Jorge Fossati

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In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal surname
is Fossati and the second or maternal family name is Lurachi.
Jorge Fossati
Personal information
Full name Jorge Daniel Fossati Lurachi
Date of birth (1952-11-22) 22 November 1952 (age 71)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Peru (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1971 Rampla Juniors
1972 Central Español
1973–1980
Peñarol
 124 (0)
1980–1981 Independiente 20 (0)
1982
Millonarios
1982–1983 Olimpia 41 (0)
1983–1985 Green Cross Temuco
1985–1987 Rosario Central 16 (0)
1987–1988 Mandiyú de Corrientes 15 (0)
1988–1989 Avaí 19 (0)
1989–1990 Coritiba 21 (0)
International career
1975–1985 Uruguay 3 (0)
Managerial career
1993–1995
River Plate Montevideo
1996
Peñarol
1997 Cerro Porteño
1998–2001 Danubio
2001–2002
Colón de Santa Fe
2002–2003 Danubio
2003–2004
LDU Quito
2004–2006 Uruguay
2006–2007
Al-Sadd
2007–2008 Qatar
2009
LDU Quito
2009–2010
Internacional
2010
Al-Shabab
2010–2012
Al-Sadd
2012–2013
Cerro Porteño
2013 Al-Ain
2014–2015
Peñarol
2015–2016
Al Rayyan
2016–2017 Qatar
2019 Al-Ahli
2019–2021
River Plate Montevideo
2021–2022 Danubio
2023 Universitario de Deportes
2023– Peru
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Daniel Fossati Lurachi (born 22 November 1952 in

football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current manager of the Peru national team
.

Club career

Fossati played mainly in

Peñarol, where he helped the club win five league titles. He also had spells in Argentina with Independiente and Rosario Central, in Colombia with Millonarios, in Paraguay with Olimpia, in Chile with Green Cross Temuco (currently Deportes Temuco) and in Brazil with Coritiba
.

He played for

Avaí in 1989.[1]

Managerial career

Having played as a goalkeeper during his footballing tenure, Fossati states that he had the opportunity to view matches through the perspective of a spectator and the ability to interpret the plays. He began coaching his teammates as a goalkeeper, under the supervision of the coach. As Fossati aged, he started to write analyses of the games and coaches, noting which facets he would have adjusted.[2]

After retiring as a player, he decided to take up management. In the beginning, Fossati had spells in charge of

LDU Quito in Ecuador
.

Fossati became manager of the

2006 World Cup. He managed to take Uruguay out of the lower places in the qualifying table and into the inter-confederation play-off spot. Despite his and the players' efforts, Uruguay lost the play-off against Australia on penalties. Fossati was then replaced as manager of Uruguay by Óscar Tabárez
.

He next coached

Al-Sadd in Qatar and, after winning all four domestic titles with them, was unveiled as the new Qatari national team manager in 2007.[4]
In late 2008, it was announced that Fossati would undergo surgery. Subsequently, the Qatar FA ended their cooperation with him, who supposedly needed too long to recover from surgery.

In 2009, he signed with

Al-Ittihad.[5] Although LDU defeated Al-Ittihad 3–1 in their first game, they bowed out of the competition after losing 2–4 to Real Madrid, a match which saw Cristiano Ronaldo's first goal for Real Madrid. In December 2009, Fossati and LDU won the Copa Sudamericana
after defeating Fluminense 5-4 on aggregate in the finals.

After Internacional and

Internacional for one year, Following negative results, he was fired from Sport Club Internacional on 28 May 2010 after a long meeting with club officials. Fossati left Internacional in the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores after defeating reigning champions Estudiantes de La Plata
in the quarter-finals; Internacional would go on to win the Libertadores.

After that, he was named as head coach of

Club Cerro Porteño
after just 24 hours.

On 26 July 2013, he signed a two years contract with United Arab Emirates champions Al Ain to replace with Cosmin Olăroiu.

He became coach of the Qatar national football team in 2016. Like Fossati, all of the football management of 'The Maroons' were Uruguayan.

In June 2019, the River Plate Athletic Club of Uruguay asked for help, and that the club take command, in order to resurface it, in four months it led the club to a significant improvement in football.

In March 2023, he joined Club Universitario de Deportes, after the departure of Carlos Compagnucci. His contract would end in December 2023 amid rumours of Fossati signing over to the Peru national football team.[6] On 27 December, 2023, Peru would officialize the signing of Fossati as head coach.[7]

Honours

Player

Fossati after winning AFC Champions League in 2011.

Club

Peñarol

Olimpia

Rosario Central

Avaí

Manager

Club

Peñarol

LDU Quito

Al-Sadd

Cerro Porteño

Al-Rayyan

Universitario de Deportes

International

Uruguay

References

  1. ^ "El debut de Jorge Fossati" (in Spanish). Ten Field Digital. 1 June 2004. Retrieved 27 August 2008. [dead link]
  2. ^ "In my past I find the recognition I'm looking for". Qatar Stars League. 19 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012.
  3. ^ "BBC Football". 28 March 2005. Archived from the original on 19 May 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2008.
  4. ^ "FIFA.com - Fossati out to fulfil Qatari dreams". 29 February 2008. Archived from the original on 29 February 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  5. ^ "LDU Quito Coach Jorge Fossati Looking Forward To Real Madrid, Al-Ittihad Clash". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 25 August 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  6. ^ "A la selección: Universitario oficializó la salida de Jorge Fossati". Trome (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Jorge Fossati: Conmebol le da la bienvenida como técnico de la selección peruana". Andina (in Spanish). 28 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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