Argentine Diego Cocca will be Mexico’s coach heading into the 2026 World Cup, as announced Thursday by the president of Tigres UANL, Mauricio Culebro, anticipating the announcement by the Mexican Football Federation (FMF).
“There was communication with the people of the federation and the National Teams Committee. They expressed their interest in interviewing Diego. At that time we spoke to Diego and he said he wanted to be part of the interviews. On Monday received we got the call from there and Diego was chosen as the technical director of the national team,” said Culebro.
The conference was kicked off by the feline manager with the announcement that the working relationship between Cocca and the Tigers was ending because the team from the north of the country “will always come first.”
Only five days in Tigres
Cocca became the coach of Tigres in this Clausura 2023 Mexican football tournament, however his management lasted only five days, during which he left the cats in third place in the standings with three wins and two draws.
The Argentine will replace his compatriot Gerardo Martino on the Mexico bench, who stepped down after El Tri was eliminated in the first stage of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
“He always had the illusion of leading a team, in this case the Mexican team because he said he owes a lot to Mexican soccer,” Culebro answered when asked about what he talked about with the former cat coach .
A recent favorite
In recent days, Diego Cocca has become a surprise candidate to become Mexico’s coach since Martino’s departure, the names of Argentine Marcelo Bielsa, Uruguayan Guillermo Almada and Mexicans Miguel Herrera and Ignacio Ambriz have appeared in the local press.
Until this week Cocca appeared in the Mexican media as the leading executive contender for Martino’s position.
he went through
Born in Buenos Aires 50 years ago, he arrives at El Tri with a record that includes two championships with Atlas in the 2021-2022 season and an Argentine football title in 2014 with Racing Club.
The Argentine started his coaching career in 2007, after retiring as a player, and the clubs he has managed include Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, Huracán, Defensa y Justicia, Rosario Central and Racing Club from his country.
In Mexico, Cocca managed Santos, Tijuana, Atlas and Tigres. The coach’s debut with the Mexican national team will take place in March, when El Tri will face Suriname and Jamaica in the Concacaf Nations League.
Source: La Verdad
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