Prince Vinny Ibara Doniama (born 7 February 1996) is a Congolese professional

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who plays as a

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for

Becamex Binh Duong Becamex Binh Duong Football Club (), simply known as Becamex Binh Duong, is a professional football club based in Thu Dau Mot, Binh Duong province, Vietnam. It currently plays in Vietnam's top division, the V.League 1. Their home ground is Go D ...

Club career

Ibara began his career at Congolese side ACNFF in 2014. He later moved to

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and

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of Tunisia before joining

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side

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in 2017. On 11 July 2018, Ibara joined

USM Alger Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الجزائر); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its co ...

for three seasons, coming from

To be an alternative to the striker Oussama Darfalou, also became the first Congolese to play in

. In the first, USMA signed with Zimbabwean Charlton Mashumba but the arrival of the new coach

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, who decided to contract with another foreign player in his place. Ibara made his debut for USM Alger in the

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during a win against

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, later on 14 August, he made his debut in the

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against

DRB Tadjenanet Difaa Riadhi Baladiat Tadjenanet ( ar, الدفاع الرياضي لبلدية تاجنانت), more commonly known as DRB Tadjenanet, is a football club based in Tadjenanet, Algeria. The club was founded in 1971 and its colours are blue and w ...

as a starter and scored his first goal with his new club in 3–1 victory. The following season, he scored nine goals helping the club clinching the

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title. In July 2019, he signed for

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club

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. On 11 September 2020, Neftchi Baku announced the signing of Ibara on one-year long loan. The loan ended early and he moved on loan to French club

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in January 2021. In July 2021, he moved to

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club

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, on a two year deal ahead of the Blues'

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qualifying play-offs. He made his ISL debut on 20 November against

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in a 4–2 win, in which he scored a goal. He moved to

in September 2023.

International career

He made his international debut for Congo in 2016, in a friendly match against

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. On 11 October in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, Ibara scored his first international goal in a 3–1 win against

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Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first.''

Honours

USM Alger *

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 ( ar, الرابطة الجزائرية المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم); known as Championnat National de Première Division or Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat Natio ...

: 2018–19. Al-Wakrah * Qatari Second Division: runner-up 2017–18 Bengaluru * Durand Cup:

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References

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