Ivan Santini

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 FC Ingolstadt on 8 March 2009, when he came on as a substitute in the 72nd minute in a game against 1860 Munich and scored his first goal. From 2009 to 2012, he played for Zadar. On 31 January 2012, Santini joined SC Freiburg on a six-month loan move with a clause in which Freiburg could 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 second Croatian player after Dado Pršo to score at least ten 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 two goals. In his official debut, on 28 July 2018, he…

Santini made his debut for Croatia in a May 2017 friendly match against Mexico and earned a total of five caps, scoring no goals. In May 2018, he was shortlisted on Croatia's preliminary 32-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, but did not make the final 23. His final international was an October 2018 friendly against Jordan.

Club

As of match played 3 September 2023

His brother Krševan plays as a goalkeeper. Their father is the late singer Romeo Santini.