Born in Adzopé, N'Goran grew up in a family of 13 in the city of Abidjan, the son of an auto factory worker and a homemaker.

[1] He learned to play tennis with self-made wooden paddles, as they couldn't afford proper rackets.

[1] N'Goran, a big serving left-handed player, is the most capped Ivorian Davis Cup representative in history.

He had a win over Carlos Moyá at the Tampere Open in 1995 and won a total of four Challenger titles, all in doubles.

[5] At ATP Tour level he appeared in the main draw of three tournaments, the first was the 1995 Lipton Championships (Miami Masters), which he entered as a qualifier and lost in the first round to MaliVai Washington.