Full name Franchel Ibara Name Franchel Ibara Position Forward Years Team Weight 85 kg | Number ? Height 1.85 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Date of birth (1989-07-27) July 27, 1989 (age 26) Nominations CAF Youth Player of the Year | ||
Franchel Ibara (born July 27, 1989 in Brazzaville) is a former footballer from Congo.
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Career
He played for Étoile du Congo before moving to FC Sochaux. After one year in France, returned to Étoile du Congo and played there until 2010. In November 2010 signed for DR Congo side AS Vita Club, before a year later returned to Congo. He signed than on November 2011 for AC Léopards, who retired a year later.
International career
Ibara received first cap for the full Congo national football team in a qualifying match for the 2010 FIFA World Cup against Chad on 22 June 2008, and he scored his first goal in the match.
He also appeared at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada, who scored a goal from a penalty in the 59th minute against Austria in Canada on 2 July.
Personal life
Franchel's brother Guillaume Ibara played most of his career in the Lower leagues in Belgium. Guillaume played during his time for Belgian provincial football league team Entente Blegnytoise, international games for the Congo national football team in the African Nations Cup Qualifier.