Adrián Roberto Coria (born 16 May 1959) is an Argentine football

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, currently the manager of

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

' youth categories. Coria is recognized as the first manager of

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at Newell's before his move to Spain.

Career

After working as manager of

' youth sides for more than ten years, Coria joined

Gerardo Martino Gerardo Daniel "Tata" Martino (born 20 November 1962) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player. Martino played mostly for Newell's Old Boys in his native Rosario. He holds the record of appearances with the team playing a ...

's staff as one of his assistants in 2003, at

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. He also worked alongside Martino at Colón, Libertad, the Paraguay national team (where he was also in charge of the under-20 team), Newell's,

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and the Argentina national team. On 2 March 2017, Coria was named manager of Paraguayan side

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. He left on 10 April, and later started working as

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's assistant at

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, Godoy Cruz and

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. Coria returned to Newell's in November 2021, again in charge of the youth sides, along with

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and

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. On 29 August 2022, he was named interim manager along with Tognarelli, as

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resigned.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coria, Adrian 1959 births Living people Sportspeople from Rosario, Santa Fe Argentine football managers Argentine Primera División managers Newell's Old Boys managers FC Barcelona non-playing staff Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate football managers in Paraguay Sportivo Luqueño managers