Manuel Ibarra

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ibarra and the second or maternal family name is Valdés.

Manuel Francisco Ibarra Valdés (born 18 November 1977) is a former Chilean footballer who played as right-back.

Manuel Ibarra

Personal information
Full name	Manuel Francisco Ibarra Valdés
Date of birth	(1977-11-18) 18 November 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Graneros, Chile
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Right-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1995	Santiago Morning	–	(–)
1995–1997	Coquimbo Unido	6	(0)
1998–2001	Santiago Morning	45	(0)
2002–2003	Magallanes	50	(0)
2004–2005	Universidad de Chile	63	(0)
2006	Cobresal	23	(1)
2007	Unión Española	24	(0)
2008	Audax Italiano	3	(0)
Total		214	(1)
International career
2000	Chile Olympic	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

At the age of 17, Ibarra moved to Santiago from his hometown, Graneros, and joined Santiago Morning in the Chilean Tercera División.^[1]

After, he played on Chilean clubs Coquimbo Unido, Santiago Morning, Cobresal, Everton, Magallanes, Unión Española, and Universidad de Chile. He played in 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The team won the bronze medal.

Post-retirement

At the same time Ibarra was a footballer, he trained boxing. Following his retirement, he became a boxer at amateur level.^[1]

In addition to boxing, Ibarra has also spending time as a cumbia singer-songwriter^[2][3] and sports coach for football academies and schools.^[1][4]

Ibarra has taken part in friendly matches of historical players of Universidad de Chile alongside former players such as Sergio Vargas, Cristián Castañeda, Víctor Bascuñán, Mariano Puyol, among others.^[4][5]

Honours

Universidad de Chile

• Primera División de Chile (1): 2004 Apertura

Chile Olympic

• Olympic Games: in 2000 Sydney