# Ignatius Ganago

Ignatius Ganago (born 16 February 1999) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club New England Revolution, on loan from Ligue 1 club Nantes and the Cameroon national team.

## Club career
### Early career

Ganago was part of the EFCB junior academy in Cameroon before joining Nice in 2017.

### 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.

### Lens

On 10 July 2020, Ganago signed for newly promoted Ligue 1 club Lens.

### Nantes

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. The transfer fee paid to Lens was reported as €3.5 million excluding bonuses.

### New England Revolution

On 10 January 2025, it was announced that Ganago would be joining New England Revolution in Major 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. Ganago made his MLS debut, and recorded his first start for the Revolution, in the 2025 season opener, a 0-0 draw against Nashville SC on 22 February.

## International career

Ganago debuted for the senior Cameroon national team in a friendly 0–0 tie with Tunisia on 12 October 2019. Later that month his club Nice refused to release him for the Under-23 AFCON tournament.

## Personal life

Ganago's four-year-old daughter died on 13 February 2023, following an illness.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 18 September 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Nice B | 2017–18 | National 2 | 12 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 8 |
| Nice B | 2018–19 | National 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Nice B | Total | Total | 13 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 9 |
| Nice | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Nice | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 2 |
| Nice | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 4 |
| Nice | Total | Total | 52 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 7 |
| Lens | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 7 |
| Lens | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 6 |
| Lens | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Lens | Total | Total | 56 | 12 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 57 | 13 |
| Nantes | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 124 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 137 | 30 |
* ↑ Includes Coupe de France
* ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
* ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

### International

    As of match played 5 August 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Cameroon | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| Cameroon | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| Cameroon | 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 11 | 0 |

## Honours

Cameroon
* Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2021