Manuel Ibarra

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ibarra and the second or maternal family name is Valdés.
Manuel Ibarra
Personal information
Full name Manuel Francisco Ibarra Valdés
Date of birth (1977-11-18) 18 November 1977
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

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

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
Chile Olympic

References

  1. ^ a b c Vásquez, César (30 August 2025). "Histórico de la U debutará como boxeador y desafía a Sammis Reyes". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  2. ^ ""Caté" Ibarra se une al boom de los artistas que han dedicado canciones a la "Roja"". La Tercera (in Spanish). 22 March 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  3. ^ TE QUIERO CHILE - CATE IBARRA on YouTube
  4. ^ a b Aliaga, Martín (15 August 2025). "Se formó en Coquimbo Unido, fue campeón con la U y hoy tiene una nueva vida: "Estoy dirigiendo"". Bolavip Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Históricos de Colo Colo ganaron a la "U" en cierre de aniversario regional". Soy Chile (in Spanish). 28 October 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
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