Francis Idriss Ambane Moubourou (born 8 November 1984 in Douala) is a

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

ian professional

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er, who last played for Gokulam Kerala FC in the

I-League The I-League (known as Hero I-League for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp) is the second-tier men's professional football competition of the Indian football league system. It is currently contested by 12 clubs across the country with the w ...

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 top division of association football in Cameroon, governed by the Cameroonian Football Federation since its establishment in 1961. P ...

outfit

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

, 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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club 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 top division of association football in Cameroon, governed by the Cameroonian Football Federation since its establishment in 1961. P ...

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

. In 2009–2010 Ambane Francis was sold to ES Sétif. On 14 July 2011 Ambane signed a two-year contract with ASO Chlef, joining them on a free transfer from ES Sétif after terminating his contract with the club. On 19 January 2012 Ambane signed a one-year contract with WA Tlemcen, joining them on a free transfer from ASO Chlef 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 tro ...

. He was also in Sétif's

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 ( ar, الرابطة الجزائرية المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم); known as Championnat National de Première Division or Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat Natio ...

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 f ...

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

side Gokulam Kerala FC 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. Teams All India Football Feder ...

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

2004 Olympic The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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

Niger ) , official_languages = , languages_type = National languages2016 African Nations Championship The 2016 African Nations Championship (also referred to as CHAN 2016) was the 4th edition of the African Nations Championship, the biennial international football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the men' ...

, where they lost 3-0 to

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

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 F ...

: Runners-up (1):

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;ES Sétif *

: Runners-up (1): 2009–10 *

Algerian Cup The Algerian Cup ( ar, كأس الجزائر) also known the Republic Cup ( ar, كأس الجمهورية), is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after in ...

: 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 club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and organi ...

: Runners-up (1):

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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