Marbella Ibarra

Marbella Ibarra (1972 – 2018) was a Mexican advocate for Women's association football who was trained as a lawyer. She created the first professional women's football team in Mexico. She was murdered in 2018.

Life Ibarra was born in Acapulco de Juárez Municipality. She was trained as a lawyer, but after university she stayed on as a coach.

She became known as an advocate for women's football in Mexico. She played a bit of football and basketball for fun but as a coach she formed an amateur women's team named Isamar FC.

She was enthusiastic about football and she interceded with Xolos of Tijuana to persuade them create a women's team

She was a scout for talent Her body was found in October and she is thought to have died several days before. Her hands and legs were bound.

Her body highlighted the number of women who are murdered in Mexico. A bound and tortured body is not unique and it was thought that the death was intended to send some kind of message.