Ivar van Dinteren

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

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

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

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. He departed from the club in June 2020 after the club hired a new manager, Jaap Stam.

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.