Diego Cocca

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
Team information
Current team	Valladolid (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1992	River Plate
1993	Deportivo Español
1994–1996	Ferro Carril Oeste
1996–1997	Lleida
1997–1999	Argentinos Juniors
1999–2001	Atlas
2001–2002	Banfield
2003–2004	Veracruz
2004	Banfield
2005	Querétaro
2005–2006	Argentinos Juniors
Total
International career
1991	Argentina U20
Managerial career
2007–2008	C.A.I.
2008–2009	Godoy Cruz
2010	Gimnasia LP
2011	Santos Laguna
2011–2012	Huracán
2013–2014	Defensa y Justicia
2014–2015	Racing Club
2016	Millonarios
2017	Racing Club
2017–2018	Tijuana
2019–2020	Rosario Central
2020–2022	Atlas
2023	Tigres UANL
2023	Mexico
2024–	Valladolid
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Mexico (as manager)
CONCACAF Nations League
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diego Martín Cocca (born 11 February 1972) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who played as a right-back. He is the current manager of La Liga side Real Valladolid.

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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

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

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

As manager of Atlas, Cocca 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, he was fired on 8 February 2023.^[7]

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

On 14 December 2024, Cocca was appointed manager of La Liga side Real Valladolid, signing a contract until the end of the season.^[9]

As of match played 18 June 2023

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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
Valladolid		14 December 2024	present	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				463	193	123	147	596	520	+76	041.68

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River Plate

Primera División Argentina: Apertura 1991

Manager

Racing

Primera División: 2014 Transición

Atlas

Individual

Liga MX Best Manager: 2021–22
Liga MX All-Star: 2022

[1]
(in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics^[usurped] at Futbol XXI
[2]
(in Spanish) Olé article about becoming manager of CAI Archived 2007-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
[3]
"Cambio de mando". Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
[4]
Diego Cocca es el nuevo técnico de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata^{[permanent dead link‍]}
[5]
"Cocca se fue de Gimnasia". Cancha Llena (in Spanish). 29 September 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
[6]
"Diego Cocca fue cesado de Santos Laguna" (in Spanish). 4 September 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
[7]
"Tigres confirma la salida de Diego Cocca para tomar la Selección Mexicana" (in Spanish). TUDN. 9 February 2023.
[8]
"Página Oficial de la Selección Nacional de México". miseleccion.mx (in Spanish). 19 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
[9]
"Diego Cocca, nuevo entrenador del Real Valladolid" [Diego Cocca, new manager of Real Valladolid] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

Media related to Diego Cocca at Wikimedia Commons
Diego Martin Cocca at BDFA (in Spanish)

[1] [1]
(in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics^[usurped] at Futbol XXI

[2] [2]
(in Spanish) Olé article about becoming manager of CAI Archived 2007-10-19 at the Wayback Machine

[3] [3]
"Cambio de mando". Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2009.

[4] [4]
Diego Cocca es el nuevo técnico de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[5] [5]
"Cocca se fue de Gimnasia". Cancha Llena (in Spanish). 29 September 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2010.

[6] [6]
"Diego Cocca fue cesado de Santos Laguna" (in Spanish). 4 September 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.

[7] [7]
"Tigres confirma la salida de Diego Cocca para tomar la Selección Mexicana" (in Spanish). TUDN. 9 February 2023.

[8] [8]
"Página Oficial de la Selección Nacional de México". miseleccion.mx (in Spanish). 19 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

[9] [9]
"Diego Cocca, nuevo entrenador del Real Valladolid" [Diego Cocca, new manager of Real Valladolid] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

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