Víctor Ibarbo

Víctor Ibarbo

Ibarbo during a Europa League qualifier against AIK
Personal information
Full name Segundo Víctor Ibarbo Guerrero
Date of birth (1990-05-19) 19 May 1990
Place of birth Tumaco, Colombia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Winger / Forward
Club information
Current team
 Sagan Tosu
Number 32
Youth career
2001–2008 Club La Cantera
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Atlético Nacional 102 (6)
2011–2017 Cagliari 116 (15)
2015 → Roma (loan) 12 (0)
2015–2016 → Watford (loan) 4 (0)
2016 → Atlético Nacional (loan) 11 (1)
2016–2017 → Panathinaikos (loan) 8 (0)
2017– → Sagan Tosu (loan) 7 (0)
2017– Sagan Tosu
National team‡
2007–2010 Colombia U20 8 (1)
2010– Colombia 15 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 May 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 June 2015

Segundo Víctor Ibarbo Guerrero (born 19 May 1990) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a winger or forward for J-League side Sagan Tosu.

After starting his career at Atlético Nacional, he moved to Cagliari in 2011, where he made over 100 Serie A appearances. He also had unsuccessful loans at Roma, Watford, back at Atlético Nacional and Panathinaikos.

A full international for Colombia since 2010, he was part of their teams that reached the quarter-finals at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2015 Copa América.

Club career

On 4 July 2011, Ibarbo transferred from Atlético Nacional to Cagliari, having previously been close to a move to Udinese two years prior.[1]

On 10 March 2013, he scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 win over Sampdoria, having only scored once in 23 previous games that season.[2]

On 3 November 2014, he was given a straight red card in the 72nd minute of a 4–2 defeat at Lazio.[3]

On 1 February 2015, he joined fellow Serie A club Roma on loan until the end of the season. The club paid €2.5 million, with the option to purchase him for €12.5 million.[4] He made his debut two days later, replacing Francesco Totti for the last 17 minutes of a 0–2 home defeat against Fiorentina in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia.[5]

On transfer deadline day on 1 September 2015, Ibarbo joined Premier League side Watford on a season-long loan from Cagliari.[6] Not a player who satisfied coach Quique Sánchez Flores, he made only four appearances for the Hornets, totalling just 64 minutes, and left in January 2016 to return on loan to Atlético Nacional.[7]

On 31 March, he was sent off in a 2–1 loss at Millonarios; website Fútbol Red summarised that "The Verdolaga attacker did not inspire danger in Millonarios' fullbacks; instead his attitude was one of wanting to confront his opponents with malice and forefought".[8] He scored his first goal of the spell on 4 June, equalising at home to Rionegro Águilas in the quarter-final second leg and then converting in the penalty shootout victory.[9]

Ibarbo with Cagliari in March 2012

On 30 June 2016, he joined Greece's Panathinaikos on loan.[10] On 4 August, he opened the scoring in a 2-0 away win against AIK for the second leg of the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.[11] On 20 October 2016, he scored twice at Standard Liège in a 2–2 draw in the same competition.[12]

After a string of poor performances and a league goal drought, during the managerial reigns of both Andrea Stramaccioni and Marinos Ouzounidis, the latter no longer featured Ibarbo in his first-team plans.[13] In conjunction with Ibarbo's prolonged and unjustified absence from training after the 2016 Christmas break, Panathinaikos decided to initiate the necessary procedures for the termination of his loan spell from Cagliari.[14] The player's loan spell at Panathinaikos was officially terminated on 31 January 2017.

On 14 March 2017, Cagliari reached an agreement with Japanese club Sagan Tosu to loan the player out until the end of the season,[15] with a mandatory purchase option effective from the start of the 2017–18 campaign. Ibarbo's permanent transfer to the J-League club was confirmed officially by Cagliari on 25 July 2017.[16]

International career

Ibarbo made his international debut on 27 May 2010 in a 2–1 defeat to World Cup hosts South Africa in Johannesburg. He gained four more caps in friendlies that year. On 14 November 2013, three days shy of three years since his last call-up, he scored his first international goal in a 2–0 friendly win over Belgium, after replacing Luis Muriel.[17]

Ibarbo was a member of the Colombia squad which reached the quarter-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He started their first match in Group C, a 3–0 win over Greece.[18] In the second match, a 2–1 win against the Ivory Coast, Ibarbo was substituted after 53 minutes for Juan Quintero due to injury.[19] Quintero remained in the left-wing position until Ibarbo recovered for the quarter-final defeat to Brazil, in which he was replaced at half time by Adrián Ramos.[20] He made two substitute appearances in Group C at the 2015 Copa América in Chile, in which Colombia again reached the last eight.

Career statistics

Club

As of 25 November 2016[17][21][22]
Club Season League Cup League Cup International Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atlético Nacional 2008 Categoría Primera A 16000——160
2009 Categoría Primera A 30100——301
2010 Categoría Primera A 40300——403
2011 Categoría Primera A 16251——213
Total 102651——1077
Cagliari 2011–12 Serie A 38310——393
2012–13 Serie A 34630——376
2013–14 Serie A 30410——314
2014–15 Serie A 13210——142
Total 1151560——12115
Roma (loan) 2014–15 Serie A 10010—00110
2015–16 Serie A 2000—0020
Total 12010——130
Watford (loan) 2015–16 Premier League 400000—40
Atlético Nacional (loan) 2016 Categoría Primera A 11100—82132
Panathinaikos (loan) 2016-17 Super League 6010—83153
Career total 250221310016527327

References

  1. ↑ "Ibarbo fue transferido al fútbol italiano, confirma Atlético Nacional" [Ibarbo was transferred to Italian football, confirm Atlético Nacional] (in Spanish). Colombia.com. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Bandini, Paolo (11 March 2013). "Cagliari's fans get a win to cheer – it's just a pity they can't see it". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Miroslav Klose strikes twice as Lazio beats Cagliari". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "OPERAZIONI DI MERCATO: VICTOR IBARBO" [TRANSFER OPERATION: VÍCTOR IBARBO] (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Roma 0-2 Fiorentina: Gomez double sets up Juventus semi-final". Goal.com. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "OFFICIAL: Ibarbo Joins The Hornets". www.watfordfc.com.
  7. ↑ Newson, Adam (14 January 2016). "Watford winger Victor Ibarbo is on the verge of joining Atletico Nacional on loan until June". Watford Observer. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Lo bueno, lo malo y lo feo del 2-1 de Millonarios sobre Nacional" [The good, the bad and the ugly of Millnarios' 2–1 win against Nacional] (in Spanish). Fútbol Red. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  9. ↑ Pineda Palacio, Allan Herley (4 June 2016). "Desde los lanzamientos del punto penalti, Atlético Nacional venció 5-4 a Rionegro Águilas Doradas" [Atlético Nacional won 5–4 on penalties against Rionegro Águilas Doradas] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  10. ↑ ""Πράσινος" ο Ιμπάρμπο" [Ibarbo is "Green"] (in Greek). Panathinaikos F.C. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "AIK vs Panathinaikos 0-2". www.uefa.com. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Σταντάρ Λιέγης - Παναθηναϊκός 2-2: Αντί για θρίαμβο, απλά... ισοπαλία!" (in Greek). www.protothema.gr. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "Ποιος Ιμπάρμπο; Άλλους τέσσερις διώχνει από ΠΑΟ ο Ουζουνίδης – Αυτόν τον βασικό δεν έχει σε εκτίμηση!". Sportdog.gr. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  14. ↑ ""Ταξιδεύει για Κίνα ο Ιμπάρμπο και κλείνει στη Γιουχάν Ζαλ"!". sport-fm.gr. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  15. ↑ Sport, Sky. "Calciomercato, Cagliari: Ibarbo è del Sagan Tosu" (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  16. ↑ "Ibarbo ceduto al Sagan Tosu". www.cagliaricalcio.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  17. 1 2 "Ibarbo, Víctor". National-Football-Teams. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  18. ↑ Whalley, Mike (14 June 2014). "Colombia 2-0 Greece". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  19. ↑ Sanghera, Mandeep (20 June 2014). "Colombia 2-1 Ivory Coast". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  20. ↑ McNulty, Phil (5 July 2014). "Brazil 2-1 Colombia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  21. ↑ "V. IBARBO". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  22. ↑ "Victor Ibarbo". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
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