Victorio Cocco
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Victorio Nicolás Cocco | ||
Date of birth | March 23, 1946 | ||
Place of birth | Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1964–1967 | Unión de Santa Fe | 136 | (11) |
1968–1974 | San Lorenzo | 194 | (49) |
1975 | Deportivo La Coruña | 21 | (7) |
1976 | River Plate | 14 | (1) |
1977 | Atlanta | 23 | (4) |
1978 | Boca Juniors | 12 | (2) |
1979 | Cúcuta | ? | (?) |
National team | |||
1968–1974 | Argentina | 6 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
1977 | Atlanta | ||
1981 | San Lorenzo | ||
1982 | Atlanta | ||
1983 | Racing de Córdoba | ||
1984–1985 | Belgrano de Córdoba | ||
1985–1986 | Atlanta | ||
1987 | Colón de Santa Fe | ||
1989 | Tigre | ||
1992–1993 | Belgrano de Córdoba | ||
1994 | Gimnasia y Tiro | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 October 2007 |
Victorio Nicolás Cocco (born 23 March 1946 in Santa Fe, Argentina) is a former Argentine footballer. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina, Spain and Colombia and represented the Argentina national football team.
Personal life[]
Three marriages. Four children. Two from first marriage: Victorio Jr and Verónica, one from his second marriage: Victoria and another from his third marriage, Aaron.
Playing career[]
Cocco made his professional debut playing for Unión de Santa Fe in the Argentine 2nd division in 1964. He was part of the team that won the championship and promotion to the Primera in 1966. Cocco played one season with Unión in the Primera in 1967.
Cocco was signed by San Lorenzo in 1968 and later that year he won his first Primera Division title with the club. San Lorenzo won the Metropolitano without losing a single game, making them the first unbeaten champions in the professional era of Argentine football.
In 1972 Cocco was part of the San Lorenzo team that won both of the Argentine league titles, this time they completed the Nacional championship without losing a game.
Cocco won his fourth title with San Lorenzo in 1974, the club won the Nacional championship. Cocco is one of only five players to have won four league championships with San Lorenzo, the others being Sergio Villar, Carlos Veglio, Roberto Telch and Agustín Irusta.
By the time Cocco left San Lorenzo in 1974 he had played 202 games for the club, scoring 49 goals.
In 1975 Cocco played for Deportivo La Coruña in Spain, but he returned to Argentina in 1976 to play for River Plate. In 1977, he joined Club Atlético Atlanta where he got his first taste of management as a player manager in the last few games of the Metropolitano 1977.
Cocco had a short spell with Boca Juniors in 1978 alongside former San Lorenzo team-mate Carlos Veglio. He made 12 appearances for the club, and joined the select band of players to have played for Boca Juniors and River Plate.
Cocco played out his career in Colombia with Cúcuta Deportivo in 1979.
Titles as a player[]
Season | Team | Title |
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1966 | Unión de Santa Fe | Argentine 2nd division |
1968 Metropolitano | San Lorenzo | Primera División Argentina |
1972 Metropolitano | San Lorenzo | Primera División Argentina |
1972 Nacional | San Lorenzo | Primera División Argentina |
1974 Nacional | San Lorenzo | Primera División Argentina |
Managerial career[]
Cocco has held a number of managerial positions including San Lorenzo (twice), Atlanta (3 times), Belgrano de Córdoba (twice), Racing de Córdoba, Colón de Santa Fe, Club Atlético Tigre and Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta. He has also held a number of other official positions in Argentine football.
References[]
External links[]
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- (in Spanish) Museo de San Lorenzo website
- (in Russian) Once-onze.narod.ru
- (in Spanish) Professional CV
- 1946 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Santa Fe, Argentina
- Argentine footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Unión de Santa Fe footballers
- San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
- Deportivo de La Coruña players
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Club Atlético Atlanta footballers
- Racing de Córdoba footballers
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Primera Nacional players
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Colombia
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Argentina international footballers
- Argentine football managers
- Club Atlético Atlanta managers
- San Lorenzo de Almagro managers
- Club Atlético Belgrano managers
- Club Atlético Colón managers
- Club Atlético Tigre managers
- Argentine people of Italian descent