Hugo Benjamín "Negro" Ibarra (born 1 April 1974), is an Argentine football

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of Boca Juniors. With 324 matches played, 10 goals scored and 15 titles won with Boca Juniors,Se cumplen 10 años del último partido de Ibarra en Boca
on TyC Sports, 14 May 2020 Ibarra is considered the best right back in the history of the club.

Playing career

Born in Pirané Department, northern

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of Formosa, Ibarra went to

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to start playing in Colón. It was a

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team when he started playing professionally in 1993, but two 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 three successful seasons in Boca, Ibarra moved to

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. Because he did not 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

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. ''El Negro'' played six matches for Argentina national football team, including

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. While in Monaco, the team reached

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finals, beating in its way such teams as Real Madrid and

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, 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 last team. On 18 April 2007, he got back to Argentina national football team, as Argentina’s captain, to play a friendly match against

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. In September 2010, he announced his retirement from professional football.

Coaching career

At the end of 2011, Ibarra was hired in a youth coordinator role at Boca Juniors' youth academy. From the 2015 season, Ibarra became assistant coach of Boca's reserve team under manager

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. In 2021, he began in a new role where he would be the nexus between amateur football and the Football Council in Boca Juniors. On 17 August 2021, Boca's reserve team manager, Sebastián Battaglia, was appointed first-team manager on an interim basis, while Ibarra and

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took charge of the reserve team, also on an interim basis. Ibarra was named interim manager of Boca in July 2022, after Battaglia was sacked. On 29 November, he was confirmed as manager for the upcoming season.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Boca Juniors * Primera División (5): 1998 Apertura, 1999 Clausura, 2005 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2008 Apertura * Copa Libertadores (4):

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, 2001, 2003, 2007 *

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* Copa Sudamericana (1): 2005 * Recopa Sudamericana (1):

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Porto * Portuguese Supercup (1): 2001 Argentina *

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runner-up: 2007

Manager

Boca Juniors * Primera División (1):

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References

External links

Argentine Primera statistics
at Fútbol XXI * *
Guardian statistics
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