Place of birth Milan, Italy 1910-1915 Italy 1909–1915 Internazionale | Years Team Role Footballer Date of death 1918 Name Virgilio Fossati | |
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Date of birth (1889-09-12)September 12, 1889 Similar People Giuseppe Baresi, Luca Castellazzi, Michael Bolingbroke, Andrea Stramaccioni, Alberto Zaccheroni | ||
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Virgilio Fossati (3 january 1891 in Milan - 29 june 1916) is a former Italian association football player and manager. A former midfielder, he played for and coached Italian club Internazionale, also representing the Italy national football team; he captained both teams throughout his career.
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Fossati spent his entire career with Internazionale. He played 97 times for the club and scored 4 goals. Throughout his career, Fossati served as Inter and Italy's captain and also the first Inter player to play with the Italian national team. He later also coached Inter.
Fossati's career was ended by World War I. He died in 1918 during a World War I battle between the Italian and Austrian armies.
His brother Giuseppe (born in Milan, 1894) played 43 matches in 3 years with Internazionale.