Ignatius Ganago
 Ganago with Lens in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Lens | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| 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 | 15 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Cameroon | 3 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:27, 7 January 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:27, 7 January 2021 (UTC) | |||
Ignatius Ganago (born 16 February 1999) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club RC Lens as a forward.[1]
Club career
Early career
Ganago was a member of the Cameroonian youth academy EFCB, and joined 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]
Lens
On 10 July 2020, Ganago signed for newly promoted club RC Lens.[4]
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 6 January 2021[1]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nice | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[c] | 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 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 67 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 12 | ||
- ^ Includes Coupe de France
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
- ^ 1 appearance in UEFA Champions League, 2 in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 17 November 2019 [7]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
References
- ^ a b 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