Sergio Ramón Ibarra is a football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

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Career

Although born in Argentina, Ibarra has played during almost all of his career in Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

, where he first moved at age 21 to join the ranks of Ciclista Lima

Ciclista Lima

Ciclista Lima Association is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Lima. It is the second oldest club in Peru.The club is the biggest of Lima city, and one of the biggest in Lima Province....

 in the first division, in 1992.

His biggest claim to fame was in 2004 when he won the Copa Sudamericana

Copa Sudamericana

The Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes , known simply as the Copa Sudamericana , is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004...

 against River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....

 and the Recopa against Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

 in the same year as part of Cienciano. That same year the Argentine football magazine El Gráfico declared that he was the Argentine player who had scored the most goals worldwide (21), one more than Carlos Tévez

Carlos Tévez

Carlos Alberto Tévez is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for English club Manchester City...

, Andrés Silvera

Andrés Silvera

Néstor Andrés Silvera is an Argentine football striker who plays for Club Atlético Belgrano in Argentina. He has also played for a number of other clubs in the Argentine Primera División, as well as UANL Tigres in Mexico.-Playing career:...

, and Luis Bonnet, and two more than Javier Saviola

Javier Saviola

Javier Pedro Saviola Fernández is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica in Portugal, as a striker....

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On March 2, 2008 Ibarra broke the all time scoring record in the Peruvian league, netting his 193rd goal in a 1-0 win over Cienciano. He is the Peruvian League Top Scorer with 226 goals

Attributes

Ibarra is famous for scoring many goals despite having what many consider as very limited technical abilities. He is very often the top scorer of his team.

Personal

He is nicknamed "Checho", "Manteca" and/or "Shevchecho" after the famous Ukrainian footballer Andriy Shevchenko

Andriy Shevchenko

Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukraine national team as a striker. He is the third-highest scorer in the history of European club competition with 67 goals as of 2011-03-10, behind Filippo Inzaghi and Raúl. With 175 goals scored with A.C...

. The Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

n has obtained the Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

vian nationality.