Manuel Ibarra

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

Career Ibarra came to Coquimbo at the age of 8 and was trained at Coquimbo Unido.

At the age of 17, Ibarra moved to Santiago and joined Santiago Morning in the Chilean Tercera División.

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.

Personal life Ibarra is the cousin of the Chile international footballer Gabriel Mendoza. In addition, his father made appearances with Universidad Católica at the age of 16 and switched to amateur football. and sports coach for football academies and schools. In January 2026, he launched his first official song called "Se te olvidó" (You forgot) alongside the singer Kevin Tarrés.

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.

Honours Universidad de Chile Primera División de Chile (1): 2004 Apertura

Chile Olympic Olympic Games: in 2000 Sydney