Ivan Dal Santo (born 12 January 1972) is a football manager and former player.
Playing career In 1991 Dal Santo was promoted from the youth to FC Wettingen's first-team squad.
A left-back, Dal Santo played 293 games in Swiss Super League and over 190 games in Challenge League. With FC St. Gallen, he won the 1999–2000 Nationalliga A and reached the final of the 1997–98 Swiss Cup.
Coaching career In the 2009–10 season, Dal Santo worked as a playing manager for FC Dietikon and later for FC Oerlikon Polizei in the 2010–11 season.FCZ Frauen: Ivan Dal Santo übernimmt, regional-fussball.ch, 27 May 2019 From July 2011 to January 2014 he was the manager of Zug 94.
In June 2014, he was hired by Rapperswil-Jona as manager of the U15s.Ivan Dal Santo trainiert FCRJ-Junioren, suedostschweiz.ch, 25 June 2014 In the summer 2016, he took charge of FC Luzern's U18 squad.FCL U18: Erfolgreicher Einstand für Ivan dal Santo, regiofussball.ch, 27 June 2016 From the summer 2018, he was promoted to manager for the U21 reserve team.FCL-U21-Trainer Ivan Dal Santo: «Von nichts kommt nichts ..., luzernerzeitung.ch, 3 August 2018
From the end of May 2019 until January 2021, he was the manager for the women's team of FC Zürich.
He was appointed manager of FC Lachen-Altendorf in summer 2022.
Style of play A left-back, Dal Santo was known for his work rate, his attacking forays and a hard shot.
Honours St. Gallen Nationalliga A: 1999–2000 Swiss Cup runner-up: 1997–98
References
External links football.ch profile
Personal Website