Iván Palanco Santiago (born 12 January 1980) is a Spanish football manager.
Palanco played youth football for Mataró as a midfielder before being forced to retire at the age of 17 due to a serious knee injury. In 2009, he was named technical director of Barcelona's Academy in Fukuoka, Japan.
On 17 July 2013, Palanco was appointed manager of Thai Premier League side Ratchaburi Mitr Phol. He was sacked on 24 December, after three wins in nine matches, and was subsequently replaced by compatriot Ricardo RodrÃÂguez.
From 2014 onwards, Palanco started working with Miguel ÃÂngel Lotina, being his assistant at Al-Shahania, Tokyo Verdy, Cerezo Osaka, Shimizu S-Pulse, Vissel Kobe. Since 2024 Palanco started working with Filipe LuÃÂs as assistant manager at Flamengo U17, Flamengo U20 and Flamengo.