Adrián Coria (football manager)

Adrián Coria
Personal information
Full name	Adrián Roberto Coria
Date of birth	16 May 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Rosario, Argentina
Team information
Current team	Newell's Old Boys (youth manager)
Managerial career
Years	Team
1990–2003	Newell's Old Boys (youth)
2003–2004	Cerro Porteño (assistant)
2005	Colón (assistant)
2005–2006	Libertad (assistant)
2007–2011	Paraguay (assistant)
2008–2011	Paraguay U20
2012–2013	Newell's Old Boys (assistant)
2013–2014	Barcelona (assistant)
2014–2016	Argentina (assistant)
2017	Sportivo Luqueño
2019	Patronato (assistant)
2020	Godoy Cruz (assistant)
2020–2021	Sarmiento (assistant)
2021–	Newell's Old Boys (youth)
2022	Newell's Old Boys (interim)
2024	Newell's Old Boys (interim)

Adrián Roberto Coria (born 16 May 1959) is an Argentine football manager, currently the manager of Newell's Old Boys' youth categories.

Coria is recognized as the first manager of Lionel Messi at Newell's before his move to Spain.^[2]

Career

After working as manager of Newell's Old Boys' youth sides for more than ten years, Coria joined Gerardo Martino's staff as one of his assistants in 2003, at Cerro Porteño. He also worked alongside Martino at Colón, Libertad, the Paraguay national team^[3] (where he was also in charge of the under-20 team),^[1] Newell's, Barcelona^[2] and the Argentina national team.^[4]

On 2 March 2017, Coria was named manager of Paraguayan side Sportivo Luqueño.^[5] He left on 10 April,^[6] and later started working as Mario Sciacqua's assistant at Patronato,^[7] Godoy Cruz and Sarmiento.

Coria returned to Newell's in November 2021, again in charge of the youth sides, along with Gustavo Tognarelli and Ariel Palena.^[8] On 29 August 2022, he was named interim manager along with Tognarelli, as Javier Sanguinetti resigned.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "Adrián Roberto Coria: A trabajar, para salir adelante" [Adrián Roberto Coria: To work, to push forward] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Adrián Coria, asistente de Martino, fue entrenador de Messi en Newell's" [Adrián Coria, Martino's assistant, was manager of Messi at Newell's] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
^ "Adrián Coria dirigirá a Paraguay en el banquillo" [Adrián Coria will manage Paraguay from the bench] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
^ "Martino será presentado hoy como DT de la selección" [Martino will be presented today as manager of the national team] (in Spanish). Tres Lineas. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
^ "Coria, "el técnico de primer nivel" que contrata Luqueño" [Coria "the top tier manager" which Luqueño sign]. Última Hora (in Spanish). D10. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
^ "Sportivo Luqueño se queda sin entrenador" [Sportivo Luqueño end up without manager] (in Spanish). Hoy. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
^ ""Quiero que Patronato sea importante en el fútbol argentino"" ["I want Patronato to be important in the Argentine football"] (in Spanish). Mirador Provincial. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
^ "Newell's: designaron un triunvirato para coordinar las divisiones juveniles" [Newell's: they appointed a trio to coordinate the youth sides] (in Spanish). La Capital. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
^ "Javier Sanguinetti presentó la renuncia y ya no es más técnico Newell's" [Javier Sanguinetti resigned and is no longer manager of Newell's] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 29 August 2022.