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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
Fossati in 2016
Personal information
Full name Jorge Daniel Fossati Lurachi
Date of birth (1952-11-22) 22 November 1952 (age 72)
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 Montevideo) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the current manager of the Peru national team.

Club career

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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 Mandiyú de Corrientes, of Argentina in 1987 and in 1988, and for Brazilian club Avaí in 1989.[1]

Managerial career

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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 River Plate Montevideo, Peñarol (where he won a league title) and Danubio F.C. in Uruguay. He also had spells as manager of Colón de Santa Fe in Argentina, Cerro Porteño in Paraguay and LDU Quito in Ecuador.

Fossati became manager of the Uruguay national team in 2004,[3] signing at a time in which the team was about to miss qualifying to 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 LDU Quito from Ecuador to manage the team for the second time, replacing Edgardo Bauza. Fossati helped LDU Quito win the Recopa Sudamericana 2009 matches against Sport Club Internacional de Porto 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 the Copa Sudamericana after defeating Fluminense 5–4 on aggregate in the finals.

After Internacional and Mário Sergio parted ways, as per their previous agreement, the Brazilian club reached a deal with Fossati. On 13 December 2009, he joined Internacional for one year. Following negative results, he was fired on 28 May 2010. 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 Al-Shabab and nearly reached that season's AFC 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 of Al-Sadd for a second time between 2010 and 2012, during which he won the 2011 AFC Champions League and reached the semi-finals of the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup. Fossati left Al-Sadd on 19 May 2012 and joined Club Cerro Porteño.

On 26 July 2013, he signed a two years contract with United Arab Emirates champions Al Ain to replace 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.[5] On 27 December, 2023, Peru would officialize the signing of Fossati as head coach.[6]

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 19 November 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
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 Present 13 4 4 5 030.77
Total 69 36 17 16 052.17

Honours

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Player

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Fossati after winning AFC Champions League in 2011.

Club

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Peñarol

Olimpia

Rosario Central

Avaí

Manager

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Club

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Peñarol

LDU Quito

Al-Sadd

Cerro Porteño

Al-Rayyan

Universitario de Deportes

International

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Uruguay

References

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  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. ^ "A la selección: Universitario oficializó la salida de Jorge Fossati". Trome (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  6. ^ "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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