Javi Gracia

This article is about the Spanish soccer player and coach Javi Gracia. For the Spanish soccer player, see Javi García .

Javi Gracia
Gracia as coach of Rubin Kazan , 2017
Personnel
Surname	Javier Gracia Carlos
birthday	May 1, 1970
place of birth	Pamplona ,  Spain
size	185 cm
position	Defensive Midfield
Juniors
Years	station
1977-1982	CA Osasuna
	UDC Txantrea
	Athletic Bilbao
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1989-1992	Athletic Bilbao	100 (12)
1992-1993	UE Lleida	038 (12)
1993-1995	Real Valladolid	065 0(2)
1995-1999	Real Sociedad	106 (12)
1999-2002	Villarreal CF	082 0(6)
2003-2004	Cordoba FC	039 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1989-1990	Spain U-20	3 00(0)
1991	Spain U-21	1 00(0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2004-2005	Villarreal CF (youth)
2007-2008	FC Pontevedra
2008-2010	Cádiz FC
2010-2011	Villarreal CF B
2011	Olympiacos Volos
2011–2012	AO Kerkyra
2012-2013	UD Almería
2013-2014	CA Osasuna
2014-2016	Málaga CF
2016-2017	Rubin Kazan
2018-2019	Watford FC
2020–	Valencia CF
1 Only league games are given.

Javier "Javi" Gracia Carlos (born May 1, 1970 in Pamplona ) is a Spanish football coach and former player . The defensive midfielder has played over 400 games in the first and second Spanish leagues in 15 years .

Immediately after the end of his career, Gracia made the coaching license and started in the youth field.

Career

Player career

Javi Gracia started at the age of seven in the youth of CA Osasuna and joined the amateur division of Athletic Bilbao via UDC Txantrea .

There he was already in the first team at 19 and played 100 league games. By the end of his career in 2004, he played over 300 times in the two top Spanish leagues and scored 44 goals.

Coaching career

After his active career, he started as a youth coach at his old club Villarreal .

His first position at a professional club, FC Pontevedra , which he led into the first division, was followed by further positions in Spain, Greece and finally in Russia.

On January 21, 2018, he signed an 18-month contract with English first division club Watford . This was renewed in November 2018 until 2023 with an option for a further extension until 2026. Gracia led the club to eleventh place in the table and into the FA Cup final (0: 6 against Manchester City ) in the 2018/19 season . On September 7, 2019, he was sacked at Watford after only winning a point from the first four league games of the 2019/20 season . His successor, Quique Sánchez Flores , was introduced half an hour after he was released.

Gracia has been the head coach of Valencia CF since July 2020 .

successes

As a player

• Master of the Segunda División 1992/93 with UE Lleida

As a trainer

• Champion of the Segunda División B 2006/07 with FC Pontevedra
• Champion of Segunda División B 2008/09 with Cádiz FC

Web links

• Javi Gracia in the soccerway.com database (coach profile)
• Javi Gracia in the database of weltfussball.de (player and coach profile)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gracia: "Las cifras goleadoras de Aduriz están por encima de la media". In: bizkaia.eldesmarque.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018 (Spanish). 
2. ↑ Javi Gracia y su última tarde de fútbol en el Córdoba. In: cordopolis.es. Retrieved February 25, 2018 (Spanish). 
3. ↑ Calleja: "Gracia es una referencia para los entrenadores que venimos de abajo". In: malaga.eldesmarque.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018 (Spanish). 
4. ↑ Official Gracia Named Hornets' Head Coach. In: watfordfc.com. Watford FC, accessed February 25, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Official: Gracia Signs New Long-Term Contract , watfordfc.com, accessed on November 29, 2018 (English)
6. ↑ Watford: Quique Sanchez Flores reappointed after Javi Gracia exit , bbc.com, accessed September 8, 2019 (English)