Juan Carlos Ibáñez

Juan Carlos Ibáñez

Personal information
Full name	Juan Carlos Ibáñez
Date of birth	(1968-03-20)20 March 1968
Place of birth	Gral. San Martín, Argentina
Date of death	4 October 2015(2015-10-04) (aged 47)
Place of death	Gral. San Martín, Argentina
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Independiente GSM
	Independiente
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1993	Independiente	34+	(6+)
1989	→ Salamanca (loan)
1989–1990	→ El Porvenir (loan)	21	(9)
1993	Deportivo Cali
1993–1997	Universidad de Chile	85	(35)
1996	→ Sport Boys (loan)
1998	Unión Española
1999	Cobresal	15	(3)
2000–2001	Deportes Concepción	15	(1)
2002–2003	Deportes Melipilla
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Carlos Ibáñez (20 March 1969 – 4 October 2015)^[1] was an Argentine footballer who played for clubs in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Spain and Colombia.

Death

Ibáñez was born in General San Martín.

Ibáñez stood out as a player of Universidad de Chile between 1993 and 1997 with a brief stint on loan to Peruvian club Sport Boys, and retired in 2003 after playing for Deportes Melipilla.^[2][3]

Nicknamed el Bombero, Ibáñez was assaulted on 3 October 2015 and died of his wounds in a General San Martín hospital the following day.^[4]

Honours

Universidad de Chile

• Primera División de Chile (2): 1994, 1995

References

1. Asesinaron a golpes a un ex jugador de Independiente(in Spanish)
2. Arrese, Paul (29 April 2010). "Juan Carlos Ibáñez: El 'Bombero' del puerto". dechalaca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2025.
3. "Fallece "Bombero" Ibáñez a los 46 años". La Tercera (in Spanish). 4 October 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
4. Fallece Juan Carlos Bombero Ibáñez, bicampeón y goleador de Universidad de Chile - El Grafico Chile (in Spanish)

External links

• Juan Carlos Ibáñez at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Juan Carlos Ibáñez at BDFutbol