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Javi Gracia

ハビ・グラシア　/　はび・ぐらしあ

Association football player from Spain

May 1, 1970 (age 56)　・　Pamplona, Navarre, Spain

Navarre
association football player
association football coach

My Take

I tend to remember Gracia more as a manager than as the defensive midfielder he once was, and I think that progression is telling. Spending fifteen years in the unglamorous engine room, racking up 430 professional matches, breeds the kind of tactical literacy that doesn't make highlight reels but wins jobs across Europe. Players who do the quiet, structural work often read the whole game best, and I suspect that's exactly why he reads collapsing defenses so well from the touchline. I'm drawn to these grafters-turned-coaches: the Pamplona-born journeyman who understood that football is mostly organization, discipline, and unseen labor.

Overview

Javier "Javi" Gracia Carlos (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxaβi ˈɣɾaθja]; born 1 May 1970) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He totalled 430 matches across both major levels of Spanish football, in a 15-year professional career.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Javi Gracia
Name (Japanese): ハビ・グラシア
Reading: はび・ぐらしあ
Born: May 1, 1970 (age 56)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Dog
Origin: Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
Blood type: Private
Height: 2 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%93%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2

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