 Ganago withLens in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ignatius Kpene Ganago | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1999-02-16)16 February 1999 (age 26) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Douala, Cameroon | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | New England Revolution (on loan fromNantes) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2017 | EFCB | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Nice | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Nice B | 13 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Nice | 52 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Lens | 56 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Nantes | 41 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | →New England Revolution (loan) | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Cameroon | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:38, 19 March 2025 (GMT) | |||||||||||||||||
Ignatius Ganago (born 16 February 1999) is a Cameroonian professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forMajor League Soccer clubNew England Revolution, on loan fromLigue 1 clubNantes and theCameroon national team.[1]
Ganago was part of the EFCB junior academy in Cameroon before joiningNice in 2017.[2]
Ganago made his professional debut for Nice in a 4–0Ligue 1 win againstMonaco on 9 September 2017, coming on forMario Balotelli in the 74th minute, during which he also scored his first goal for the club.[3]
On 10 July 2020, Ganago signed for newly promoted Ligue 1 clubLens.[4]
On 1 September 2022, the last day of the 2022 summertransfer window, Ganago moved to Lens' league rivalsNantes on a four-year contract.[5] The transfer fee paid to Lens was reported as €3.5 million excluding bonuses.[5]
On 10 January 2025, it was announced that Ganago would be joiningNew England Revolution inMajor League Soccer on a six-month loan with an option to purchase, and the potential to extend the loan by six additional months if playing-time conditions are met.[6] Ganago made his MLS debut, and recorded his first start for the Revolution, in the2025 season opener, a 0-0 draw againstNashville SC on 22 February.[7]
Ganago debuted for the seniorCameroon national team in a friendly 0–0 tie withTunisia on 12 October 2019.[8] Later that month his club Nice refused to release him for the Under-23 AFCON tournament.[9]
Ganago's four-year-old daughter died on 13 February 2023, following an illness.[10]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | 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[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 | 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 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | 6[d] | 1 | 39 | 6 | |
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Total | 45 | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | 57 | 6 | |||
| New England Revolution (loan) | 2025 | MLS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 170 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 193 | 35 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 0 | |
Cameroon
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