Iván Palanco Santiago (born 12 January 1980) is a

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manager, who is the current assistant manager of

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club

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Career

Palanco played youth football for

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as a

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before being forced to retire at the age of 17 due to a serious

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injury. In 2009, he was named technical director of

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's Academy in

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, Japan. On 17 July 2013, Palanco was appointed manager of

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side Ratchaburi Mitr Phol FC. He was sacked on 24 December, after three wins in nine matches, and was subsequently replaced by compatriot Ricardo Rodríguez. From 2014 onwards, Palanco started working with

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, being his assistant at

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. Since 2024 Palanco started working with

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as assistant manager at Flamengo U17, Flamengo U20 and

Managerial statistics

References

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* 1980 births Living people Spanish football managers Ivan Palanco Ivan Palanco Spanish expatriate football managers CR Flamengo non-playing staff Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Japan Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate football managers in Thailand {{Spain-footy-bio-stub