑ "Sporting Lokeren haalt verdediger N'Ganga" (Press release) (in Dutch). Lokeren. 12 July 2019.
  2. ↑ Okeleji, Oluwashina (8 January 2015). "Nations Cup 2015: LeRoy finalises Congo squad". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Congo -DR Congo 2:4". France24. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Francis N'Ganga at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "N'Ganga, Francis". National Football Teams. Retrieved 4 March 2018.


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