Xavier Gravelaine

Xavier Gravelaine
	Gravelaine in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	5 October 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth	Tours, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, forward
Youth career
1983–1986	Nantes
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1988	Nantes
1988–1989	Pau FC
1989–1990	AS Saint-Seurin [fr]
1990–1991	Laval
1991–1993	Caen
1993–1994	Paris Saint-Germain
1994–1995	Strasbourg
1995	Paris Saint-Germain
1995–1996	Guingamp
1996–1998	Marseille
1998	Paris Saint-Germain
1998–1999	Montpellier
1999	Paris Saint-Germain
1999–2000	Watford
2000	Le Havre
2000–2001	Monaco
2001–2002	Caen
2002	Ajaccio
2003–2004	Istres
2004	Sion
Total
International career
1992–1993	France
Managerial career
2005	Istres
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Xavier Gravelaine (born 5 October 1968) is a French football manager and former football player, who played for many clubs in France and Europe and for the France national team.

He was sometimes seen as a mercenary because of the impressive number of teams he played for but often appreciated by supporters. In his spell in England, for Watford, he is remembered by the fans for scoring a brace in a 3–2 win over Southampton in December 1999.^[1]

After his retirement, he became a coach at FC Istres, but did not manage to save the team from relegation. He was a consultant on France Télévisions from 2004 to 2012, on Eurosport in 2013–2014. In 2014, he was appointed Deputy Director of Stade Malherbe Caen.

References

^ "Watford 3 Southampton 2". Sporting Life. 28 December 1999. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2010.

External links

[1] "Watford 3 Southampton 2". Sporting Life. 28 December 1999. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2010.

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