Personal information | |||
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Full name | Diego Martín Cocca | ||
Date of birth | 2 November 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Right back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Millonarios (manager) | ||
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 | ||
2001–2002 | Banfield | 48 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Veracruz | 50 | (1) |
2004 | Banfield | 18 | (0) |
2005 | Querétaro | ||
2005–2006 | Argentinos Juniors | 14 | (0) |
National team | |||
1991 | Argentina U20 | ||
Teams managed | |||
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 | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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.
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.
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. 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.