Internacional and Mário Sergio parted ways, as per their previous agreement, the Brazilian club turned to the foreign market in South America and reached a deal with Fossati. He is fluent in Portuguese and lived in Brazil during the 1980s. On 13 December 2009, Fossati left LDU Quito to join Internacional for one year, Following negative results, Fossati was fired from Sport Club Internacional on 28 May after a long meeting with club officials. After that, he was named as head coach of Al-Shabab and was nearly reached last season's AFC Champions League semi-finals with the team. He 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 and won the Asian Championship in 2011 in a dramatic campaign. He left Al-Sadd on 19 May 2012 and joined Club Cerro Porteño after just 24 hours. On 26 July 2013, he signed a two years contract with United Arab Emirates champions Al Ain to replace with 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. Honours 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 International Uruguay Copa América third place: 2004 References 1952 births Living people Uruguayan footballers Uruguayan expatriate footballers Uruguayan football managers Footballers from Montevideo Central Español players Rampla Juniors players Peñarol players Deportes Temuco footballers Club Atlético Independiente footballers Rosario Central footballers Millonarios F.C. players Club Olimpia footballers Textil Mandiyú footballers Avaí FC players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Uruguayan Primera División players Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Categoría Primera A players Paraguayan Primera División players Association football goalkeepers