Gianluca Grava

{{short description|Italian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gianluca Grava

| image = Gianluca Grava - SSC Neapel (3).jpg

| image_size = 200

| height = {{height|m=1.72|precision=0}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|3|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Caserta, Italy

| position = Right back, Centre back

| years1 = 1993–1997 | caps1 = 84 | goals1 = 7 | clubs1 = Casertana

| years2 = 1997–1998 | caps2 = 28 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = Turris

| years3 = 1998–2004 | caps3 = 143 | goals3 = 1 | clubs3 = Ternana

| years4 = 2004–2005 | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = Catanzaro

| years5 = 2005–2013 | caps5 = 148 | goals5 = 2 | clubs5 = Napoli

}}

Gianluca Grava (born 7 March 1977) is an Italian retired football defender who currently works as Technical Director of the youth sector for Serie A club Napoli.

Career

He made his Serie A debut at the age of 30 in Napoli's 5–0 victory over Udinese on 2 September 2007; he had previously made over 350 appearances with various clubs in the lower divisions of Italian football.

On 1 July 2011, he extended his contract again.{{cite news|url=http://www.sscnapoli.it/client/render.aspx?root=707&fwd=4128&content=0 |title=Dzemaili al Napoli, Blasi e Santacroce al Parma. Grava in azzurro per un'altra stagione |date=1 July 2011 |accessdate=12 July 2011 |work=SSC Napoli |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704003620/http://www.sscnapoli.it/client/render.aspx?root=707&fwd=4128&content=0 |archivedate=4 July 2011 }}

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