Ivan Dal Santo

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. 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. In the summer 2016, he took charge of FC Luzern's U18 squad. From the summer 2018, he was promoted to manager for the U21 reserve team.

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