Hugo Benjamín Ibarra (born 1 April, 1974 in El Colorado, Formosa) is an Argentine professional football player currently playing in Boca Juniors in Argentine first division. He is an icon at Boca Juniors where he has played over 200 games in three separate stints at the club and won 15 titles.

Born in Pirané Department, northern province of Formosa, Ibarra went to Santa Fe Province to start playing in Colón de Santa Fe. It was a second division team when he started playing professionally in 1993, but 2 years later the team got promoted to first division. His performance called Boca Juniors' attention, and he was transferred to the club he would late refer to as "my home".

After 3 successful seasons in Boca, Ibarra moved to Europe. Because he didn’t have a European passport, Ibarra was loaned back to Boca Juniors after playing his first season in Portuguese FC Porto. Porto loaned him to French Monaco FC a year later, and then to Spanish RCD Espanyol.

El Negro played 6 matches for Argentina national football team, including Copa América 1999. While in Monaco, the team reached UEFA Champions League finals, beating in its way such teams as Real Madrid and Chelsea F.C., to later lose 3-0 to his former club Porto, club that owned him at that moment.

In July 2005, after some difficult negotiations due to the economic crisis in Argentina, Hugo Ibarra went back to Boca Juniors, his current team. On April 18, 2007, he got back to Argentina national football team, as Argentina’s captain, to play a friendly match against Chile national football team.

[edit] Titles

Season	Country	Club	Title
Apertura 1998		Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina
Clausura 1999		Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina
2000		Boca Juniors	Copa Libertadores
2000		Boca Juniors	Copa Intercontinental
2001		Boca Juniors	Copa Libertadores
2002		FC Porto	Portuguese Supercup
2003		Boca Juniors	Copa Libertadores
Apertura 2005		Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina
2005		Boca Juniors	Copa Sudamericana
Clausura 2006		Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina
2007		Boca Juniors	Copa Libertadores
2008		Boca Juniors	Recopa Sudamericana
Apertura 2008		Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
• Hugo Ibarra at National-Football-Teams.com
• Hugo Ibarra French league stats at lfp.fr (French)
• Guardian statistics

v • d • e Argentina squad – 1999 Copa América 1 Burgos • 2 Ayala • 3 Sorín • 4 Ibarra • 5 Simeone • 6 Samuel • 7 Barros Schelotto • 8 Zanetti • 9 Palermo • 10 Ortega • 11 López • 12 Bizzarri • 13 Vivas • 14 Pochettino • 15 Berizzo • 16 Guglielminpietro • 17 Husaín • 18 Cagna • 19 Calderón • 20 Aimar • 21 González • 22 Riquelme • Coach: Bielsa

v • d • e Argentina squad – Copa América 2007 Runners-up 1 Abbondanzieri • 2 Ayala • 3 Díaz • 4 Ibarra • 5 Gago • 6 Heinze • 7 Palacio • 8 Zanetti • 9 Crespo • 10 Riquelme • 11 Tévez • 12 Carrizo • 13 González • 14 Mascherano • 15 G. Milito • 16 Aimar • 17 Burdisso • 18 Messi • 19 Cambiasso • 20 Verón • 21 D. Milito • 22 Orión • Coach: Basile