Pablo Ibáñez Tébar (born 3 August 1981 in Madrigueras, Albacete, Castile-La Mancha), sometimes known as just Pablo, is a Spanish footballer who plays for English Football League Championship (second-tier) club Birmingham City as a central defender.

He played for many years in Spain for Albacete and Atlético Madrid, amassing La Liga totals of 193 games and ten goals, before joining English Premier League club West Bromwich Albion in 2010.

At international level, Pablo has 23 caps for the Spanish national team, representing the country at the 2006 World Cup.

Having grown through the ranks of hometown Albacete Balompié, Pablo made his first team debuts while it played in Segunda División.

In 2003–04, he played his first La Liga encounter, on 30 September 2003, in a 0–2 home loss against CA Osasuna. He only missed one league game, helping the Castile-La Mancha side finish 14th.

The following summer, Pablo signed with Atlético Madrid, forming a centre back partnership with Colombian Luis Amaranto Perea, arrived in the same season. His early form led to rumoured interest from the likes of Liverpool,Juventus and Manchester United, but nothing came of it.

Francisco "Paco" Ibáñez is a Spanish singer and musician born in Valencia on November 20, 1934, before the Spanish Civil War.

He went to France in 1952 during the Franco dictatorship in Spain and recorded his first album in 1964. During the events in France of May 1968, he performed in the Sorbonne and became known as a rebel artist.

He never composed his own lyrics, but used famous poems, like those of Federico García Lorca, Rafael Alberti or Miguel Hernández. He also sang compositions from Georges Brassens.