Ignatius Ganago
Ignatius Ganago (born 16 February 1999) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club RC Lens as a forward.[1]
 Ganago with Lens in 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||
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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) | ||||||||||||||||
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]
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[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup[lower-alpha 2] | 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[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 | ||
| 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
References
- 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.
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