Jorge Fossati

Jorge Daniel Fossati Lurachi ( born November 22, 1952 in Montevideo ) is a former Uruguayan football player and current coach.

  • 3.1 as a player
  • 3.2 as coach

Playing career

Association

The goalkeeper started his career in 1970 with the then in the Primera División playing Rampla Juniors in Montevideo, which descended into the Segunda División in that season. In 1972, he joined Central Español and from 1973 he stood in rows Peñarols. He remained there until 1980 and celebrated in this period five Uruguayan championships (1973, 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979). Of the Aurinegros he moved to Argentina, where he was employed in 1981 in the primer División Metropolitano in 20 games for Independiente de Avellaneda. Next career stop was 1982, the Colombian club Millonarios CD lot. The following year, his path led him to Paraguay. There, he won the national championship with Olimpia Asunción. In 1984, he joined the Primera División Zona Sur antretenden Chilean club Green Cross. The following year saw the return to Argentina in front of him. In rows of Rosario Central he played in the Primera B Zona B, to be subsequently used in 87 of the season 1986/ 16 times in La Liga. At the end of that season he was able to record his seventh overall championship in the personal success statistics. The season 1987/88 joined the now to Deportivo Mandiyú impersonated in the Nacional B Fossati also from winning the title. He then opened his career in Brazil Avaí SC ( 1989) and Coritiba FC ( 1990) finish. In Brazil, he won the Torneo Avaí Catarinense.

National

Fossati participated with the Juniorennationalelf Uruguay at the Junior Americas Cup 1971. There he took second place with his teammates and became vice - champion of South America Junior.

Coaching career

His coaching career began in 1993 at River Plate Fossati. After his engagement there in 1985 ended, he was in 1996 and worked with Peñarol was champion. In 1997 he continued his coaching career in Paraguay, where he coached the club Cerro Porteño and the Torneo Apertura won. Between two jobs at Uruguayan club Danubio in the years 1998 to 2001 and 2002 to 2003, he was from 2001 to 2002 worked in Argentina in Colón de Santa Fe. During his second engagement at Danubio he won there in 2002, the Torneo Clausura. In the season 2003/2004 he took over the Ecuadorean Deportivo Quito and became champion. This was followed in the years 2004 to 2006 to work as a manager of the Uruguayan national team and supervised them in the World Cup qualifiers. In 2007 he took over the position of the football teacher al -Sadd Sports Club, was Qatari champion and was also from 2007 to September 2008 National Coach of the selection of Qatar. However, this office he was forced to retire for health reasons. As a result, he returned to South America. In 2009, he broke Edgardo Bauza from Deportivo Quito as a coach and won with his club in the Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana and the. 2010 trained Fossati in Brazil the SC Internacional. He then coached Al -Shabab (2010-2011) and for a short time again al -Sadd Sports Club ( 2011-2012). In Qatar, he succeeded this time the title win in the AFC Champions League. Since May 2012, he was the successor to the Argentinian Mario Grana in the service of the Paraguayan club Club Cerro Porteño and secured this year, the title of the Torneo Apertura. He resigned in February 2013 after a defeat in the Copa Libertadores match against Real Gracilaso from his post. In July 2013 he took over as coach of Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates signed a one year contract and.

Achievements

As a player

  • 5x Uruguayan champion (1973, 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979)
  • 1x Paraguayan Master (1983 )
  • 1x Argentine champion (1986 /87)
  • 1x Vice Junior South American champions (1971 )

As coach

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