US EditionTata Martino hired for second stint as Atlanta United coach
Tata Martino returns to lead Atlanta United after a 14th-place finish in 2025, aiming to restore the team’s competitiveness in Major League Soccer.
- Atlanta United rehired Gerardo 'Tata' Martino as head coach on Thursday, returning him to the club for a second stint after coaching from 2016 to 2018.
- Ronny Deila's dismissal last month opened the coaching role after the club struggled through a 5-16-13 campaign in the Eastern Conference.
- A veteran coach, Martino previously won the MLS Cup 2018 with Atlanta United and recently led Inter Miami CF to the 2023 Leagues Cup and 2024 Supporters' Shield.
- Martino will report to Chief Soccer Officer and Sporting Director Chris Henderson, who said Martino emerged as the best candidate to restore Atlanta United's standard of excellence.
- Atlanta United framed the hire as the start of a rebuilding effort, with Martino calling it `a different project than my first stint with the club` and the club citing `a lot of work to do for us to get back to championship form`.
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By Cesar Lopez, CNN en Español - Atlanta United of Major League Soccer (MLS) announced the return of Gerardo “Tata” Martino. The Argentine coach, who will have a contract until 2027, according to the team in the top American soccer league, sent a greeting to fans on the club's social media and expressed his joy at returning. “Tata is an exceptional coach who set the standard of excellence at our club and helped solidify our identity in Major Lea…
Inter Miami echoes the news in Atlanta. Gerardo Tata Martino returns to MLS and sooner rather than later will be Messi’s rival. Weighty information is taken on a MLS where not only Inter Miami in news by these dates. While David Beckham, Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez await the third round of the tournament’s playoffs against Nashville, the return of Gerardo Tata Martino to the Major League Soccer is confirmed. Atlanta United recovers the best coa…
The Argentine DT again leads the United States club after seven years. Firm contract until 2027.
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