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