Franchel Ibara (born 27 July 1989) is a Congolese former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Ibara was born in

Brazzaville Brazzaville (, kg, Kintamo, Nkuna, Kintambo, Ntamo, Mavula, Tandala, Mfwa, Mfua; Teke: ''M'fa'', ''Mfaa'', ''Mfa'', ''Mfoa''Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, ''Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture'', ABC-CLI ...

Congo Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa: * Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...

. He played for

Étoile du Congo Étoile du Congo is a Congolese football club based in Brazzaville. History L’Étoile du Congo started as a team in the Fédération Athlétique Congolaise (FAC), a league run by Catholic missionaries in the Belgian Congo. The church provided ...

before moving to FC Sochaux. After one year in France, he returned to Étoile du Congo and played there until 2010. In November 2010 he signed for DR Congo side

AS Vita Club Association Sportive Vita Club, more commonly known as AS Vita Club, AS V. Club or simply Vita Club, is a Congolese football club based in Kinshasa. History AS Vita Club was founded in 1935 by Honoré Essabe under the name of ''Renaissance'' in ...

, before returning to Congo a year later. He signed for

AC Léopards Athlétic Club Léopards de Dolisie is a football (soccer) club from the Republic of Congo based in Dolisie, Niari Department. Honours *Congo Premier League :Winner (4): 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017. :Runners-up (3): 2009, 2010, 2011. * Coupe du C ...

on November 2011.

International career

Ibara received first cap for the full Congo national team in a qualifying match for the

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against

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on 22 June 2008, and he scored his first goal in the match. He also appeared at the

2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 16th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called the FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from 30 June to 22 July 2007. Argentina defeated the Czech Republic in the title game by the score ...

in Canada, scoring a goal from a penalty in the 59th minute of a match against

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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 team in the African Nations Cup Qualifier.International Matches 1995 - Africa
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References

1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Brazzaville Republic of the Congo footballers Republic of the Congo international footballers Association football forwards FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in France Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{RCongo-footy-bio-stub