Diego Cocca Explained

Diego Cocca
Fullname:Diego Martín Cocca
Birth Date:11 February 1972
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height:1.74 m
Position:Right-back
Years1:1990–1992
Years2:1993
Years3:1994–1996
Years4:1996–1997
Years5:1997–1999
Years6:1999–2001
Years7:2001–2002
Years8:2003–2004
Years9:2004
Years10:2005
Years11:2005–2006
Clubs1:River Plate
Clubs2:Deportivo Español
Clubs3:Ferro Carril Oeste
Clubs4:Lleida
Clubs5:Argentinos Juniors
Clubs6:Atlas
Clubs7:Banfield
Clubs8:Veracruz
Clubs9:Banfield
Clubs10:Querétaro
Clubs11:Argentinos Juniors
Caps1:25
Caps2:18
Caps3:74
Caps4:11
Caps5:72
Caps6:81
Caps7:48
Caps8:50
Caps9:18
Caps10:23
Caps11:14
Goals1:1
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:1
Goals6:1
Goals7:0
Goals8:1
Goals9:0
Goals10:0
Goals11:0
Totalcaps:434
Totalgoals:4
Nationalyears1:1991
Nationalteam1:Argentina U20
Manageryears1:2007–2008
Manageryears2:2008–2009
Manageryears3:2010
Manageryears4:2011
Manageryears5:2011–2012
Manageryears6:2013–2014
Manageryears7:2014–2015
Manageryears8:2016
Manageryears9:2017
Manageryears10:2017–2018
Manageryears11:2019–2020
Manageryears12:2020–2022
Manageryears13:2023
Manageryears14:2023
Managerclubs1:C.A.I.
Managerclubs2:Godoy Cruz
Managerclubs3:Gimnasia LP
Managerclubs4:Santos Laguna
Managerclubs5:Huracán
Managerclubs6:Defensa y Justicia
Managerclubs7:Racing Club
Managerclubs8:Millonarios
Managerclubs9:Racing Club
Managerclubs10:Tijuana
Managerclubs11:Rosario Central
Managerclubs12:Atlas
Managerclubs13:Tigres UANL
Managerclubs14:Mexico

Diego Martín Cocca (born 11 February 1972) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of the Mexico national team.

Playing career

Club

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

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

Managerial career

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 10 February 2023, Cocca was named manager of Mexico, one day after stepping down as Tigres UANL manager. 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, the FMF announced that Cocca had been relieved of his duties.[7]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecord
C.A.I.15 October 20075 June 2008
Godoy Cruz30 October 20082 November 2009
Gimnasia LP1 January 201030 September 2010
Santos Laguna21 February 20113 September 2011
Huracán2 October 201127 February 2012
Defensa y Justicia1 July 201330 June 2014
Racing Club1 July 201431 December 2015
Millonarios17 August 201631 December 2016
Racing Club1 January 201727 November 2017
Tijuana1 January 201830 October 2018
Rosario Central19 March 201930 June 2020
Atlas11 August 20204 October 2022
Tigres UANL1 January 20239 February 2023
Mexico10 February 202319 June 2023
Total

Honours

Player

River Plate

Apertura 1991

Manager

Racing

2014 Transición

Atlas

Apertura 2021, Clausura 2022

2022Individual

Notes and References

  1. Argentine Primera statistics at Futbol XXI
  2. Olé article about becoming manager of CAI
  3. Web site: Cambio de mando . 2009-11-03 . 2020-05-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200524071708/http://www.clubgodoycruz.com.ar/contenidos_web/novedades/03nov2009.htm/ . dead .
  4. http://ar.sports.yahoo.com/noticias/deportes-diego-cocca-nuevo-tecnico-gimnasia-23122009-82.html Diego Cocca es el nuevo técnico de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
  5. News: Cocca se fue de Gimnasia . . es . 2010-09-29 . 2010-09-29 .
  6. News: Diego Cocca fue cesado de Santos Laguna . es . 2011-09-04 . 2011-09-05 .
  7. Web site: 19 June 2023 . Página Oficial de la Selección Nacional de México . 22 June 2023 . miseleccion.mx . es.