| Ignatius Ganago | |
| Full Name: | Ignatius Kpene Ganago |
| Birth Date: | 16 February 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Douala, Cameroon |
| Height: | 1.76 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Nantes |
| Clubnumber: | 7 |
| Youthyears1: | 2011–2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | EFCB |
| Youthyears2: | 2017 |
| Youthclubs2: | Nice |
| Years1: | 2017–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Nice B |
| Caps1: | 13 |
| Goals1: | 9 |
| Years2: | 2017–2020 |
| Clubs2: | Nice |
| Caps2: | 52 |
| Goals2: | 6 |
| Years3: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs3: | Lens |
| Caps3: | 56 |
| Goals3: | 12 |
| Years4: | 2022– |
| Clubs4: | Nantes |
| Caps4: | 17 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam1: | Cameroon |
| Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 19:38, 28 June 2023 (GMT) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 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.
Ganago was part of the EFCB junior academy in Cameroon before joining Nice in 2017.[1]
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.[2]
On 10 July 2020, Ganago signed for newly promoted Ligue 1 club Lens.[3]
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.[4] The transfer fee paid to Lens was reported as €3.5 million excluding bonuses.[4]
Ganago debuted for the senior Cameroon national 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]
Ganago’s four-year-old daughter died on 13 February 2023, following an illness.[7]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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[8] | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 124 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 137 | 30 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2019 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 11 | 0 | ||
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