Juan de Dios Ibarra Corral (born 17 February 1979) is a Mexican former professional

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who played as a

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. Juan de Dios is also brother of Pierre Ibarra player of

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Career

Ibarra began his career at

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, where after spending several years in the youth squads, made his debut at the professional level on February 10, 2002, in a game against

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. In his first full game, Ibarra made a favorable impression by shutting out Chivas by a score of 3–0. His initial success prompted then-coach, José Treviño, to name him the starter. Ibarra responded by allowing 21 goals in 12 games. However, the following season he would be benched, only seeing action in two games. The next season, Ibarra filled in for starting goalkeeper Ricardo Martínez in 11 games, while Martínez recovered from an injury. Juan de Dios stepped up to the challenge and allowed only 14 goals in that span. However, when Martínez returned, Ibarra was relegated to the bench and watched from the sidelines as Monterrey won the championship that very season, under Argentine coach

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. After two more years of scattered play at

, he was transferred to América before the start of the Apertura 2005 season, where he was placed as second on the depth chart, behind

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. His only start that season came against his former team, in a game where he allowed all four goals in a 4–1 loss. He returned to his first team

on December 21, 2007, but only played for their Primera A filial team. Ibarra later went on to play for

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in 2008. For the start of the Clausura 2009 tourney, he was transferred to

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. Ibarra was transferred yet again for the Apertura 2009 season, this time to

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. In 2010 Ibarra returned to

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for the Apertura 2010 season.

International career

Ibarra was part of the Mexico U-20 team that competed in the

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held in

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, as a back-up goalkeeper. He did not feature in Mexico's 5 games.

Honours

Monterrey *

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: Clausura 2003, Apertura 2010 *

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, 2011–12

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ibarra, Juan De Dios 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Los Mochis Footballers from Sinaloa Mexico men's under-20 international footballers Club América footballers C.F. Monterrey players Club Puebla players Liga MX players Men's association football goalkeepers Mexican men's footballers