Willy Fossli

{{short description|Norwegian footballer (1931-2017)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Willy Fossli |image = |caption = |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date|1931|7|8|df=y}} |birth_place = |death_date = {{death date and age|2017|1|29|1931|7|8|df=y}} |death_place = |height = |position = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]] |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = 1948–1965 |clubs1 = [[Asker Fotball|Asker]] |caps1 = |goals1 = |nationalyears1 = 1953–1957 |nationalteam1 = [[Norway national football team|Norway]] |nationalcaps1 = 6 |nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Willy Fossli''' (8 July 1931 – 29 January 2017) was a Norwegian [[association football|footballer]] who played for [[Asker Fotball|Asker]] and the [[Norway national football team|Norway national team]] as a [[Forward (association football)|striker]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/52013.html |title=Player profile |website=National-Football-Teams.com |accessdate=1 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.budstikka.no/asker-fotball/fotball/dodsfall/askers-scoringskonge-willy-fossli-er-dod/s/5-55-432678|title=Askers scoringskonge Willy Fossli er død|date=30 January 2017|accessdate=1 February 2017|author=Richard Sveaas Dale and Tor Bjørnar Holmund|language=Norwegian|work=[[Budstikka]]}}</ref> In the [[1955–56 Hovedserien]] season, Fossli scored 17 goals and became the league's top scorer and the only player from [[Asker Fotball|Asker]] to have made the achievement. He was [[cap (sport)|capped]] six times for the [[Norway national football team|Norway national team]].

==Honours== '''Individual''' *[[Eliteserien|Norwegian top division]] [[List of Eliteserien top scorers|top scorer]]: [[1955–56 Hovedserien|1955–56]]

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