Prince Ibara

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Prince Ibara
Personal information
Full name Prince Vinny Ibara Doniama [1]
Date of birth (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Brazzaville, Congo [1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Hong Linh Ha Tinh FC
Number 99
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 ACNFF
2015 AS Pélican 6 (6)
2015–2017 CA Bizertin 19 (7)
2017–2018 Al-Wakrah 6 (1)
2018–2019 USM Alger 23 (9)
2019–2021 Beerschot 12 (0)
2020Neftchi Baku (loan) 7 (1)
2021Châteauroux (loan) 13 (3)
2021–2023 Bengaluru 17 (4)
2023–2024 Becamex Binh Duong 10 (1)
2024– Hong Linh Ha Tinh FC 3 (2)
International career
2016– Congo 15 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:36, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:54, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

Prince Vinny Ibara Doniama (born 7 February 1996) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hong Linh Ha Tinh FC. [2]

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Club career

Ibara began his career at Congolese side ACNFF in 2014. [3] He later moved to AS Pélican of Gabon Championnat National D1 and CA Bizertin of Tunisia [4] before joining Qatar Stars League side Al-Wakrah in 2017. [5]

On 11 July 2018, [2] Ibara joined USM Alger for three seasons, coming from Al-Wakrah To be an alternative to the striker Oussama Darfalou, also became the first Congolese to play in USM Alger. [6] In the first, USMA signed with Zimbabwean Charlton Mashumba but the arrival of the new coach Thierry Froger, who decided to contract with another foreign player in his place. [7] Ibara made his debut for USM Alger in the CAF Confederation Cup during a win against Rayon Sports, later on 14 August, he made his debut in the Ligue 1 against DRB Tadjenanet as a starter and scored his first goal with his new club in 3–1 victory. [8] The following season, he scored nine goals helping the club clinching the 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 title. [9]

In July 2019, he signed for Belgian First Division A club K Beerschot VA. [10] [11]

On 11 September 2020, Neftchi Baku announced the signing of Ibara on one-year long loan. [12] The loan ended early and he moved on loan to French club LB Châteauroux in January 2021. [13]

In July 2021, he moved to Indian Super League club Bengaluru FC, [14] [15] on a two year deal ahead of the Blues' 2021 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs. [16] He made his ISL debut on 20 November against NorthEast United FC in a 4–2 win, in which he scored a goal. [17] [18]

He moved to Becamex Binh Duong in September 2023. [19] On 23 February 2023, he scored his first goal for the club, the only goal in the away match against The Cong-Viettel. [20] He then played for Hong Linh Ha Tinh FC. [21]

International career

He made his international debut for Congo in 2016, in a friendly match against Morocco. [22] On 11 October in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, Ibara scored his first international goal in a 3–1 win against Liberia. [23] [24]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 August 2022 [1] [21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CA Bizertin 2015–16 Tunisian Professionnelle 1 720072
2016–17 12600126
Total19800198
Al-Wakrah SC 2016–17 Qatar Stars League 810081
2017–18 Qatargas League 000000
Total810081
USM Alger 2018–19 Algerian Professionnelle 1 239104 [lower-alpha 1] 11 [lower-alpha 2] 02910
Career total50181041105619
  1. All appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup
  2. All appearance(s) in Arab Club Champions Cup

International goals

Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first. [1]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 October 2018 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, Congo Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 2–13–1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.16 October 2018 Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia, Liberia 1–21–2
3.17 November 2019Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, CongoFlag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau 1–03–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.12 November 2020Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville, CongoFlag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 1–02–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

USM Alger

Al-Wakrah

Bengaluru

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