Ignatius

Ganago

CF Nantes #17

Centre-Forward · Forward · #17

Ignatius Ganago

Nantes Ligue 2

Date of birth / Age: 27 · 16 Feb 1999
Citizenship: CameroonNigeria
Foot: Right
Height · Weight: 1.76 m · 78 kg
Main position: Centre-Forward
Contract until: 2027

Top 16% of strikers in the world
#293 striker aged 26–29

Benchmarks

strikers with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank: #859; striker in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #293; among strikers aged 26–29
In his league: 48%; of Ligue 1 strikers rank below him
Finishing: −3.1; goals below expected · better than 12% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

3 Expected

6.1

42 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

2 Expected

1.3

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 14
Starting eleven: 10
Goals: 3
Assists: 1
Yellow cards: 1
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 878

Starting eleven71%

10 of 14 appearances

Minutes played878

63 per appearance

Goal involvement4

3 goals · 1 assists

Positions played

195 matches · since 2017/18

RBCMRWLWAMCF

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Forward	133	23	5
Attacking Midfield	22	1	1
Left Winger	21	2	0
Right Winger	17	2	2
Other · CM, RB	2	1	0

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Ligue 2	Nantes	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	122
2025/26	Ligue 1	Nantes	13	10	3	1	1	0	0	839
2025/26	Coupe de France	Nantes	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	39
2025	MLS	New England	20	19	3	2	1	0	0	1,580
2024/25	Ligue 1	Nantes	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	234
2024/25	Coupe de France	Nantes	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	71
2023/24	Ligue 1	Nantes	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	182
2026	CAF World Cup Qualifiers	Cameroon	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	7
2022/23	Ligue 1	Nantes	28	16	5	–	0	–	0	1,520
2022/23	Ligue 1	Lens	4	0	0	–	0	–	0	57
2022/23	UEFA Europa League	Nantes	6	3	1	–	0	–	0	280
2022/23	Coupe de France	Nantes	5	3	0	–	0	–	0	339
2021/22	Ligue 1	Lens	28	11	5	1	2	0	0	1,024
2021/22	Coupe de France	Lens	1	1	1	–	0	–	0	72
2023	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	Cameroon	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	195
2021	CAF Africa Cup of Nations	Cameroon	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	66
2020/21	Ligue 1	Lens	24	16	7	0	0	0	0	1,317
2019/20	Ligue 1	Nice	26	12	3	1	0	0	0	1,237
2019/20	Coupe de France	Nice	2	2	1	–	0	–	0	126
2019/20	Coupe de la Ligue	Nice	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	90
2022	CAF World Cup Qualifiers	Cameroon	3	0	0	–	0	–	0	78
2021	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	Cameroon	2	0	0	–	1	–	0	54
2018/19	Ligue 1	Nice	20	9	2	0	1	0	0	1,035
2018/19	National 2	Nice II	1	0	1	–	0	–	0	22
2018/19	Coupe de la Ligue	Nice	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	44
2018/19	Coupe de France	Nice	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	46
2017/18	Ligue 1	Nice	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	63
2017/18	National 2	Nice II	3	3	3	–	0	–	0	209
2017/18	UEFA Europa League	Nice	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	30
2017/18	UEFA Champions League	Nice	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	13
2017/18	Coupe de la Ligue	Nice	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	13
2017/18	Coupe de France	Nice	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	23

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			227	115	36	5^*	9	0^*	0	11,027

By competition	Apps	G	A
Ligue 1	166	26	3
MLS	20	3	2
Coupe de France	12	2	–
Cameroon	11	0	–
UEFA Europa League	8	1	–
National 2	4	4	–
Coupe de la Ligue	3	0	–
Ligue 2	2	0	0
UEFA Champions League	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Dec 2025 Dec 2025 · Back from Loan New England Nantes Back from Loan
Jan 2025 Jan 2025 · Loan Nantes New England Loan Loan
Sept 2022 Sept 2022 · Transfer Lens Nantes Transfer
Jul 2020 Jul 2020 · Transfer Nice Lens Transfer
Jul 2018 Jul 2018 · Transfer O.G.C. Nice Côte d'Azur II Nice Transfer
Jul 2016 Jul 2016 · Free Transfer – Ecole De Football Des Brasseri Free Transfer Free

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