Natalino Fossati

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]

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]}

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]

Torino

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

• Torino FC Hall of Fame: 2016^[14]

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