 Graziani at Torino in 1976–77 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 December 1952 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Subiaco, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1970 | Bettini Quadraro | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1970–1973 | Arezzo | 48 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 1973–1981 | Torino | 221 | (97) | ||||||||||||||
| 1981–1983 | Fiorentina | 52 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1986 | Roma | 57 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1988 | Udinese | 33 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 1988 | APIA Leichhardt | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 413 | (142) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Italy U21 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1975–1983 | Italy | 64 | (23) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Fiorentina | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Reggina | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Avellino | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Catania | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Montevarchi | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Cervia | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Vigevano Calcio (Allievi) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Francesco "Ciccio" Graziani (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko ˈtʃittʃo ɡratˈtsjaːni]; born 16 December 1952) is an Italian football manager and former football player who played as a forward.[1]
He began his career with Arezzo in 1970, and later joined Torino in 1973, where he remained until 1981, winning a Serie A title in 1976 and the Capocannoniere title as the Serie A top goalscorer in 1977; with 122 total goals scored for Torino, he is the seventh-highest scorer in the history of the Torinese club behind Valentino Mazzola (123). He subsequently moved to Fiorentina, where he narrowly missed out on the Serie A title in his first season, and later also played for Roma between 1983 and 1986, winning two Coppa Italia titles and reaching the 1984 European Cup Final. He later spent two seasons with Udinese, before ending his career with Australian club APIA Leichhardt in 1988.
At international level with the Italy national team, they won the 1982 FIFA World Cup, and made fourth-place finishes at the 1978 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1980. With 23 official goals, he is the ninth-highest all-time scorer for the Italy national team (tied with Christian Vieri).[citation needed]
He is the father of Gabriele, who was also a professional footballer.[citation needed] He considers himself Roman Catholic.[2]
- ^ "Francesco Graziani" (in Italian). Storie di Calcio. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ Giordano, Lucio (16 December 2022). "Ha guidato la mia vita e devo a Lui il successo nel calcio". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 50. pp. 86–89.