Mariano Messera

Mariano Messera 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 Club [de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata|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, Club [Deportivo O'Higgins|O'Higgins] in Chile, and Skoda Xanthi of Greece before returning to Rosario Central in 2007.

Messera has served as coach of the Club de [Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata|Gimnasia La Plata] reserves.
After Gustavo Alfaro was fired in May 2017, Messera and Leandro Martini was appointed joint caretaker manager. In November 2019, the duo was appointed caretaker managers once again after Diego Maradona left. However, two days later, Maradona rejoined the club.