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Mariano Messera
Personal information
Full name	Mariano Messera
Date of birth	23 February 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Posadas, Argentina
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	Gimnasia La Plata
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2002	Gimnasia La Plata
2002	Cruz Azul
2003–2004	Rosario Central
2004	Catania
2005	San Lorenzo
2006	O'Higgins
2006–2007	Skoda Xanthi
2007–2008	Rosario Central
2008–2010	Gimnasia La Plata
2010–2011	San Martín SJ
2012–2014	Deportivo Morón
2015	Barrio Traut
Total
Managerial career
	Gimnasia La Plata (reserves)
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.

Club career

Born in Posadas, Messera started his playing career in 1997 for Gimnasia La Plata,^[1] 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,^[2]^[3] and Skoda Xanthi of Greece before returning to Rosario Central in 2007.^[1]

Coaching career

Messera has served as coach of the Gimnasia La Plata reserves.^[2]

After Gustavo Alfaro was fired in May 2017, Messera and Leandro Martini was appointed joint caretaker manager.^[4] In November 2019, the duo was appointed caretaker managers once again after Diego Maradona left.^[5] However, two days later, Maradona rejoined the club.