Giuliano Stefano Luigi Grazioli (born 23 March 1975, in

Marylebone Marylebone (usually , also , ) is a district in the West End of London, in the City of Westminster. Oxford Street, Europe's busiest shopping street, forms its southern boundary. An ancient parish and latterly a metropolitan borough, it me ...

) is an English former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a striker from 1995 until 2009, notably for

Barnet Barnet may refer to: People *Barnet (surname) * Barnet (given name) Places United Kingdom *Chipping Barnet or High Barnet, commonly known as Barnet, one of three focal towns of the borough below. *East Barnet, a district of the borough below; an ...

. As a footballer he also played for

Wembley Wembley () is a large suburbIn British English, "suburb" often refers to the secondary urban centres of a city. Wembley is not a suburb in the American sense, i.e. a single-family residential area outside of the city itself. in north-west Londo ...

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town L.F.C. Bridgwater United Women's Football Club are an English women's association football club based in Bridgwater, Somerset who wer ...

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...

, Woking,

Stevenage Borough Stevenage Football Club (known as Stevenage Borough Football Club until 2010) is a professional association football club based in the town of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, League Two, the fourth tier o ...

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at the County Ground sin ...

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been ...

, AFC Wimbledon, Braintree Town and

Dover Athletic Dover Athletic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club was formed in 198 ...

Playing career

Raised in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

of Italian origin, he attended

Finchley Catholic High School (''Grant that we may be truly wise'') , established = 1926 , closed = , type = Voluntary aided school , religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic , president = , head_label = Headmistress , head = Niamh Ar ...

. He scored in

's fourth round

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

game against Newcastle United in the 1997–98 season to leave the game at 1–1 and force a replay. He has also had spells at

Enfield Enfield may refer to: Places Australia * Enfield, New South Wales * Enfield, South Australia ** Electoral district of Enfield, a state electoral district in South Australia, corresponding to the suburb ** Enfield High School (South Australia) ...

and

. He played for

North London North London is the northern part of London, England, north of the River Thames. It extends from Clerkenwell and Finsbury, on the edge of the City of London financial district, to Greater London's boundary with Hertfordshire. The term ''nor ...

side

and, during his time at the club, has had a loan spell with AFC Wimbledon, before closing out his career with spells at Braintree Town and

. Grazioli's time at Peterborough is best remembered for the five goals he scored in the club's record win, a 9–1 victory away at

on 5 September 1998. Grazioli joined Barnet as part of a deal that took Junior Agogo to

. Rovers paid £110,000 for Agogo with Grazioli going the other way. He helped Barnet gain promotion from the

Football Conference The National League (named Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons) is an association football league in England consisting of three divisions, the National League, National League North, and National League South. It was called the ...

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in Association football around the wor ...

in the 2004–05 season. He was the top scorer in the conference with 29 goals – seven more than nearest rival Michael Twiss of Morecambe. A hand injury kept Grazioli out of much of the following season – Barnet's first season back in

League Two The English Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League Two from 2004 until 2016) is the third and lowest division of the English Football Lea ...

. Between the 2006–07 and 2007–08, Grazioli underwent keyhole surgery for a knee injury, following which he moved to AFC Wimbledon on 7 September 2007 on a five-week loan spell. In January 2008 Grazioli was transfer-listed, mainly due to not being able to break into the first-team due to persistent injuries and lack of fitness. On 31 January, deadline day, he rejected a loan move to Grays Athletic. On 26 April 2008, Grazioli played his last ever home game for Barnet, as a substitute against

Stockport County Stockport County Football Club are a professional football club in Stockport, England, who compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, they were renamed Stockport Co ...

, in which he received a standing ovation from the fans in appreciation of his prolific goal scoring which took the Bees into the Football League. Grazioli joined Conference South side Braintree Town in August 2008. But after only a month, he signed for Isthmian League side

on 11 September 2008 and made his debut for them as a substitute in a 2–1 win over Tonbridge Angels in the

. Grazioli made over 20 appearances for Dover Athletic before announcing his retirement in March 2009 due to a sustained head injury. His final appearance came in a 0–0 draw with

Staines Town Staines Town Football Club was a semi-professional Association football, football club based in Staines-upon-Thames, Middlesex. History Early days Staines Town FC was founded in 1892 and was known under various names including ''Staines F.C ...

Coaching and management career

It was reported in June 2009 that he had been appointed as a scout at

. In April 2010 he rejoined Barnet in a new role as community development officer. After the appointment of

Martin Allen Martin James Allen (born 14 August 1965) is an English football manager and former player. He played more than 100 games as a midfielder for both Queens Park Rangers and West Ham United before finishing his playing career with Portsmouth and ...

as manager of Barnet in March 2011, Grazioli was made Allen's assistant. In April 2011 after the shock resignation of Allen to go to

Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nottingham, England. The team participate in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Founded on the 25 November 1862, it is the ...

Grazioli was appointed caretaker manager for the rest of the season with

Lawrie Sanchez Lawrence Philip Sanchez (born 22 October 1959) is a Northern Irish football manager and former international footballer. The defining moment of his playing career came in the 1988 FA Cup Final, when he scored the winning goal for Wimbledon a ...

acting as Director of Football. His first game in charge was a 2–0 defeat at

Bury Bury may refer to: *The burial of human remains *-bury, a suffix in English placenames Places England * Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village * Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire ** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–19 ...

. The Bees went into the final day of the season two points behind Lincoln City and following a 1–0 win at home to

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

coupled with a 3–0 defeat to

Aldershot Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Alder ...

for Lincoln, it was the Imps who suffered relegation to the Conference National, completing a miraculous revival for Barnet, who had spent practically the entire season in the bottom two. In May 2011 he was appointed as the club's new assistant manager to

. He left the club at the end of the 2011–12 season. In September 2012,

announced that Grazioli has been scouting for Gillingham.

Managerial statistics

Honours

* Conference National Winner: 2005 *

Isthmian League Premier Division The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 teams ...

Winner: 2009

References

External links

*
Profile
a
UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grazioli, Giuliano 1975 births Living people English men's footballers English people of Italian descent Men's association football forwards English Football League players National League (English football) players Peterborough United F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Woking F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Stevenage F.C. players AFC Wimbledon players Dover Athletic F.C. players Braintree Town F.C. players Wembley F.C. players Barnet F.C. non-playing staff Barnet F.C. managers Footballers from Marylebone English football managers Bristol Rovers F.C. non-playing staff