Gabriele Gravina (born 5 October 1953) is an Italian sport director. Since 22 October 2018, he serves as president of the
Italian Football Federation
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Biography
Originally from
Castellaneta
Castellaneta (Tarantino: ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Taranto in the Apulia region of Southern Italy, about from Taranto. Located in a territory spanning from the Murgia to the Ionian Sea, characterized by numerous ''gravina'' ...
, Gravina resides in
Sulmona
Sulmona ( nap, label= Abruzzese, Sulmóne; la, Sulmo; grc, Σουλμῶν, Soulmôn) is a city and ''comune'' of the province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo, Italy. It is located in the Valle Peligna, a plain once occupied by a lake that disappeared in ...
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Abruzzo
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He has a degree in Law.
He has been an honorary citizen of
Castel di Sangro
Castel di Sangro (locally ''Caštiéllë'') is a city and '' comune'' of 6,461 people (as of 2013) in the Province of L'Aquila, in Abruzzo, Central Italy. It is the main city of the Alto Sangro e Altopiano delle Cinque Miglia area.
Geography
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since 14 December 2018.
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, thus succeeding Mario Macalli.
He was reelected as president on 15 November 2016, with 55 votes, while his opponent Alessandro Barilli received only 3.
President of FIGC
Gravina resigned as president of Lega Pro on 16 October 2018, and was elected president of the Italian Football Federation on 22 October with 97.2% of the votes. On 11 April 2019, he received the La Moda Veste la Pace Award from the
European Parliament
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in
Brussels
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for the activities to combat racism in football carried out during his term as President of the Italian Football Federation.
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. He was re-elected with 73.45% of the votes. On 20 April, Gravina was elected to the
UEFA
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executive committee with 53 votes out of 55, making him the first of eight elected.
Honours
Orders
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3rd Class / Grand Officer: ''
Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana'': 2021
References
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1953 births
Living people
People from the Province of Taranto
Association football executives
Italian football chairmen and investors
Grand Officers of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic