Mariano Soso

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Full name Mariano Gustavo Soso
Date of birth (1981-04-30) 30 April 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Current team
Defensa y Justicia (manager)
Mariano Soso
Soso in 2024
Personal information
Full name Mariano Gustavo Soso
Date of birth (1981-04-30) 30 April 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Team information
Current team
Defensa y Justicia (manager)
Managerial career
Years Team
Newell's Old Boys (youth)
2009 Argentinos Juniors (assistant)
2009–2010 Libertad (assistant)
2010–2011 Cerro Porteño (assistant)
2011 Newell's Old Boys (assistant)
2012 Nacional (assistant)
2012–2013 Unión Temuco (assistant)
2013–2014 Sporting Cristal (assistant)
2015 Real Garcilaso
2016 Sporting Cristal
2017 Gimnasia La Plata
2018–2019 Emelec
2019–2020 Defensa y Justicia
2020–2021 San Lorenzo
2022 O'Higgins
2023 Melgar
2024 Sport Recife
2024 Alianza Lima
2024–2025 Newell's Old Boys
2025– Defensa y Justicia

Mariano Gustavo Soso (born 30 April 1981) is an Argentine football manager, currently in charge of Defensa y Justicia.

Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Soso started his career in Newell's Old Boys' youth categories. In 2009, he became Claudio Vivas' assistant at Argentinos Juniors for six months, before joining Javier Torrente's staff at Libertad, Cerro Porteño, Newell's and Nacional, under the same role.[1]

In 2013, after one season as Hernán Lisi's assistant at Unión Temuco, Soso rejoined Vivas' staff at Sporting Cristal.[2] He remained at the club even after Vivas' departure, being Daniel Ahmed's assistant as the club lifted the 2014 Torneo Descentralizado.

On 11 December 2014, Soso was appointed manager of Real Garcilaso for the upcoming season.[3] Sacked the following 10 August after losing the 2015 Apertura,[4] he returned to Cristal on 4 January 2016, being now first team manager.[5]

On 19 December 2016, a day after winning the league title, Soso resigned from Cristal.[6] The following 26 June, he was presented at Gimnasia La Plata,[7] but decided to leave the club on 28 December.[8]

Soso in 2018

On 22 May 2018, after nearly six months without a club, Soso took over Ecuadorian Serie A side Emelec.[9] He announced his departure from the club on 14 April of the following year,[10] and was appointed at the helm of Defensa y Justicia on 5 June 2019.[11] He left the club in mid-January 2020.[12]

On 16 March 2020, Soso was appointed manager at San Lorenzo.[13] He resigned the following 11 January,[14] and was named in charge of Chilean side O'Higgins on 10 December 2021.[15]

Soso left O'Higgins on a mutual agreement on 7 November 2022,[16] and was appointed Melgar manager the following 14 March.[17] He also left the latter side by the same manners on 21 November 2023.[18]

On 5 December 2023, Sosa was hired by the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B team Sport Recife.[19] On 7 April 2024, Sosa led the team to win the Campeonato Pernambucano title, defeating the rival Náutico[20] in the final, and became the first foreign coach to win this championship for Sport Recife in 66 years.[21]

Soso was sacked by Sport on 25 July 2024,[22] after having only one win in the last six matches, and returned to Peru on 6 August after being named Alianza Lima manager.[23] He left the latter by mutual consent on 21 November,[24] and returned to his home country to take over Newell's Old Boys on 25 November.[25]

Soso left Newell's on 17 February 2025,[26] and returned to Defensa on 9 June.[27]

Honours

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