Gabriele Gravina

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Gabriele Gravina
Gravina in 2021
UEFA Vice President
Assumed office
21 April 2021
PresidentAleksander Čeferin
Vice PresidentKarl-Erik Nilsson
(as first vice-president)
President of FIGC
Assumed office
22 October 2018
Preceded byRoberto Fabbricini
Personal details
Born (1953-10-05) 5 October 1953 (age 70)[1]
Castellaneta, Apulia, Italy
OccupationFootball administrator

Gabriele Gravina Grande Ufficiale OMRI (born 5 October 1953) is an Italian sport director. Since 22 October 2018, he serves as president of the Italian Football Federation.

Biography

Originally from Castellaneta, Gravina resides in Sulmona, Abruzzo.[2] He has a degree in Law.[3] He has been an honorary citizen of Castel di Sangro since 14 December 2018.[4]

Career

President of Lega Pro

On 22 December 2015, Gravina was elected president of the Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico with 31 votes against Raffaele Pagnozzi and Paolo Marcheschi with 13 and 7 votes respectively,[5] thus succeeding Mario Macalli.[6][3] He was reelected as president on 15 November 2016, with 55 votes, while his opponent Alessandro Barilli received only 3.[7]

President of FIGC

Gravina resigned as president of Lega Pro on 16 October 2018,[8] and was elected president of the Italian Football Federation on 22 October with 97.2% of the votes.[9] On 11 April 2019, he received the La Moda Veste la Pace Award from the European Parliament in Brussels for the activities to combat racism in football carried out during his term as President of the Italian Football Federation.[10]

On 22 February 2021, Gravina ran for presidency of the FIGC against his deputy Cosimo Sibilia, president of the National Amateur League who supported him, with the support of most professional clubs, the Italian Football Coaches Association and the Italian Footballers Association.[11][12] He was re-elected with 73.45% of the votes.[13] On 20 April, Gravina was elected to the UEFA executive committee with 53 votes out of 55, making him the first of eight elected.[14]

Honours

Orders

  • Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 2021[15]

References

  1. ^ UEFA.com (2021-04-20). "Gabriele Gravina | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
  2. ^ University of Teramo. "Curriculum prof. Gabriele Gravina". Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Calcio, un abruzzese alla guida della Lega pro". Il Centro. 22 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Commosso per la Cittadinanza Onoraria, Gravina a Castel Di Sangro". report-age.com. 14 December 2018.
  5. Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico. "GABRIELE GRAVINA ELETTO PRESIDENTE DELLA LEGA PRO"
    . Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  6. ^ Fulvio Bianchi (22 December 2015). "La Lega Pro volta pagina: Gravina è il nuovo presidente". La Repubblica.
  7. Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico. "LEGA PRO – GRAVINA CONFERMATO PRESIDENTE CON 55 VOTI SU 59"
    . Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Lega Pro, Gravina lascia: "Figc? Ho già idee in testa"". 16 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Figc, Gravina nuovo presidente: eletto con il 97,20% dei voti". 22 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Assegnato a Gabriele Gravina il Premio "la Moda veste la Pace"". Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  11. ^ Valerio Piccioni (19 December 2020). "La Lega A spinge Gravina: la riconferma è più vicina". La Gazzetta dello Sport. p. 15.
  12. ^ "Elezioni Figc, anche i calciatori votano Gravina". Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Gabriele Gravina rieletto presidente della Figc". Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  14. ^ "Un plebiscito per Gravina: il presidente Figc è stato eletto nel Comitato Esecutivo Uefa". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  15. ^ "Mattarella ha conferito onorificenze motu proprio ai giocatori e allo staff della Nazionale vincitrice del campionato europeo" (in Italian). quirinale.it. 16 July 2021.


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