Mariano Messera (born 23 February 1978) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Posadas, Messera started his playing career in 1997 for Gimnasia La Plata,[1] where he played 160 league games and scored 36 goals.
In 2002, he played for Cruz Azul in Mexico before returning to Argentina to play for Rosario Central until 2004 when he had a short spell with Calcio Catania.
In 2005, Messera played for San Lorenzo, O'Higgins in Chile,[2][3] and Skoda Xanthi of Greece before returning to Rosario Central in 2007.[1]
Coaching career
Messera has served as coach of the Gimnasia La Plata reserves.[2]
After Gustavo Alfaro was fired in May 2017, Messera and Leandro Martini was appointed joint caretaker manager.[4] In November 2019, the duo was appointed caretaker managers once again after Diego Maradona left.[5] However, two days later, Maradona rejoined the club.
References
- ^ a b Ayala, Lía (23 February 2024). "MARIANO MESSERA: "LOS CLÁSICOS SE JUEGAN CON UN PLUS QUE NO SE SABE DE DÓNDE SALE"". provinciaradio.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ a b Fernández, José Tomas (26 November 2022). "Jugó en O'Higgins, es DT y reemplazó a Maradona: "Nos hizo creer que era inmortal"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ "O'Higgins 2006 - Campeonato de Apertura". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ Martini y Messera fueron presentados como entrenadores interinos en Gimnasia, infoplatense.com.ar, 16 May 2017
- ^ GIMNASIA SIN MARADONA: EL PLANTEL ENTRENÓ CON MARTINI Y MESSERA, infocielo.com, 19 November
External links
- Mariano Messera at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
- Mariano Messera – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- Mariano Messera at ESPN FC
- Guardian statistics (guardian.touch-line.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived August 23, 2012)
- Mariano Messera – Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-05-17) (in Spanish)
