Prince Ibara

Prince Vinny Ibara Doniama (born 7 February 1996) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Congo national team.[2]

Prince Ibara
Personal information
Full name Prince Vinny Ibara Doniama[1]
Date of birth (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996
Place of birth Brazzaville, Congo[1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
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)
International career‡
2016– Congo 15 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:30, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct 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]

International career

He made his international debut for Congo in 2016, in a friendly match against Morocco.[19] On 11 October in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, Ibara scored his first international goal in a 3–1 win against Liberia.[20][21]

Career statistics

Club
As of 30 August 2022[1][22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CA Bizertin 2015–16 Tunisian Professionnelle 1 7200——72
2016–17 12600——126
Total 19800——198
Al-Wakrah SC 2016–17 Qatar Stars League 8100——81
2017–18 Qatargas League 0000——00
Total 8100——81
USM Alger 2018–19 Algerian Professionnelle 1 239104[lower-alpha 1]11[lower-alpha 2]02910
Career total 50181041105619
  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.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 October 2018Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo Liberia2–13–12019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.16 October 2018Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia, Liberia1–21–2
3.17 November 2019Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo Guinea-Bissau1–03–02021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.12 November 2020Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo Eswatini1–02–02021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

USM Alger

Al-Wakrah

Bengaluru

References
  1. "Prince Ibara". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. "Vinny Ibara of Congo: player profile". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  3. Bengaluru FC sign Congolese striker Prince Ibara Press Trust of India. Retrieved 17 July 2021
  4. tunisie-defaite-a-lexterieur-pour-ibara-et-le-ca-bizertin drcpf.com. Retrieved 17 July 2021
  5. "ISL: Bengaluru FC signs Congolese striker Prince Ibara". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. "USMA : Prince Ibara a signé son contrat". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  7. "USMA : Bayisenge et Mashumba ne seront pas retenus". competition.dz. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  8. "Ligue 1 (J1) : USM Alger 3-1 DRB Tadjenanet". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  9. 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 July 2021
  10. "WELKOM PRINCE". www.beerschotwilrijk.be. 24 July 2019.
  11. "Beerschot haalt Congolese international (23) binnen". Gazet van Antwerpen.
  12. ""Neftçi" hücumçu transferini rəsmiləşdirdi". neftchipfk.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Neftçi PFK. 11 September 2020.
  13. "Attacker Prince Ibara joins LB Chateauroux in France. | Beerschot". www.beerschot.be.
  14. "Bengaluru FC sign Congolese striker Prince Ibara". The New Indian Express.
  15. Bengaluru bolster attack with signing of Congolese striker Prince Ibara business-standard.com. Retrieved 17 July 2021
  16. Congolese forward Prince Ibara joins Bengaluru FC on a two year deal ahead of the Blues’ AFC Cup playoff firstsportz.com. Retrieved 17 July 2021
  17. ISL 2021-22 Bengaluru FC vs NorthEast United HIGHLIGHTS: BFC beats NEUFC 4-2 sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  18. "ISL 2021-22: Bengaluru FC Record Classic 4-2 Win Against NorthEast United". Outlook India. 20 November 2021. Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  19. "ISL 2021-22: Bengaluru FC signs Congolese striker Prince Ibara for a two-year contract | XtraTime | Algulf".
  20. "Eliminatoires CAN 2019: vainqueur du Liberia, le Congo-Brazzaville se replace". rfi.fr. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  21. "Weah watches on as Liberia lose 3-1 to Congo in Nations Cup tie". BBC. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  22. Prince Ibara at Soccerway
  23. "Ligue 1 : l'USMA sacrée championne d'Algérie". tsa-algerie.com. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  24. Narayan, Aaditya (19 September 2022). "Durand Cup 2022 review: The perfect curtain-raiser to the Indian football season". www.espn.in. Kolkata: ESPN. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
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