Diego Cocca

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Diego Cocca

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Diego Cocca

Cocca in 2014

Personal information

Full name

Diego Martín Cocca

Date of birth

11 February 1972 (age 52)

Place of birth

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Height

1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)

Position(s)

Right-back

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1990–1992

River Plate

(1)

1993

Deportivo Español

(0)

1994–1996

Ferro Carril Oeste

(0)

1996–1997

Lleida

(0)

1997–1999

Argentinos Juniors

(1)

1999–2001

Atlas

(1)

2001–2002

Banfield

(0)

2003–2004

Veracruz

(1)

2004

Banfield

(0)

2005

Querétaro

(0)

2005–2006

Argentinos Juniors

(0)

Total

434

(4)

International career

1991

Argentina U20

Managerial career

2007–2008

2008–2009

2010

2011

2011–2012

2013–2014

2014–2015

2016

2017

2017–2018

2019–2020

2020–2022

2023

2023

Medal record

Men's football

Representing Mexico (as manager)
CONCACAF Nations League
	2023 United States	Team

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diego Martín Cocca (born 11 February 1972) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player.

Playing career

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Club

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Cocca started his career with River Plate in 1990. He was part of the squad that won the Apertura 1991 title. Subsequently, the defender had spells with Deportivo Español and Ferro Carril Oeste in the Argentine Primera División, before joining UE Lleida in Spain for the 1996–97 season.

Cocca returned to Argentina in 1997 to play for Argentinos Juniors. In 1999, he went to Mexico to play for Atlas.

In his later career he had two spells with Banfield, and played for Veracruz and Querétaro in Mexico. He then returned to Argentinos Juniors in 2005. In 2006, he retired at the age of 34.^[1]

International

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In 1991 Cocca was selected to join the Argentina U20 team to play in the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Managerial career

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Cocca took his first step into management by taking over at Comisión de Actividades Infantiles in the Argentine second division.^[2] On 29 October 2008, he took over managerial duties at first division team Godoy Cruz, after then-coach Daniel Oldrá stepped down to return to the club's youth divisions. On 3 November 2009, Cocca left Godoy Cruz.^[3]

On 23 December 2009, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata hired Cocca as its coach on a one-year deal.^[4] The former defender helped Gimnasia avoid relegation from the first division during the 2009–10 season, after defeating Atlético de Rafaela in the relegation playoff. However, Cocca resigned from his managerial duties after the 8th fixture of the 2010–11 season, due to the team's bad results during the start of the season.^[5]

Cocca on 21 February 2011 was named manager of Mexican side Santos Laguna after coach Ruben Omar Romano was fired for making an insulting gesture to Santos fans after a defeat against Querétaro F.C.

On 4 September 2011, Cocca was sacked from his job as Santos Laguna manager after a series of defeats.^[6]

As manager of Atlas, he won the Mexican championship with the club in Apertura 2021, their first title since 1951, and again in the Clausura 2022 season.

On 16 November 2022, Tigres UANL appointed Cocca as their new head coach for the upcoming tournament. After it was revealed that Cocca held private talks with the Mexican Football Federation to become the new manager of the Mexico national team, on 8 February, Tigres UANL fired Cocca.^[7]

On 10 February 2023, Cocca was named manager of Mexico. On June 19, 2023, following a disappointing showing at the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals that included a 3–0 semifinal loss to the United States, Cocca was relieved of his duties.^[8]

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 18 June 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
C.A.I.		15 October 2007	5 June 2008	27	11	7	9	40	35	+5	040.74
Godoy Cruz		30 October 2008	2 November 2009	38	12	12	14	42	52	−10	031.58
Gimnasia LP		1 January 2010	30 September 2010	29	8	8	13	27	39	−12	027.59
Santos Laguna		21 February 2011	3 September 2011	11	5	0	6	21	18	+3	045.45
Huracán		2 October 2011	27 February 2012	15	4	5	6	15	17	−2	026.67
Defensa y Justicia		1 July 2013	30 June 2014	43	21	13	9	68	46	+22	048.84
Racing Club		1 July 2014	31 December 2015	69	40	14	15	101	57	+44	057.97
Millonarios		17 August 2016	31 December 2016	11	7	1	3	21	14	+7	063.64
Racing Club		1 January 2017	27 November 2017	36	18	8	10	53	46	+7	050.00
Tijuana		1 January 2018	30 October 2018	45	15	14	16	43	48	−5	033.33
Rosario Central		19 March 2019	30 June 2020	33	12	11	10	41	44	−3	036.36
Atlas		11 August 2020	4 October 2022	95	35	25	35	106	94	+12	036.84
Tigres UANL		1 January 2023	9 February 2023	5	3	2	0	9	2	+7	060.00
Mexico		10 February 2023	19 June 2023	7	3	3	1	10	8	+2	042.86
Total				463	193	123	147	596	520	+76	041.68