Ivan Lucas Baitello (born 16 July 1973) is a Brazilian

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and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current football superintendent and assistant coach of Mirassol.

Playing career

Born in São Paulo, Baitello began his career with Mirassol, and also represented Inter de Bebedouro,

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(featuring in two Série A matches in 1995), Chapecoense and América-SP before returning to Mirassol in 1997. He also played for Tuna Luso before retiring at the age of just 28, due to a spinal disc herniation.

Coaching career

After retiring, Baitello joined Mirassol's youth setup in 2000, as an under-15 coach. He became an assistant of the main squad in 2004, being also an interim head coach on two occasions, before joining São Caetano ahead of the 2006 season, as the head coach of the under-20 side. Baitello was an assistant of the ''Azulão'' from the 2007 season until 26 October 2010, when he was named head coach of his former side Mirassol. He opted to leave the club on 12 May 2013, to take over Série D side

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Baitello left ''Bota'' on 25 August 2013, after only eight matches, as the club was knocked out from the national league. Two days later, he was named at the helm of Oeste in the Série B. Baitello resigned from Oeste on 16 October 2013, and was named in charge of

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for the 2014 season. He left the latter club on 2 February of that year, and spent the entire season without coaching before taking over Capivariano on 28 October. On 6 August 2015, Baitello returned to Mirassol, as a football superintendent. He subsequently began to work as an assistant coach of the club from the 2020 season onwards, before being named interim head coach on 3 March 2022, after the departure of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baitello, Ivan 1973 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Mirassol Futebol Clube players Associação Atlética Internacional (Bebedouro) players Associação Esportiva Araçatuba players União São João Esporte Clube players Associação Chapecoense de Futebol players América Futebol Clube (SP) players Tuna Luso Brasileira players Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série B managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série D managers Mirassol Futebol Clube managers Associação Desportiva São Caetano managers Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) managers Oeste Futebol Clube managers Clube Atlético Sorocaba managers Capivariano Futebol Clube managers