Ignatius Ganago

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Ignatius Ganago
Entrainement 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 25)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Nantes
Number 7
Youth career
2011–2017 EFCB
2017 Nice
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2020 Nice B 13 (9)
2017–2020 Nice 52 (6)
2020–2022 Lens 56 (12)
2022– Nantes 41 (5)
International career‡
2019– Cameroon 14 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Bronze medal icon.svg 2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:00, 9 November 2024 (GMT)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:38, 11 June 2023 (GMT)

Ignatius Ganago (born 16 February 1999) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Nantes and the Cameroon national team. [1]

Contents

Club career

Early career

Ganago was part of the EFCB junior academy in Cameroon before joining 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 Ligue 1 club Lens. [4]

Nantes

On 1 September 2022, the last day of the 2022 summer transfer window, Ganago moved to Lens' league rivals Nantes on a four-year contract. [5] The transfer fee paid to Lens was reported as €3.5 million excluding bonuses. [5]

International career

Ganago debuted for the senior Cameroon national team in a friendly 0–0 tie with Tunisia on 12 October 2019. [6] Later that month his club Nice refused to release him for the Under-23 AFCON tournament. [7]

Personal life

Ganago's four-year-old daughter died on 13 February 2023, following an illness. [8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 September 2022 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nice B 2017–18 National 2 128———138
2018–19 National 211———11
Total139———139
Nice 2017–18 Ligue 1 6110103 [c] 0111
2018–19 Ligue 12021010—222
2019–20 Ligue 12632110—294
Total526413030627
Lens 2020–21 Ligue 124700——247
2021–22 Ligue 128511——296
2022–23 Ligue 14000——40
Total561211——5713
Nantes 2022–23 Ligue 13100—2 [d] 051
Career total1242852305013730
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France
  2. ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 5 August 2022 [9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Cameroon 201930
202140
202240
Total110

Honours

Cameroon

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References

  1. 1 2 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.
  5. 1 2 "Transferts : Ignatius Ganago (Lens) s'engage avec Nantes (officiel)". L'Équipe (in French). 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Tunisia vs. Cameroon – 12 October 2019 – Soccerway". Soccerway.
  7. ↑ Enow, Njie (30 October 2019). "Nice refuse to release Cameroon's Ignatius Ganago for Under-23 Afcon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "L'attaquant de Nantes Ignatius Ganago endeuillé par la mort de sa fille" [Nantes striker Ignatius Ganago mourns the death of his daughter]. L'Équipe (in French). 14 February 2023. Archived from the original on 13 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  9. ↑ Ignatius Ganago at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. ↑ AfricaNews (6 February 2022). "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place". Africanews. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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