Manuel Ibarra

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.

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.

Universidad de Chile Primera División de Chile (1): 2004 Apertura Chile Olympic Olympic Games: in 2000 Sydney