Armando Ibáñez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ibáñez and the second or maternal family name is Correa.

Armando Ibáñez

Personal information
Full name	Armando Ibáñez Correa
Date of birth	(1973-03-04) 4 March 1973
Place of birth	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	24 de Septiembre (manager)
Youth career
1987–1991	Real Santa Cruz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1997	Real Santa Cruz
1998	The Strongest	22	(3)
1999	Real Santa Cruz
2000	Guabirá
2001–2002	Oriente Petrolero
2003	Independiente Petrolero
2004	Blooming	20	(1)
2005–2006	Destroyers	39	(3)
2007	La Paz
2008	Aurora	29	(0)
2009–2010	Destroyers
International career
2002	Bolivia	2	(0)
Managerial career
2010–2013	24 de Septiembre
2014–2016	Real América
2018–2019	Real Santa Cruz
2019	Mariscal Sucre
2020	Torre Fuerte
2020	Mariscal Sucre
2021	San Felipe
2021	Real Potosí
2022	Sur-Car
2023–	24 de Septiembre
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Armando Ibáñez Correa (born 3 April 1973) is a Bolivian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of 24 de Septiembre.

Playing career

Club

Born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Ibáñez started his career at hometown side Real Santa Cruz, joining their youth setup at the age of 14. After making his senior debut in 1991, he represented the club until 1997 before moving to The Strongest for the 1998 season.

In 1999, Ibáñez returned to Real Santa Cruz, but played for Guabirá in the 2000 campaign. In 2001 he joined Oriente Petrolero, and moved to cross-town rivals Independiente Petrolero in 2003.

Ibáñez subsequently represented Blooming, Destroyers, La Paz and Aurora before returning to Blooming in 2009. He retired with the latter in 2010, aged 37.

International

Ibáñez made his debut for the Bolivia national team on 31 January 2002, starting in a 0–6 friendly loss against Brazil. He only played in one further match for the full side, a 2–2 draw against Paraguay on 13 February of that year.

Managerial career

Shortly after retiring, Ibáñez started working as a manager, being appointed in charge of 24 de Septiembre. He was subsequently in charge of Real América before returning to his first club Real Santa Cruz in 2018.

Ibáñez left Santa Cruz in June 2019, and was appointed in charge of Mariscal Sucre in September. He started the 2020 campaign at the helm of Torre Fuerte, before returning to Mariscal Sucre in October.

On 14 May 2021, after a period in charge of San Felipe, Ibáñez replaced Carlos Fonseca as manager of Real Potosí.

External links

• Armando Ibáñez at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Armando Ibáñez at National-Football-Teams.com
• Armando Ibáñez coach profile at Soccerway