Luis Ezequiel Ibáñez (born 15 July 1988), nicknamed Lucho, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Croatian club Jarun.

He made only two official appearances in Argentine Primera División, and in the summer transfer window of the 2008–09 season, he joined Dinamo Zagreb for a fee of €650,000.

He made a total of 119 official appearances for Dinamo Zagreb, scored 13 goals, and also won four domestic trophies, two of which were league titles, and one of Croatian Cup and Supercup each.

Luis Ezequiel Ibáñez is an Argentine, born on 15 July 1988 in Moreno, Buenos Aires[citation needed] to Jorge and Alejandra.

[9] On 24 December 2010, Ibáñez announced that he had submitted a request to obtain Croatian citizenship which would make him eligible to play for the country's national football team, he had earlier declared himself willing to compete for Croatia instead of Argentina at international level.

[10][11] Ibáñez started playing football professionally for Boca Juniors in Argentine Primera División, making his official debut for the club on 19 April 2008 in a 2–1 win against Newell's Old Boys.

[citation needed] Just as he started his breakthrough to the first team squad of Boca Juniors, he heard that the Croatian league club Dinamo Zagreb was interested in signing him.

[13] On 25 June 2008, Ibáñez signed a five-year contract worth €300,000 per annum[3] with Dinamo Zagreb along with fellow Argentine footballer Guillermo Suárez who was transferred from Club Atlético Tigre.

He was presented to the Croatian media as a successor to Hrvoje Čale and competition to Carlos Santos on the left back position, and was issued a number 3 jersey.

[12][16] He was meant to play in his first official match for the club on 23 July in the Champions League first qualifying round against Linfield, but was disrupted by a shoulder injury.

[citation needed] Soon he established himself as a first team regular and was subject to constant praise by the Croatian football critics for his performances and commitment to the club.

[citation needed] The club went on to win the double, and Ibáñez helped with 7 appearances in the Croatian Cup, also scoring a goal against Hrvatski dragovoljac in the second round of the competition.

[22] Ibáñez made his first appearance of the new season and marked his return following an off-season injury on 8 August in a league match against Croatia Sesvete which Dinamo Zagreb won 5–2.

[citation needed] On 5 November he played his first European match of the season in the fourth round of 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage against Ajax.

[24] The 2010–11 season for Ibáñez started on 13 July when he played in a 5–1 home win against FC Koper in the second qualifying round of the Champions League.

[citation needed] Ibáñez featured in both of the club's Champions League third qualifying round matches against Sheriff Tiraspol which Dinamo Zagreb lost on penalties after an aggregate result was 2–2.

[citation needed] On 1 August 2013 it has been officially confirmed that GNK Dinamo Zagreb would loan out Ibáñez to Argentinian side Racing Club for a year.

With the arrival of Ruben Lima and a total of three trained left-backs in the team, Dinamo had the choice to either keep Luis Ibáñez or Josip Pivarić.

After first games he was Red Star best player, and started to be fan favorite because of his fight spirit, work rate, great free kick, pace and energy.

But after remarkable game and win against Čukarički in round 5 of the Serbian Superliga, after great comeback at Rajko Mitić Stadium, when he scored two goals and assist for the third, fans adored and applauded him.

[45] Ibáñez was not capped for Argentina at senior level, but he was made aware by the national team staff that they will consider calling him up when he gets older and if he keeps playing well.