Ivar van Dinteren

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Dinteren, not Dinteren.

Ivar van Dinteren (born 3 May 1979) is a Dutch professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Eerste Divisie club Jong FC Utrecht.

Ivar van Dinteren

Personal information
Full name	Ivar Anthonie van Dinteren
Date of birth	(1979-05-03) 3 May 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth	Bussum, Netherlands
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Jong FC Utrecht (manager)
Youth career
	SDO Bussum
	FC Utrecht
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2000	FC Groningen	53	(10)
2000–2002	RKC	45	(2)
2002–2003	→ Helmond Sport (loan)	31	(10)
2003–2006	FC Zwolle	86	(15)
2006–2008	Helmond Sport	25	(4)
2007–2008	→ Telstar (loan)	38	(3)
2008–2009	Noordwijk
2009–2010	Breukelen
2010–2011	Dayton Dutch Lions	16	(2)
Total		294	(46)
Managerial career
2011–2012	Dayton Dutch Lions
2013–2014	PEC Zwolle (U17 assistant)
2014–2015	PEC Zwolle (U19 assistant)
2015–2018	SDO Bussum
2015–2016	PEC Zwolle (U19)
2017–2019	Jong Almere City
2018–2019	Almere City (assistant)
2019–2020	FC Cincinnati (assistant)
2020–2023	FC Twente (assistant)
2023–	Jong FC Utrecht
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Club

Born in Bussum, Van Dinteren played as a striker for FC Groningen, RKC, Helmond Sport,^[1] FC Zwolle, Stormvogels Telstar, VV Noordwijk and Dayton Dutch Lions.^[2]

Managerial career

In 2011, he ended his playing career and started as head coach of Dayton Dutch Lions in the USL Pro.^[3] After a few seasons with the PEC Zwolle academy,^[4] he was named coach at hometown club SDO Bussum^[5] and in summer 2017 he also took the reins at te Almere City reserves.^[6]

In August 2019, Van Dinteren was hired by Major League Soccer club FC Cincinnati as an assistant coach, joining the club at the same time as head coach Ron Jans.^[7] He departed from the club in June 2020 after the club hired a new manager, Jaap Stam.^[8]

On 16 June 2023, Van Dinteren was hired by FC Utrecht as a manager of their reserve squad Jong FC Utrecht that plays in the second-tier Eerste Divisie. He signed a two-year contract.^[9]