Prince Vinny Ibara Doniama (born 7 February 1996) is a Congolese professional

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who plays as a forward for Hong Linh Ha Tinh FC.

Club career

Ibara began his career at Congolese side ACNFF in 2014. He later moved to AS Pélican of Gabon Championnat National D1 and CA Bizertin of Tunisia before joining

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side Al-Wakrah in 2017. On 11 July 2018, Ibara joined

USM Alger Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger (); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a Association football, football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its colours are red and black. Their home sta ...

for three seasons, coming from Al-Wakrah To be an alternative to the striker Oussama Darfalou, also became the first Congolese to play in

. In the first, USMA signed with Zimbabwean Charlton Mashumba but the arrival of the new coach Thierry Froger, who decided to contract with another foreign player in his place. Ibara made his debut for USM Alger in the

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during a win against Rayon Sports, later on 14 August, he made his debut in the

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against DRB Tadjenanet as a starter and scored his first goal with his new club in 3–1 victory. The following season, he scored nine goals helping the club clinching the 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 title. In July 2019, he signed for

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club

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. On 11 September 2020, Neftchi Baku announced the signing of Ibara on one-year long loan. The loan ended early and he moved on loan to French club

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in January 2021. In July 2021, he moved to

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club Bengaluru FC, on a two-year deal ahead of the Blues' 2021 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs. He made his ISL debut on 20 November against

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in a 4–2 win, in which he scored a goal. He moved to Becamex Binh Duong in September 2023. On 23 February 2023, he scored his first goal for the club, the only goal in the away match against The Cong-Viettel. He then played for Hong Linh Ha Tinh FC.

International career

He made his international debut for Congo in 2016, in a friendly match against

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. On 11 October in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, Ibara scored his first international goal in a 3–1 win against

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Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first.''

Honours

USM Alger * Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2018–19. Al-Wakrah * Qatari Second Division: runner-up 2017–18 Bengaluru *

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