Sergio Ibarra

Sergio Ramón "El Checho" Ibarra (born January 11, 1973) is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a striker.

Sergio Ibarra
Personal information
Full name Sergio Ramón Ibarra Guzmán
Date of birth (1973-01-11) January 11, 1973
Place of birth Río Cuarto, Argentina
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1986-1990 Sportivo Atenas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991 Sportivo Atenas
1992 Ciclista Lima (7[1])
1993–1996 Alianza Atlético (45)
1997 Municipal 22 (13)
1998–1999 Sport Boys 61 (18)
2000 Deportivo Wanka 22 (16)
2000 Águila
2001 Universitario 41 (14)
2002 Alianza Atlético (22)
2003 Unión Huaral 15 (7)
2003 Estudiantes 29 (9)
2004–2005 Cienciano 77 (44)
2006 Once Caldas 15 (2)
2006 José Gálvez 21 (13)
2007 Sport Boys 37 (12)
2008 FBC Melgar 46 (20)
2009 Juan Aurich 32 (15)
2010–2011 Cienciano 51 (17)
2012–2013 Sport Huancayo 70 (30[2])
2014 José Gálvez 11 (4)
2014 San Simón 6 (0)
Managerial career
2010 Cienciano
2013 Sport Huancayo
2015–2016 Cienciano (assistant coach)
2016 Deportivo Coopsol (assistant coach)
2016–2017 Deportivo Coopsol
2017 –2018 Cienciano
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 April 2015

Career

Although born in Argentina, Ibarra has played during almost all of his career in Peru, where he first moved at age 19 to join the ranks of Ciclista Lima in the first division, in 1992.

His biggest claim to fame was in 2004 when he won the Recopa against Boca Juniors as part of Cienciano. That same year the Argentine football magazine El Gráfico declared that he was the Argentine player who had scored the most goals worldwide (21), one more than Carlos Tevez, Andrés Silvera, and Luis Bonnet, and two more than Javier Saviola.[3]

On March 2, 2008, Ibarra broke the all-time scoring record in the Peruvian league, netting his 193rd goal in a 1–0 win over Cienciano. He is the Peruvian League Top Scorer with 226 goals.[4]

Playing style

Ibarra is famous for scoring many goals despite having what many consider as very limited technical abilities. He is very often the top scorer of his team.

Personal

He is nicknamed "Checho", "Manteca" and/or "Shevchecho" after the famous Ukrainian footballer Andriy Shevchenko. He has obtained Peruvian nationality.

Honours

Club
Cienciano

References
  1. Romero, Kenny. "Veintidós años después" (in Spanish). Dechalaca.com. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. "DeChalaca TV: Estadísticas de los 259 goles de Sergio 'Checho' Ibarra" (in Spanish). Dechalaca.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-12. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  3. Los máximo goleadores de Primera División en activo
  4. Eurosport - Sergio Ibarra bate el récord de goleador histórico en Perú(in Spanish)
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