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{{short description|Uruguayan footballer and coach (born 1952)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{family name hatnote|Fossati|Lurachi|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jorge Fossati
| image = Jorge Fossati.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Fossati in 2016
| fullname = Jorge Daniel Fossati Lurachi
| height = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1952|11|22}}
| birth_place = [[Montevideo]], Uruguay
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| currentclub = [[Club Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]] (manager)
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1970–1971
| years2 = 1972
| years3 = 1973–1980
| years4 = 1980–1981
| years5 = 1982
| years6 = 1982–1983
| years7 = 1983–1985
| years8 = 1985–1987
| years9 = 1987–1988
| years10 = 1988–1989
| years11 = 1989–1990
| clubs1 = [[Rampla Juniors]]
| clubs2 = [[Central Español]]
| clubs3 = [[C.A. Peñarol|Peñarol]]
| clubs4 = [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]]
| clubs5 = [[Millonarios]]
| clubs6 = [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]]
| clubs7 = [[Deportes Temuco|Green Cross Temuco]]
| clubs8 = [[Rosario Central]]
| clubs9 = [[Textil Mandiyú|Mandiyú de Corrientes]]
| clubs10 = [[Avaí FC|Avaí]]
| clubs11 = [[Coritiba Foot Ball Club|Coritiba]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| caps3 = 124
| goals3 = 0
| caps4 = 20
| goals4 = 0
| caps5 = 
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| caps6 = 41
| goals6 = 0
| caps7 = 
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| caps8 = 16
| goals8 = 0
| caps9 = 15
| goals9 = 0
| caps10 = 19
| goals10 = 0
| caps11 = 21
| goals11 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1975–1985
| nationalteam1 = [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 
| manageryears1 = 1993–1995
| manageryears2 = 1996
| manageryears3 = 1997
| manageryears4 = 1998–2001
| manageryears5 = 2001–2002
| manageryears6 = 2002–2003
| manageryears7 = 2003–2004
| manageryears8 = 2004–2006
| manageryears9 = 2006–2007
| manageryears10 = 2007–2008
| manageryears11 = 2009
| manageryears12 = 2009–2010
| manageryears13 = 2010
| manageryears14 = 2010–2012
| manageryears15 = 2012–2013
| manageryears16 = 2013
| manageryears17 = 2014–2015
| manageryears18 = 2015–2016
| manageryears19 = 2016–2017
| manageryears20 = 2019
| manageryears21 = 2019–2021
| manageryears22 = 2021–2022
| manageryears23 = 2023
| manageryears24 = 2023–2025
| manageryears25 = 2025–
| managerclubs1 = [[River Plate Montevideo]]
| managerclubs2 = [[C.A. Peñarol|Peñarol]]
| managerclubs3 = [[Cerro Porteño]]
| managerclubs4 = [[Danubio F.C.|Danubio]]
| managerclubs5 = [[Colón de Santa Fe]]
| managerclubs6 = [[Danubio F.C.|Danubio]]
| managerclubs7 = [[Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito|LDU Quito]]
| managerclubs8 = [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]
| managerclubs9 = [[Al-Sadd]]
| managerclubs10 = [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]]
| managerclubs11 = [[Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito|LDU Quito]]
| managerclubs12 = [[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]
| managerclubs13 = [[Al-Shabab Riyadh|Al-Shabab]]
| managerclubs14 = [[Sadd Sports Club|Al-Sadd]]
| managerclubs15 = [[Club Cerro Porteño|Cerro Porteño]]
| managerclubs16 = [[Al Ain FC|Al-Ain]]
| managerclubs17 = [[C.A. Peñarol|Peñarol]]
| managerclubs18 = [[Al Rayyan SC|Al Rayyan]]
| managerclubs19 = [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]]
| managerclubs20 = [[Al-Ahli Saudi FC|Al-Ahli]]
| managerclubs21 = [[River Plate Montevideo]]
| managerclubs22 = [[Danubio F.C.|Danubio]]
| managerclubs23 = [[Club Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]]
| managerclubs24 = [[Peru national football team|Peru]]
| managerclubs25 = [[Club Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]]
}}

'''Jorge Daniel Fossati Lurachi''' (born 22 November 1952 in [[Montevideo]]) is a Uruguayan [[football (soccer)|football]] manager and former player who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]. He is the current manager of Peruvian club [[Club Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]].

==Club career==
Fossati played mainly in [[C.A. Peñarol|Peñarol]], where he helped the club win five league titles. He also had spells in Argentina with [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]] and [[Rosario Central]], in Colombia with [[Millonarios F.C.|Millonarios]], in Paraguay with [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]], in Chile with Green Cross Temuco (currently [[Deportes Temuco]]) and in Brazil with [[Coritiba Foot Ball Club|Coritiba]].

He played for [[Textil Mandiyú|Mandiyú de Corrientes]], of Argentina in 1987 and in 1988, and for Brazilian club [[Avaí Futebol Clube|Avaí]] in 1989.<ref name="career">{{cite web | title = El debut de Jorge Fossati | url=http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/servlet/hntdide?0,5,5%2F,1934,22190,1,1934,0| access-date = 27 August 2008 | date = 1 June 2004 | publisher=Ten Field Digital |language=es }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/ArticlesEn/ArticlesEn.aspx?pid=36|title=In my past I find the recognition I'm looking for|publisher=Qatar Stars League|date=19 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304063306/http://qsl.com.qa/Users/ArticlesEn/ArticlesEn.aspx?pid=36|archive-date=4 March 2012 }}</ref>

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 [[Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito|LDU Quito]] in [[Ecuador]].

Fossati became manager of the [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay national team]] in 2004,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_football/4387301.stm |title=BBC Football |date=28 March 2005 |access-date=27 March 2008 |archive-date=19 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519045438/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_football/4387301.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off)|play-off]] against [[Australia men's national soccer team|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 [[Qatar national football team|Qatari national team]] manager in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=698580.html|title=FIFA.com - Fossati out to fulfil Qatari dreams|date=29 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229120044/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=698580.html|access-date=10 December 2021|archive-date=29 February 2008}}</ref> 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 [[Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito|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 [[2009 Copa Sudamericana|Copa Sudamericana]] after defeating Fluminense 5–4 on aggregate in the finals.

After Internacional and [[Mário Sérgio (footballer, born 1950)|Mário Sergio]] parted ways, as per their previous agreement, the Brazilian club reached a deal with Fossati. On 13 December 2009, he joined [[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]] for one year. Following negative results, he was fired on 28 May 2010. Fossati left Internacional in the semi-finals of the [[2010 Copa Libertadores|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 Riyadh|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 [[Sadd Sports Club|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, Fossati signed a two years contract with United Arab Emirates champions [[Al Ain FC|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, he returned to River Plate Montevideo.

In March 2023, Fossati 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=A la selección: Universitario oficializó la salida de Jorge Fossati|url=https://trome.com/deportes/seleccion-peruana/seleccion-peruana-universitario-oficializo-la-salida-de-jorge-fossati-que-sera-el-nuevo-tecnico-de-la-blanquirroja-noticia/|website=Trome|language=es-pe|access-date=14 December 2023}}</ref> On 27 December 2023, Peru would officialize the signing of Fossati as head coach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-jorge-fossati-conmebol-le-da-bienvenida-como-tecnico-de-seleccion-peruana-968337.aspx|title=Jorge Fossati: Conmebol le da la bienvenida como técnico de la selección peruana|access-date=28 December 2023|date=28 December 2023|website=Andina|language=es-pe}}</ref>

Fossati was sacked by the Peru national team on 15 January 2025, with the nation in the last position of the [[2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com.pe/futbol/mundial/nota/_/id/14566140/jorge-fossati-dejo-de-ser-el-seleccionador-de-peru-bicolor|title=FPF tomó una decisión: Jorge Fossati no sigue como seleccionador de Perú|trans-title=FPF made a decision: Jorge Fossati does not continue as manager of Peru|publisher=[[ESPN]]|language=es|date=15 January 2025|accessdate=22 April 2025}}</ref> On 20 April, he returned to Universitario.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rpp.pe/futbol/descentralizado/jorge-fossati-nuevo-entrenador-de-universitario-oficial-anuncio-de-la-u-por-tecnico-uruguayo-liga-1-2025-noticia-1629501 |title=Está de regreso: Jorge Fossati es el nuevo entrenador de Universitario de Deportes |trans-title=He is back: Jorge Fossati is Universitario de Deportes' new coach |publisher=[[Radio Programas del Perú|RPP]] |language=es |date=20 April 2025 |access-date=20 April 2025}}</ref>

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|match played 19 November 2024}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!{{Tooltip|P|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}
|-
|align=left|[[Al-Sadd Sports Club|Al-Sadd]]
|align=left|30 June 2006
|align=left|25 May 2007
{{WDL|44|25|9|10|decimals=2}}
|-
|align=left|[[Al-Shabab Riyadh|Al-Shabab]]
|align=left|30 June 2010
|align=left|30 December 2011
{{WDL|12|7|4|1|decimals=2}}
|-
|align=left|[[Peru national football team|Peru]]
|align=left|28 December 2023
|align=left|14 January  2024
{{WDL|13|4|4|5|decimals=2}}
|-
!colspan=3|Total
{{WDLtot|69|36|17|16|decimals=2}}
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
[[File:Jorge Fossatti, Al Sadd, AFC Champions League.jpg|thumb|245px|Fossati after winning [[AFC Champions League]] in 2011.]]
===Club===
'''Peñarol'''
* [[Uruguayan Primera División]]: [[1973 Uruguayan Primera División|1973]], [[1974 Uruguayan Primera División|1974]], [[1975 Uruguayan Primera División|1975]], [[1978 Uruguayan Primera División|1978]], [[1979 Uruguayan Primera División|1979]]

'''Olimpia'''
* [[Paraguayan Primera División]]: [[1983 Paraguayan Primera División season|1983]]

'''Rosario Central'''
* [[Argentine Primera División]]: [[1986–87 Argentine Primera División|1986–87]]

'''Avaí'''
* [[Campeonato Catarinense]]: 1988

===Manager===
===Club===
'''Peñarol'''
* [[Uruguayan Primera División]]: [[1996 Uruguayan Primera División|1996]]

'''LDU Quito'''
* [[Ecuadorian Serie A]]: [[2003 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A|2003]]
* [[Recopa Sudamericana]]: [[2009 Recopa Sudamericana|2009]]
* [[Copa Sudamericana]]: [[2009 Copa Sudamericana|2009]]

'''Al-Sadd'''
* [[Qatar Stars League]]: [[2006–07 Qatar Stars League|2006–07]]
* [[Emir of Qatar Cup|Emir Cup]]: 2007
* [[Qatar Crown Prince Cup|Crown Prince Cup]]: 2006, 2007
* [[Sheikh Jassem Cup]]: 2007
* [[AFC Champions League]]: [[2011 AFC Champions League|2011]]

'''Cerro Porteño'''
* [[Paraguayan Primera División]]: [[2012 Paraguayan Primera División season|2012]]

'''Al-Rayyan'''
* [[Qatar Stars League]]: [[2015–16 Qatar Stars League|2015–16]]

'''Universitario de Deportes'''
*[[Peruvian Primera División]]: [[2023 Liga 1 (Peru)|2023]]

===International===
'''Uruguay'''
* [[Copa América]] third place: [[2004 Copa América|2004]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Club Universitario de Deportes squad}}
{{Peruvian Primera División managers}}
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