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

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a government bodies through business administration, nonprofit management, or the political science sub-field of public administra ...

, 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 coach and former player who last coached Major League Soccer club Inter Miami. Martino played mostly for Newell's Old Boys in his native Rosario. He ...

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

Cerro Porteño Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan Association football, football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero (Asunción), Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Paraguayan Primera División, Primera División titles ...

. 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

Sportivo Luqueño Club Sportivo Luqueño is a Paraguayan football club, based in the city of Luque on the outskirts of the capital Asunción. It currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División, the country's top tier of football, where it has won thrice, in 19 ...

. He left on 10 April, and later started working as Mario Sciacqua's assistant at Patronato, Godoy Cruz and

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

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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 20th-century Argentine sportsmen