Manuel Ibarra
Manuel Francisco Ibarra Valdés 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 [de Viña del Mar|Everton], Magallanes, Unión Española, and Club [Universidad de Chile|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.He is known by his nickname Caté, after the Brazilian former footballer for Universidad Católica, Catê.
Post-retirement
At the same time Ibarra was a footballer, he trained boxing. Following his retirement, he became a boxer at amateur level.In addition to boxing, Ibarra has also spending time as a cumbia singer-songwriter and sports coach for football academies and schools. In January 2026, he launched his first official song called "Se te olvidó" 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;Chile Olympic