Javi Gracia
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Gracia coaching Rubin in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Javier Gracia Carlos | ||
| Date of birth | 1 May 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Pamplona, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Rubin Kazan (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Chantrea | |||
| Athletic Bilbao | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1992 | Bilbao Athletic | 100 | (12) |
| 1992–1993 | Lleida | 38 | (12) |
| 1993–1995 | Valladolid | 65 | (2) |
| 1995–1999 | Real Sociedad | 106 | (12) |
| 1999–2002 | Villarreal | 82 | (6) |
| 2003–2004 | Córdoba | 39 | (0) |
| Total | 430 | (44) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989–1990 | Spain U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 1991 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2004–2005 | Villarreal (youth) | ||
| 2007–2008 | Pontevedra | ||
| 2008–2010 | Cádiz | ||
| 2010–2011 | Villarreal B | ||
| 2011 | Olympiakos Volou | ||
| 2011–2012 | Kerkyra | ||
| 2012–2013 | Almería | ||
| 2013–2014 | Osasuna | ||
| 2014–2016 | Málaga | ||
| 2016– | Rubin Kazan | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Javier 'Javi' Gracia Carlos (born 1 May 1970) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and the current manager of Russian club FC Rubin Kazan.
Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Gracia started playing professionally with Bilbao Athletic, Athletic Bilbao's reserves, never appearing officially for the first team during three years. In the 1992–93 campaign, he scored a career-best 12 goals in all 38 games as UE Lleida returned to La Liga after an absence of more than 40 years, as champions.
Gracia spent the following six seasons in the top flight, appearing regularly for both Real Valladolid and Real Sociedad safe for his last year (15 matches, one goal). In 1999 he returned to Segunda División and signed for Villarreal CF, helping the Valencian club promote to the top division after one year, and being regularly used in the following campaign – 1,765 minutes of action – as the team easily maintained their division status.
In January 2003, after being scarcely played in his last one-and-a-half seasons at Villarreal, 32-year-old Gracia joined Córdoba CF in the second level, closing out his career in June of the following year. He appeared in 229 Spanish top division games over the course of nine seasons, netting 17 goals.
After starting his manager career with former club Villarreal (youth sides), Gracia spent in Segunda División B, with Pontevedra CF, finishing first and second with the team in the regular season, but always falling short in the promotion playoffs.
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