Francis Idriss Ambane Moubourou (born 8 November 1984 in

Douala Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. It was home to Central Africa's largest port, now being replaced by Kribi port. It has the country ...

) is a

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ian professional

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er, who last played for

Gokulam Kerala FC Gokulam Kerala Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Kozhikode, Kerala. Founded in 2017, the club competes in the I-League, the second tier of the Indian football league system. They won the 2020–21 I-League title t ...

in the

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Career

Ambane started his professional club career with

Elite One The Championnat du Cameroun de football (also known as MTN Elite One since 2007 for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of professional association football league system in Cameroon, governed by the Cameroonian Football Federation sin ...

outfit

Canon Yaoundé Canon Sportif de Yaoundé, commonly known as Canon Yaoundé, is a Cameroonian professional football club based in the capital city of Yaoundé. The club was formed in 1930 and play their games at Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo. Their most successful perio ...

, 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 Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (), often simply called Sporting Lokeren or Lokeren, was a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Lokeren, in the province of East Flanders. The club was founded in 1923 but ce ...

a Belgian

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in 2003–2004 season. After just one season Ambane returned to

and joined another

MTN Elite one The Championnat du Cameroun de football (also known as MTN Elite One since 2007 for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of professional association football league system in Cameroon, governed by the Cameroonian Football Federation sin ...

club

Union Douala Union Sportive de Douala is a Cameroonian professional football club based in Douala Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. It was hom ...

. He spent 3 seasons there before he returned to his youth club

. In 2009–2010 Ambane Francis was sold to

ES Sétif Entente Sportive Sétifienne (), known as Entente de Sétif, commonly referred to as ES Sétif or ESS for short, is an Algerian professional association football, football club based in Sétif. The club was founded in 1958 and its colours are bl ...

. On 14 July 2011 Ambane signed a two-year contract with

ASO Chlef Association Sportive Olympique de Chlef (), known as ASO Chlef or simply ASO for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Chlef, founded in 1947. The club colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium, ...

, joining them on a free transfer from

after terminating his contract with the club. On 19 January 2012 Ambane signed a one-year contract with

WA Tlemcen Widad Athletic Tlemcen (), known as WA Tlemcen or WAT for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Tlemcen. The club was founded in 1962 and its colours are blue and white. Their home stadium, Colonel Lotfi Stadium, has a capaci ...

, joining them on a free transfer from

With ES Sétif, he won the

2009–10 Algerian Cup The 2009–10 Algerian Cup was the 46th edition of the Algerian Cup. ES Sétif won the Cup by defeating CA Batna 3–0 in the final with a brace from Hocine Metref and an own goal from Saber Chebana. It was the seventh time that Sétif won the tr ...

. He was also in Sétif's

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and

2009 CAF Confederation Cup The 2009 CAF Confederation Cup was the 6th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The competition began with the preliminary round stage in the ...

Runners-up squad. On 11 October 2017, newly-formed

side

announced that they have secured services of Ambane for the

2017–18 I-League The 2017–18 I-League was the 11th season of the I-League. Aizawl were the defending champions. NEROCA entered as the promoted team from the 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division. The season began on 25 November 2017. Minerva Punjab won their first ...

season. Gokulam finished 7th in the season and Ambané has appeared in only 4 league matches for ''"the Malabarians"''. On 14 January, he was released by the club.

International career

Ambané has represented Cameroon U23 in 7 matches, scoring 2 goals. He featured with the Cameroon

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team in

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. Ambane was the only home base that was selected 3 times for the Cameroon national team games in 2006–2007. He made his senior international debut on 23 December 2012 against

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in a 1-0 friendly win. He has also represented Cameroon in the

2016 African Nations Championship The 2016 African Nations Championship, also known for short as the 2016 CHAN and for sponsorship purposes as the Orange S.A., Orange African Nations Championship, was the 4th edition of the biennial African association football tournament organ ...

, where they lost 3-0 to

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in the Quarter-finals.

Honours

Club

;Canon Yaoundé *

Super Coupe Roger Milla The Super Coupe Roger Milla is a match competition in Cameroon football, played between the Cameroon Premiere Division champions and the Cameroon Cup winners. Finals *1999 : Sable FC (Batié) 1–0 Canon Yaoundé (Yaoundé) *2000 : Kumbo Strikers ...

: Runners-up (1):

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;ES Sétif *

: Runners-up (1): 2009–10 *

Algerian Cup The Algerian Cup () also known the Republic Cup (), is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after independence, and has been played yearly since then apart ...

: Champions (1): 2009–10 *

CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football football team, club competition established in 2004 and organized by Confederation of African Football, CAF ...

: Runners-up (1):

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ambane, Francis Cameroonian men's footballers ES Sétif players Cameroonian Christians 1984 births Living people Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Algeria Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Algeria Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium ASO Chlef players WA Tlemcen players Canon Yaoundé players Union Douala players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players Men's association football midfielders Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in India Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in India 2016 African Nations Championship players Footballers from Douala Cameroon men's A' international footballers 21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen