Natalino Fossati

Natalino Fossati with Torino
Personal information
Date of birth	(1944-06-23)23 June 1944 [1]
Place of birth	Alessandria, Italy [1]
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s)	Full-back [1]
Youth career
	Alessandria [2]
	Torino [2]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	( Gls)
1963–1964	Genoa	23	(1)
1964–1974	Torino	250	(9)
1974–1976	Sampdoria	13	(1)
1976–1978	Biellese [3]	45	(7)
1978	Alessandria [3]	9	(0)
Managerial career
1981–1982	Sant'Angelo [4]
1982–1983	Orbassano [5]
1983–1984	Alessandria [6]
1985	Pro Vercelli [7] [8]
1986–1987	Pistoiese [9]
1987–1988	Saviglianese [10]
1988–1989	Rondinella [10]
1989–1990	Pontedera [6]
1990–1991	Derthona [11]
1991–1992	Aosta [12]
1996–1997	Avezzano [10]
2002–2005	Robbio [13]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Natalino Fossati (born 23 June 1944) is a former Italian professional footballer and manager who played as a full-back. ^[1]

In 2016, he was inducted into Torino FC Hall of Fame. ^[14]

Career

Player

In his youth, Fossati played for Alessandria and Torino. ^[2]

In 1963, he was bought by Genoa, ^[15] where he debuted in Serie A. ^[1] After one season, he went back to Torino, ^[1] where he spent most of his career, making a total of 329 appearances, scoring 19 goals, and contributing to the victory of two Coppa Italia. ^{[15] [16]} He is the eight player with most appearances in the club's history. ^[16]

He then spent two seasons at Sampdoria in Serie A and two seasons at Biellese in Serie C, before ending his career at Alessandria in 1978. ^{[3] [1] [15] [16]}

Manager

Fossati has coached a number of Italian teams, including Sant'Angelo, ^[4] Orbassano, ^[5] Alessandria, ^[6] Pro Vercelli, ^{[7] [8]} Pistoiese, ^[9] Saviglianese, ^[10] Rondinella, ^[10] Pontedera, ^[6] Derthona, ^[11] Aosta, ^[12] Avezzano, ^[10] and Robbio. ^[13]

Honours

Player

Torino

• Coppa Italia: 1967–68, ^[2] 1970–71 ^[2]

Individual

• Torino FC Hall of Fame: 2016 ^[14]

References

External links

• Natalino Fossati at CarriereCalciatori.it
• Natalino Fossati at Enciclopediadelcalcio.it
• Natalino Fossati at WorldFootball.net