Although born in Argentina, Ibarra has played during almost all of his career in
Peru, where he first moved at age 19 to join the ranks of
Ciclista Lima in the first division, in 1992. His biggest claim to fame was in 2004 when he won the
Recopa against
Boca Juniors 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 Tevez,
Andrés Silvera, and
Luis Bonnet, and two more than
Javier Saviola. 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. ==Playing style==