| Francis Ambané | |
| Full Name: | Francis Idriss Ambane Moubourou[1] |
| Birth Date: | 8 November 1984[2] |
| Birth Place: | Douala, Cameroon |
| Height: | 1.82 m |
| Position: | Midfielder/Play-Maker[3] |
| Years1: | 2002–2003 |
| Caps1: | 14 |
| Goals1: | 7 |
| Years2: | 2003–2004 |
| Caps2: | 17 |
| Goals2: | 6 |
| Years3: | 2004–2007 |
| Caps3: | 20 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Years4: | 2007–2008 |
| Caps4: | 19 |
| Goals4: | 5 |
| Years5: | 2008–2011 |
| Caps5: | 16 |
| Goals5: | 5 |
| Years6: | 2011–2012 |
| Caps6: | 17 |
| Goals6: | 6 |
| Years7: | 2012–2013 |
| Caps7: | 21 |
| Goals7: | 7 |
| Years8: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs8: | AS Fortuna |
| Years9: | 2017–2018 |
| Caps9: | 3 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Nationalteam1: | Cameroon U-23 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Nationalteam2: | Cameroon |
| Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 00:00, 31 May 2012 (UTC) |
Francis Idriss Ambane Moubourou (born 8 November 1984 in Douala) is a Cameroonian professional footballer,[4] who last played for Gokulam Kerala FC in the I-League.[5]
Ambane started his professional club career with Elite One outfit Canon Yaoundé, where he appeared in 14 league matches and scored 7 goals. He was in Yaoundé's 2002 Super Coupe Roger Milla Runners-up squad.
He later moved to KSC Lokeren a Belgian association football club in 2003–2004 season.[6] After just one season Ambane returned to Cameroon and joined another MTN Elite one club Union Douala.[7] He spent 3 seasons there before he returned to his youth club Canon Yaoundé.[8] In 2009–2010 Ambane Francis was sold to ES Sétif.[9]
On 14 July 2011 Ambane signed a two-year contract with ASO Chlef, joining them on a free transfer from ES Sétif after terminating his contract with the club.[10] On 19 January 2012 Ambane signed a one-year contract with WA Tlemcen, joining them on a free transfer from ASO Chlef
With ES Sétif, he won the 2009–10 Algerian Cup.[11] He was also in Sétif's Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and 2009 CAF Confederation Cup Runners-up squad.
On 11 October 2017, newly-formed I-League side Gokulam Kerala FC announced that they have secured services of Ambane for the 2017–18 I-League season.[12] [13] [14] Gokulam finished 7th in the season and Ambané has appeared in only 4 league matches for "the Malabarians".[15] On 14 January, he was released by the club.[16]
Ambané has represented Cameroon U23 in 7 matches, scoring 2 goals. He featured with the Cameroon 2004 Olympic team in Athens.
Ambane was the only home base that was selected 3 times for the Cameroon national team games in 2006–2007.[17] He made his senior international debut on 23 December 2012 against Niger in a 1-0 friendly win.[18]
He has also represented Cameroon in the 2016 African Nations Championship, where they lost 3-0 to Ivory Coast in the Quarter-finals.
Runners-up (1): 2002
Runners-up (1): 2009–10
Champions (1): 2009–10
Runners-up (1): 2009