Ivan Santini


Ivan Santini is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Chinese club Jiangsu Suning.

Club career

Ivan Santini, born in Zadar, played for his hometown side's youth team, until the summer of 2006, when he moved to Inter Zaprešić where he signed his first professional contract and made four first team appearances, scoring his first professional goal in the process. The next season, he moved to Red Bull Salzburg where he spent the duration of the year as a youth player.
He made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for Ingolstadt on 8 March 2009, when he came on as a substitute in the 72nd minute in a game against TSV 1860 München and scored his first goal. From 2009 to 2012, he played for Zadar. On 31 January 2012, Santini joined Freiburg in a sixth-month loan move with a clause in which Freiburg can buy out his contract.
In June 2013, he signed a contract to join Kortrijk.
On 18 June 2015, Santini moved to Standard Liège on a four-year contract, for a fee of €2 million. In the final of the Belgian Cup in 2016, Santini scored a goal in the 88th minute of the match to secure a dramatic 2–1 win over Club Brugge.
On 3 August 2016, Santini moved to Caen on a three-year contract, for a fee estimated over €2 million. In January 2017 he became the first Croatian player after Dado Pršo to score at least 10 goals in Ligue 1.

Anderlecht

On 3 July 2018 he moved to Anderlecht on a three-year contract for €3 million fee.
He debuted on 13 July 2018 in a friendly match against Ajax and scored 2 goals.
In his official debut, on 28 July 2018, he scored a hat-trick against his former club Kortrijk.
On 5 August 2018, he scored his second hat-trick of the season against Oostende.
On 12 August 2018, he scored the 2nd goal in a win against Charleroi 1–2.

Jiangsu Suning

On 29 July 2019, Santini joined Chinese Super League club Jiangsu Suning, becoming their fifth and final allotted foreign born player for the season.

International career

In May 2018 he was named in Croatia's preliminary 32 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia but did not make the final 23.

Career statistics

Honours

Inter Zaprešić
Standard Liege
Individual