Víctor Ibarbo

This is an accepted version of this page Segundo Víctor Ibarbo Guerrero (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiɣtoɾ iˈβaɾβo]; born 19 May 1990) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Inter Palmira.

A full international for Colombia since 2010, he was part of their teams that reached the quarter-finals at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2015 Copa América.

[11] In the Torneo Finalización semi-finals, Ibarbo played an important role in a 2–1 win over Deportes Tolima when he set up two goals on 22 November 2009.

[25] After receiving criticism for his performance in recent matches, he was able to redeem it when he scored his first goal of the season, in a 2–1 loss against Boyacá Chicó.

[27] In a match against La Equidad for the 2011 Liga Postobón Apertura, Ibarbo played in both legs, as the results were 3–3 all on aggregate and Atlético Nacional ended up winning its 11th National title after beating in the penalty shootout.

On 4 July 2011, Ibarbo transferred from Atlético Nacional to Cagliari, having previously been close to a move to Udinese two years prior.

[29] Ibarbo made his Cagliari debut, where he came on as a substitute for Thiago Ribeiro in the 51st minute, in a 2–1 win over Roma in the opening game of the season.

[36] In the 2012–13 season, Ibarbo continued to remain in the first team for the side, though he found himself behind a pecking order in the midfield position and was placed on the substitute bench as a result.

[37] Despite this, Ibarbo played a role in the fourth round of Coppa Italia against Pescara on 5 December 2012 when he set up twice for Thiago Ribeiro, who scored a hat–trick, in a 4–2 win to progress to the quarter–final.

[62] After serving a one match ban, Ibarbo scored and set up one of the goals, on his return, in a 3–3 draw against Napoli on 23 November 2014.

[67] He made his debut two days later, replacing Francesco Totti for the last 17 minutes of a 0–2 home defeat against Fiorentina in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia.

[68] A month later, on 22 March 2015, he made his Roma league debut, coming on as a late substitute for the last 3 minutes of a 1–0 win against Cesena.

[70] Ibarbo then played a role against rivals Lazio on 25 May 2015 when he set up a goal for Juan Iturbe, in a 2–1 win to help Roma stay in second position and gave them a direct start in the Champions League in the next year.

[73] On transfer deadline day on 1 September 2015, Ibarbo joined Premier League side Watford on a season-long loan from Cagliari.

[74] However, his move to Watford initially suffered a setback over a visa issue to allow him to play in England; eventually, it was resolved in the end.

[75] Ibarbo made his Watford debut, where he came on as a substitute in the 82nd minute for Ben Watson, in a 1–0 loss against Crystal Palace on 27 September 2015.

[77] Not a player who satisfied coach Quique Sánchez Flores, he made only four appearances for the Hornets, totalling just 64 minutes, and left in January 2016.

[78] After a disappointing loan spell at Watford, Ibarbo returned to Colombia for the first time in almost five years, rejoining Atlético Nacional until the end of the season.

[80] It wasn't until on 7 February 2016 when Ibarbo made his Atlético Nacional debut, where he started and played for 70 minutes before being substituted, and set up one of the goals, in a 3–0 win over Jaguares de Córdoba.

[82] He scored his first goal of the spell on 4 June, equalising at home to Rionegro Águilas in the quarter-final second leg and then converting in the penalty shootout victory.

[93] On 4 August 2016, Ibarbo opened the scoring in a 2–0 away win against AIK for the second leg of the third qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.

[95] After a string of poor performances and a league goal drought, during the managerial reins of both Andrea Stramaccioni and Marinos Ouzounidis, the latter no longer featured Ibarbo in his first-team plans.

[96] In conjunction with Ibarbo's prolonged and unjustified absence from training after the 2016 Christmas break, Panathinaikos decided to initiate the necessary procedures for the termination of his loan spell from Cagliari.

On 14 March 2017, Cagliari reached an agreement with Japanese club Sagan Tosu to loan the player out until the end of the season,[99] with a mandatory purchase option effective from the start of the 2017–18 campaign.

[100] Ibarbo made his Sagan Tosu debut, where he started the match before coming off in the 56th minute, in a 1–0 loss against Cerezo Osaka in the opening game of the season.

[124] On 14 November 2013, three days shy of three years since his last call-up, he scored his first international goal in a 2–0 friendly win over Belgium, after replacing Luis Muriel.

[129] Quintero remained in the left-wing position until Ibarbo recovered for the quarter-final defeat to Brazil, in which he was replaced at half time by Adrián Ramos.

[130] The following year, Ibarbo made two substitute appearances in Group C at the 2015 Copa América in Chile, in which Colombia again reached the last eight.

[137] Shortly after returning to Atlético Nacional in 2016, Ibarbo was a victim of robbery after his jewelry, which is worth 70 million peso, was taken from him in Medellín.

Ibarbo with Cagliari in March 2012.