Ivan Baitello

Ivan Lucas Baitello (born 16 July 1973) is a Brazilian football coach 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, Araçatuba, União São João (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 Botafogo-SP

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 Atlético Sorocaba 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 Eduardo Baptista.