Nelson Ibáñez

Nelson Ibáñez

Personal information
Full name	Nelson Martín Ibáñez
Date of birth	November 13, 1981 (1981-11-13) (age 30)
Place of birth	Mendoza, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Godoy Cruz
Number	1
Youth career
2001-2004	Godoy Cruz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2005	Alumni	16	(0)
2005–	Godoy Cruz	107	(0)
National team‡
2010	Argentina	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:13, 29 July 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:40, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Nelson Martín Ibáñez (born 13 November 1981) is an Argentine football goalkeeper who plays for Godoy Cruz.

Career

Club career

Ibáñez joined Godoy Cruz in 2001 and played for their reserve side. In 2004 he was loaned to Alumni de Villa María of the regionalised 4th division of Argentine football.

Ibáñez returned to Godoy Cruz in 2005 an gradually established himself as the first choice goalkeeper. He played for the club in the 2nd division and was part of the team that won the Apertura 2005 championship. Following the club's promotion to the Primera División, he made his top flight debut on 28 August 2006 in a 0-0 draw against Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy.

Godoy Cruz were relegated at the end of the Clausura 2007, but Ibáñez stayed with the club and helped them to return to the top flight in 2008.

International career

Ibáñez made his debut for the Argentina national team after being called up to join Diego Maradona's squad of Argentina based players who beat Jamaica 2-1 on 10 February 2010.

Honours

Godoy Cruz

• Primera B Nacional: 2005 Apertura

Individual

• Ubaldo Fillol Award: 2010 Clausura

External links

• Nelson Ibáñez at National-Football-Teams.com
• ESPN statistics
• Profile at Transfermarkt
• (Spanish) BDFA profile
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics at Futbol XXI

Persondata
Name	Ibanez, Nelson
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	19 January 1981
Place of birth	Mendoza, Argentina
Date of death
Place of death