Jorge Fossati

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.

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. 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, 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. 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…

Player

Club

Peñarol

Uruguayan Primera División: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979 Olimpia

Paraguayan Primera División: 1983 Rosario Central

Argentine Primera División: 1986–87 Avaí

Campeonato Catarinense: 1988

Manager

Club

Peñarol

Uruguayan Primera División: 1996 LDU Quito

Ecuadorian Serie A: 2003 Recopa Sudamericana: 2009 Copa Sudamericana: 2009 Al-Sadd

Qatar Stars League: 2006–07 Emir Cup: 2007 Crown Prince Cup: 2006, 2007 Sheikh Jassem Cup: 2007 AFC Champions League: 2011 Cerro Porteño

Paraguayan Primera División: 2012 Al-Rayyan

Qatar Stars League: 2015–16 Universitario de Deportes

Peruvian Primera División: 2023, 2025

International

Uruguay

Copa América third place: 2004