Full name Diego Martin Cocca Name Diego Cocca 1990–1992 River Plate Spouse Bettina Cocca | Years Team Height 1.74 m Role Footballer | |
Date of birth (1972-11-02) 2 November 1972 (age 43) Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina Team coached Racing Club de Avellaneda (Manager, since 2014) Similar People Gustavo Bou, Diego Milito, Gustavo Costas, Edgardo Bauza, Miguel Angel Russo | ||
Current team Racing Club (manager) Children Manuel Cocca, Abril Cocca | ||
Diego Martín Cocca (born 2 November 1972) is a former Argentine footballer and the current manager of Racing Club. He played professional football for several clubs in Argentina, Spain and Mexico.
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- Club
- International
- As Manager
- Managerial career
- References
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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.
International
In 1991 Cocca was selected to join the Argentina U20 team to play in the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.
As Manager
Managerial career
Cocca took his first step into management by taking over at Comisión de Actividades Infantiles in the Argentine second division. 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.
On 23 December 2009, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata hired Cocca as its coach on a one-year deal. 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.
Cocca on 21 February 2011 was named manager of Mexican side Santos Laguna after coach Ruben Omar Romano was fired for supposedly 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.