Ibáñez with Dinamo in 2010.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Ezequiel Ibáñez | ||
Date of birth | 15 July 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Moreno, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back / Left wingback | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Trabzonspor | ||
Number | 88 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008 | Boca Juniors | 2 | (0) |
2008–2015 | Dinamo Zagreb | 119 | (13) |
2013–2014 | → Racing Club (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2015 | Győri ETO | 11 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Red Star Belgrade | 31 | (9) |
2016– | Trabzonspor | 7 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2016. |
Luis Ezequiel Ibáñez (born 15 July 1988), nicknamed Lucho, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for the Süper Lig club Trabzonspor.
Ibáñez started his professional career at Boca Juniors in his native Argentina, debuting for the club in 2008. 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. His first season at Dinamo Zagreb went well, as he was praised by the Croatian football critics for his performances and work rate on the pitch. He made a total of 119 official appearances for Dinamo Zagreb, scored 13 goals, and also won four domestic thropies, two of which were league titles, and one of Croatian Cup and Supercup each.
Luis Ibáñez also holds Croatian citizenship and is therefore not considered a foreign player in the EU.
Luis Ezequiel Ibáñez is an Argentine, born on 15 July 1988 in Moreno, Buenos Aires to Jorge and Alejandra. His parents are divorced and he currently resides with his father in Zagreb, Croatia. He has three younger sisters, Carla, Camilla and Valentina who along with their mother live in Argentina. Since their mother is currently unemployed, Ibáñez financially supports his family. He is engaged to Mateja Alegić, an economics student and a daughter of the Croatian entrepreneur Darko Alegić. The two have been in a relationship since June 2009 having previously met via online chat. Ibáñez has declared that they are planning to marry when Alegić graduates from university.
According to the official webpage of Dinamo Zagreb, Ibáñez is 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) tall, and weighs 69 kg (152 lbs or 10.9 stone). Besides speaking his native Spanish, Ibáñez is also fluent in Croatian. While in Dinamo Zagreb, he was a translator for South American players who were unable to understand or speak Croatian. He is also known for having a tattooed autograph of a former Argentine football player Diego Maradona on his shoulder.