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Segundo Víctor Ibarbo Guerrero (; born 19 May 1990) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Colombian side America de Cali.

After starting his career at Atlético Nacional, he moved to Cagliari in 2011, where he made over 100 Serie A appearances. He also had unsuccessful loans at Roma, Watford, back at Atlético Nacional and Panathinaikos.

Víctor Ibarbo

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.

Víctor Ibarbo

He is also known in the EA Sports FIFA franchise as one of the most used players in FIFA 14 and FIFA 15 and in the latter had a popular partnership with Seydou Doumbia and Gervinho.

Víctor Ibarbo

Club career

Atlético Nacional

Born in Tumaco, Colombia, Ibarbo started his career at Club La Cantera before moving to Atlético Nacional, where he started his professional career and quickly promoted to the first team.

Ibarbo made his Atlético Nacional debut, in a 1–0 loss against Envigado on 21 February 2008. Throughout the 2008 season, he quickly established himself in the starting eleven for the side, playing in the midfield position. This resulted in him making 16 appearances for the side later in the season.

Ahead of the 2009 season, Ibarbo was linked with a move to Serie A side Udinese, which saw his teammate Juan Camilo Zúñiga moved a year before. Despite this, he continued to remain in the first team regular for the club. However, on 5 April 2009, Ibarbo was sent–off in the 59th minute, just 13 minutes after coming on as a substitute at half–time, in a 2–0 loss against Once Caldas. After returning from suspension, he then scored his first goal for the club on 14 May 2009, in a 2–1 win over Independiente Medellín. During the summer transfer window, Udinese continued to be interested in signing Ibarbo and the deal was agreed. However, the move never materialised and stayed at the club to allow him to participate in the Categoría Primera A. In the Torneo Finalización semi-finals B, Ibarbo played a role, in a 2–1 win over Deportes Tolima when he set up two goals on 22 November 2009. But the club finished second place in the Torneo Finalización semi-finals B Group Stage and didn't reach the final. Despite suffering from injuries and suspension later in the season, Ibarbo finished the 2009 season, making 30 appearances and scoring once in all competitions.

In the 2010 season, Ibarbo started out the season, appearing in number of matches in the substitute bench. By April, Ibarbo soon quickly regained his place in the starting lineup in the first team. He then played a role when he made six assists in three matches against Cortuluá (twice), Independiente Medellín, and Real Cartagena. It wasn't until on 2 May 2010 when he scored his first goal of the season, in a 3–2 win over Deportivo Pereira. Ibarbo scored two more goals later in the season. Despite missing out two matches in the 2010 season, Ibarbo went on to make 40 appearances and scoring 3 times in all competitions.

Ahead of the 2011 season, Ibarbo switched number shirt to 8. At the start of the season, however, Ibarbo missed the first two matches, due to an injury. It wasn't until on 20 February 2011 when he returned to the first team from injury, in a 3–1 win over América de Cali. Ibarbo quickly regained his first team place for the side since recovering. 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. A month later, on 11 May 2011, Ibarbo scored his second goal of the season, in a 2–2 draw against Deportes Quindío. 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. By the time of his departure, Ibarbo went on to make 22 appearances and scoring 2 times in all competitions this season.