 Fossati in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Daniel Fossati Lurachi | ||
| Date of birth | (1952-11-22)22 November 1952 (age 73) | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Universitario (manager) | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2023–2025 | Peru | ||
| 2025– | Universitario | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jorge Daniel Fossati Lurachi (born 22 November 1952 inMontevideo) is a Uruguayanfootball manager and former player who played as agoalkeeper. He is the current manager of Peruvian clubUniversitario.
Fossati played mainly inPeñarol, where he helped the club win five league titles. He also had spells in Argentina withIndependiente andRosario Central, in Colombia withMillonarios, in Paraguay withOlimpia, in Chile with Green Cross Temuco (currentlyDeportes Temuco) and in Brazil withCoritiba.
He played forMandiyú de Corrientes, of Argentina in 1987 and in 1988, and for Brazilian clubAvaí in 1989.[1]
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 ofRiver Plate Montevideo,Peñarol (where he won a league title) andDanubio F.C. in Uruguay. He also had spells as manager ofColón de Santa Fe in Argentina,Cerro Porteño inParaguay andLDU Quito inEcuador.
Fossati became manager of theUruguay national team in 2004,[3] signing at a time in which the team was about to miss qualifying to the2006 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 theplay-off againstAustralia on penalties. Fossati was then replaced as manager of Uruguay byÓscar Tabárez.
He next coachedAl-Sadd inQatar and, after winning all four domestic titles with them, was unveiled as the newQatari 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 withLDU Quito from Ecuador to manage the team for the second time, replacingEdgardo Bauza. Fossati helpedLDU Quito win theRecopa Sudamericana 2009 matches againstSport Club Internacional dePorto Alegre. LDU Quito won both games of the Recopa 1–0 and 3–0, respectively. This gave LDU Quito their second international title. In December 2009, Fossati and LDU won theCopa Sudamericana after defeating Fluminense 5–4 on aggregate in the finals.
After Internacional andMário Sergio parted ways, as per their previous agreement, the Brazilian club reached a deal with Fossati. On 13 December 2009, he joinedInternacional for one year. Following negative results, he was fired on 28 May 2010. Fossati left Internacional in the semi-finals of theCopa Libertadores after defeating reigning championsEstudiantes de La Plata in the quarter-finals; Internacional would go on to win the Libertadores.
After that, he was named as head coach ofAl-Shabab and nearly reached that season'sAFC Champions League final with the team. Fossati was sacked by Al-Shabab in December 2010, but returned for another crack at the continental title, after being put in charge ofAl-Sadd for a second time between 2010 and 2012, during which he won the2011 AFC Champions League and reached the semi-finals of the2011 FIFA Club World Cup. Fossati left Al-Sadd on 19 May 2012 and joinedClub Cerro Porteño.
On 26 July 2013, Fossati signed a two years contract with United Arab Emirates championsAl Ain to replaceCosmin Olăroiu. He became coach of theQatar national football team in 2016. Like Fossati, all of the football management of 'The Maroons' were Uruguayan. In June 2019, he returned to River Plate Montevideo.
In March 2023, Fossati joinedClub Universitario de Deportes, after the departure ofCarlos Compagnucci. His contract would end in December 2023 amid rumours of Fossati signing over to thePeru national football team.[5] On 27 December 2023, Peru would officialize the signing of Fossati as head coach.[6]
Fossati was sacked by the Peru national team on 15 January 2025, with the nation in the last position of the2026 FIFA World Cup qualification.[7] On 20 April, he returned to Universitario.[8]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Al-Sadd | 30 June 2006 | 25 May 2007 | 44 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 056.82 |
| Al-Shabab | 30 June 2010 | 30 December 2011 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 058.33 |
| Peru | 28 December 2023 | 14 January 2024 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 030.77 |
| Total | 69 | 36 | 17 | 16 | 052.17 | ||
Peñarol
Olimpia
Rosario Central
Avaí
Peñarol
LDU Quito
Al-Sadd
Cerro Porteño
Al-Rayyan
Universitario de Deportes
Uruguay
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