Franchel Ibara

Franchel Ibara

Personal information
Full name	Franchel Ibara
Date of birth	(1989-07-27) July 27, 1989
Place of birth	Brazzaville, People's Republic of the Congo
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007	Étoile du Congo
2007–2008	FC Sochaux B
2008–2010	Étoile du Congo
2010–2011	AS Vita Club
2011–2012	AC Léopards
International career‡
2007	Congo U-20
2008–2009	Congo	2	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 6, 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 25, 2008

Franchel Ibara (born July 27, 1989 in Brazzaville) is a former footballer from Congo.

Career

He played for Étoile du Congo before moving to FC Sochaux. After one year in France, returned to Étoile du Congo and played there until 2010. In November 2010 signed for DR Congo side AS Vita Club, before a year later returned to Congo. He signed than on November 2011 for AC Léopards, who retired a year later.

International career

Ibara received first cap for the full Congo national football team in a qualifying match for the 2010 FIFA World Cup against Chad on 22 June 2008, and he scored his first goal in the match.

He also appeared at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada, who scored a goal from a penalty in the 59th minute against Austria in Canada 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 football team in the African Nations Cup Qualifier.