Jovany Ikanga

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Jovany Ikanga
Personal information
Full name Jovany Ikanga A Ngele
Date of birth (2002-03-24) 24 March 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth Paris, France [1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Red Star
Number 23
Youth career
2008–2021 Red Star
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021– Red Star 52 (13)
2024–2025 → Dijon (loan) 29 (7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 06:39, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

Jovany Ikanga A Ngele (born 24 March 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 2 club Red Star.

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Career

Having joined the club at the age of six, Ikanga is a product of the youth academy of Red Star. [2] After having made his senior debut for the club in a Championnat National match against Boulogne in 2021, he signed his first professional contract on 4 August 2022. [2] In the 2022–23 season, he went on to finish as Red Star's top scorer in the league with nine goals, and was described by Le Parisien as the "revelation" of his team. [3] [4] The following year, he was crowned a Championnat National champion with Red Star, earning promotion to Ligue 2. [5]

On 8 September 2024, Ikanga was sent on loan to Dijon in the Championnat National for the rest of the season. [6] He provided an assist on his debut in a 2–0 win over Paris 13 Atletico. [7]

Ikanga returned to Red Star after his loan at Dijon. On 23 August 2025, he scored a brace in a 4–0 win over Guingamp in Ligue 2. [8] On 19 September, he scored in a 1–0 win over Nancy, sending Red Star to the top of the league. [9]

Personal life

Born in France, Ikanga is of Congolese descent from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [10]

Honours

Red Star

References

  1. ↑ Jovany Ikanga at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 Star, Red (4 August 2022). "JOVANY IKANGA SIGNE | Red Star Football Club" (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  3. ↑ à 09h00, Par Laurent Pruneta Le 12 mai 2023 (12 May 2023). "Enfant de Saint-Ouen, au club depuis ses 8 ans… Qui est Jovany Ikanga, la révélation du Red Star ?". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ "Meilleur buteur National 2023". BeSoccer (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  5. 1 2 Garlan, Victor (26 April 2024). "Le Red Star sacré champion de National". Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  6. ↑ Ecoffet, Jérémy (8 September 2024). "Jovany Ikanga prêté au DFCO !". DFCO (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "Football - National . DFCO : la recrue Jovany Ikanga, tout en contrôle". www.bienpublic.com (in French). 15 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  8. ↑ FOOT.CD (23 August 2025). "D2 France: Jovany Ikanga doubleur buteur avec Red Star devant Guingamp de Darly Nlandu et Jérémie Matumona". FOOT.CD (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  9. ↑ Media365 (19 September 2025). "Ligue 2 (J6) : Le Red Star seul leader, Pau grimpe sur le podium". Orange Actualités (in French). Retrieved 20 September 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ "DFCO - Jovany Ikanga, l'heure de l'émancipation : "Pas l'habitude de rentrer et que maman ne me fasse pas à manger" - ici". ici, le média de la vie locale (in French). 17 October 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
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