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{{short description|Argentine footballer and manager}}
{{Infobox football biography
 | name = Victorio Cocco
 | image = CoccoVictorio.jpg
 | image_size = 250px
 | caption = 
 | fullname = Victorio Nicolás Cocco 
 | height =
 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|3|23}}
 | birth_place = [[Santa Fe, Argentina|Santa Fe]], [[Argentina]]
 | currentclub  = 
 | clubnumber = 
 | position = [[Midfielder#Central midfielder|Central midfielder]]
 | youthyears1 = 
 | youthclubs1 = 
 |  years1 = 1964–1967
| years2 = 1968–1974
| years3 = 1975
| years4 = 1976
| years5 = 1977
| years6 = 1978
| years7 = 1979 
 |  clubs1 = [[Unión de Santa Fe]]
| clubs2 = [[Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]]
| clubs3 = [[Deportivo de La Coruña|Deportivo La Coruña]]
| clubs4 = [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]
| clubs5 = [[Club Atlético Atlanta|Atlanta]]
| clubs6 = [[Boca Juniors]]
| clubs7 = [[Corporación Nuevo Cúcuta Deportivo|Cúcuta]]
 | caps1 = 136
| caps2 = 194
| caps3 = 21
| caps4 = 14
| caps5 = 23
| caps6 = 12
| caps7 = ?
| goals1 = 11
| goals2 = 49
| goals3 = 7
| goals4 = 1
| goals5 = 4
| goals6 = 2
| goals7 = ? 
 | nationalyears1 = 1968–1974
 | nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
 | nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 1 
 |  manageryears1 = 1977
| manageryears2 = 1981
| manageryears3 = 1982
| manageryears4 = 1983
| manageryears5 = 1984–1985
| manageryears6 = 1985–1986
| manageryears7 = 1987
| manageryears8 = 1989
| manageryears9 = 1992–1993
| manageryears10 = 1994 
| managerclubs1 = [[Club Atlético Atlanta|Atlanta]] 
| managerclubs2 = [[Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]]
| managerclubs3 = [[Club Atlético Atlanta|Atlanta]] 
| managerclubs4 = [[Club Atlético Racing de Córdoba|Racing (C)]]
| managerclubs5 = [[Club Atlético Belgrano|Belgrano (C)]] 
| managerclubs6 = [[Club Atlético Atlanta|Atlanta]]
| managerclubs7 = [[Colón de Santa Fe|Colón]]
| managerclubs8 = [[Club Atlético Tigre|Tigre]] 
| managerclubs9 = [[Club Atlético Belgrano|Belgrano (C)]]
| managerclubs10 = [[Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta|Gimnasia y Tiro]] 
| pcupdate = 01 September 2024
}}
'''Victorio Nicolás Cocco ''' (born 23 March 1946 in [[Santa Fe, Argentina]]) is a former [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[football (soccer)|footballer]]. He played for several clubs in Argentina, [[Spain]], and [[Colombia]] and represented the [[Argentina national football team]].

== Personal life ==

Three marriages.  Four children.  Two from their 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 [[Primera B Nacional|Argentine 2nd division]] in 1964. He was part of the team that won the championship and promotion to the [[Primera División Argentina|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 championship|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|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 de La Coruña|Deportivo La Coruña]] in [[Spain]], but he returned to Argentina in 1976 to play for [[Club Atlético River Plate|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 [[Corporación Nuevo Cúcuta Deportivo|Cúcuta Deportivo]] in 1979.

== Titles as a player ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Season
!Team
!Title
|-
|1966 || [[Unión de Santa Fe]] || [[Primera B Nacional|Argentine 2nd division]]
|-
|1968 [[Metropolitano championship|Metropolitano]]|| [[Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]]|| [[Primera División Argentina]]
|-
|1972 [[Metropolitano championship|Metropolitano]]|| [[Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]]|| [[Primera División Argentina]]
|-
|1972 [[Nacional championship|Nacional]]|| [[Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]]|| [[Primera División Argentina]]
|-
|1974 [[Nacional championship|Nacional]]|| [[Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro|San Lorenzo]]|| [[Primera División Argentina]]
|-
|}

== Managerial career ==

Cocco has held a number of managerial positions including San Lorenzo (twice), Atlanta (3 times), [[Club Atlético Belgrano|Belgrano de Córdoba]] (twice), [[Club Atlético Racing de Córdoba|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 ==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20081221234637/http://www.museodesanlorenzo.com.ar/contenido/MUSEO1/005.htm Museo de San Lorenzo website]
*{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.once-onze.narod.ru/ARGENTINA/C/Co/Cocco_Vitorio_Nicolas.mht Once-onze.narod.ru]
*{{in lang|es}} [http://www.campusvirtual.atfa.com.ar/CV%20Cocco.pdf Professional CV]

{{San Lorenzo de Almagro managers}}
{{Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata managers}}
{{Club Atlético Colón managers}}
{{Club Atlético Tigre managers}}
{{Club Atlético Belgrano managers}}

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[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Santa Fe, Argentina]]
[[Category:Argentine men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Unión de Santa Fe footballers]]
[[Category:San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers]]
[[Category:Deportivo de La Coruña players]]
[[Category:Club Atlético River Plate footballers]]
[[Category:Club Atlético Atlanta footballers]]
[[Category:Racing de Córdoba footballers]]
[[Category:Boca Juniors footballers]]
[[Category:Argentine Primera División players]]
[[Category:Primera Nacional players]]
[[Category:Argentine expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain]]
[[Category:Argentina men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Argentine football managers]]
[[Category:Club Atlético Atlanta managers]]
[[Category:San Lorenzo de Almagro managers]]
[[Category:Club Atlético Belgrano managers]]
[[Category:Club Atlético Colón managers]]
[[Category:Club Atlético Tigre managers]]
[[Category:Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent]]
[[Category:20th-century Argentine sportsmen]]