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 | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Nantes | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2011–2017 | EFCB | ||||||||||||||||
2017 | Nice | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Nice B | 13 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Nice | 52 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Lens | 56 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Nantes | 17 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2019– | Cameroon | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:38, 28 June 2023 (GMT) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:38, 28 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]
Ganago was part of the EFCB junior academy in Cameroon before joining Nice in 2017. [2]
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]
On 10 July 2020, Ganago signed for newly promoted Ligue 1 club Lens. [4]
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]
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]
Ganago’s four-year-old daughter died on 13 February 2023, following an illness. [8]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Nice B | 2017–18 | National 2 | 12 | 8 | — | — | — | 13 | 8 | |||
2018–19 | National 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
Total | 13 | 9 | — | — | — | 13 | 9 | |||||
Nice | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 3] | 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 | ||
2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 6 | |||
2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Total | 56 | 12 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 57 | 13 | ||||
Nantes | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
Career total | 124 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 137 | 30 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Cameroon | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
2021 | 4 | 0 | |
2022 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 11 | 0 |
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