Prince Ibara

Prince Vinny Ibara Doniama (born 7 February 1996) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hong Linh Ha Tinh FC.^[2]

Prince Ibara

Personal information
Full name	Prince Vinny Ibara Doniama[1]
Date of birth	(1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Brazzaville, Congo[1]
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Hong Linh Ha Tinh FC
Number	99
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014	ACNFF
2015	AS Pélican	6	(6)
2015–2017	CA Bizertin	19	(7)
2017–2018	Al-Wakrah	6	(1)
2018–2019	USM Alger	23	(9)
2019–2021	Beerschot	12	(0)
2020	→ Neftchi Baku (loan)	7	(1)
2021	→ Châteauroux (loan)	13	(3)
2021–2023	Bengaluru	17	(4)
2023–2024	Becamex Binh Duong	10	(1)
2024–	Hong Linh Ha Tinh FC	9	(3)
International career‡
2016–	Congo	15	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 08:14, 25 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:54, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Ibara began his career at Congolese side ACNFF in 2014.^[3] He later moved to AS Pélican of Gabon Championnat National D1 and CA Bizertin of Tunisia^[4] before joining Qatar Stars League side Al-Wakrah in 2017.^[5]

On 11 July 2018,^[2] Ibara joined USM Alger for three seasons, coming from Al-Wakrah To be an alternative to the striker Oussama Darfalou, also became the first Congolese to play in USM Alger.^[6] In the first, USMA signed with Zimbabwean Charlton Mashumba but the arrival of the new coach Thierry Froger, who decided to contract with another foreign player in his place.^[7] Ibara made his debut for USM Alger in the CAF Confederation Cup during a win against Rayon Sports, later on 14 August, he made his debut in the Ligue 1 against DRB Tadjenanet as a starter and scored his first goal with his new club in 3–1 victory.^[8] The following season, he scored nine goals helping the club clinching the 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 title.^[9]

In July 2019, he signed for Belgian First Division A club K Beerschot VA.^[10][11]

On 11 September 2020, Neftchi Baku announced the signing of Ibara on one-year long loan.^[12] The loan ended early and he moved on loan to French club LB Châteauroux in January 2021.^[13]

In July 2021, he moved to Indian Super League club Bengaluru FC,^[14][15] on a two-year deal ahead of the Blues' 2021 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs.^[16] He made his ISL debut on 20 November against NorthEast United FC in a 4–2 win, in which he scored a goal.^[17][18]

He moved to Becamex Binh Duong in September 2023.^[19] On 23 February 2023, he scored his first goal for the club, the only goal in the away match against The Cong-Viettel.^[20] He then played for Hong Linh Ha Tinh FC.^[21]

International career

He made his international debut for Congo in 2016, in a friendly match against Morocco.^[22] On 11 October in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, Ibara scored his first international goal in a 3–1 win against Liberia.^[23][24]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 August 2022^[1][21]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
CA Bizertin	2015–16	Tunisian Professionnelle 1	7	2	0	0	—		—		7	2
	2016–17		12	6	0	0	—		—		12	6
	Total		19	8	0	0	—		—		19	8
Al-Wakrah SC	2016–17	Qatar Stars League	8	1	0	0	—		—		8	1
	2017–18	Qatargas League	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		8	1	0	0	—		—		8	1
USM Alger	2018–19	Algerian Professionnelle 1	23	9	1	0	4[a]	1	1[b]	0	29	10
Career total			50	18	1	0	4	1	1	0	56	19

1. All appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup
2. All appearance(s) in Arab Club Champions Cup

International goals

Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first.^[1]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 October 2018	Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo	Liberia	2–1	3–1	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.	16 October 2018	Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia, Liberia		1–2	1–2
3.	17 November 2019	Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo	Guinea-Bissau	1–0	3–0	2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.	12 November 2020	Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo	Eswatini	1–0	2–0	2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

USM Alger

• Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2018–19.^[25]

Al-Wakrah

• Qatari Second Division: runner-up 2017–18^[21]

Bengaluru

• Durand Cup: 2022^[26]