Mariano Messera
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mariano Messera | ||
Date of birth | 23 February 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Posadas, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2002 | Gimnasia La Plata | 160 | (36) |
2002 | Cruz Azul | 16 | (1) |
2003–2004 | Rosario Central | 49 | (5) |
2004 | Catania | 5 | (0) |
2005 | San Lorenzo | 13 | (0) |
2006 | O'Higgins | 14 | (3) |
2006–2007 | Skoda Xanthi | 22 | (3) |
2007–2008 | Rosario Central | 20 | (0) |
2008–2010 | Gimnasia La Plata | 45 | (3) |
2010–2012 | San Martín San Juan | 23 | (2) |
2012–2014 | Deportivo Morón | 25 | (0) |
2015 | Barrio Traut | ||
Teams managed | |||
2017 | Gimnasia La Plata (caretaker) | ||
2020–2021 | Gimnasia La Plata | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mariano Messera (born 23 February 1978) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Career
Born in Posadas, Messera started his playing career in 1997 for Gimnasia La Plata, 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, and Skoda Xanthi of Greece before returning to Rosario Central in 2007.
Coaching career
After Gustavo Alfaro was fired in May 2017, Messera and Leandro Martini was appointed joint caretaker manager.[1] In November 2019, the duo was appointed caretaker managers once again after Diego Maradona left.[2] However, two days later, Maradona rejoined the club.
References
- ^ 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 (in Spanish)
- Mariano Messera – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (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)
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from Posadas, Misiones
- Argentine people of Italian descent
- Argentine footballers
- Argentine football managers
- Association football midfielders
- Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers
- Rosario Central footballers
- San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
- Cruz Azul footballers
- Catania S.S.D. players
- Xanthi F.C. players
- O'Higgins F.C. footballers
- San Martín de San Juan footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Chile
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Argentine Primera División players
- Liga MX players
- Serie B players
- Super League Greece players
- Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata managers
- Argentine Primera División managers
- Sportspeople from Misiones Province