Diego Cocca

Diego Cocca
Cocca in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Diego Martín Cocca
Date of birth	(1972-02-11) 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	25	(1)
1993	Deportivo Español	18	(0)
1994–1996	Ferro Carril Oeste	74	(0)
1996–1997	Lleida	11	(0)
1997–1999	Argentinos Juniors	72	(1)
1999–2001	Atlas	81	(1)
2001–2002	Banfield	48	(0)
2003–2004	Veracruz	50	(1)
2004	Banfield	18	(0)
2005	Querétaro	23	(0)
2005–2006	Argentinos Juniors	14	(0)
Total		434	(4)
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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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]

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 record by team and tenure
Team	Nat	From	To	Record
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