"And who it in general? ", "Hey, editors, you have a mistake in a surname — he is Garcia! ": similar comments under news testify to appointment of the new head coach of "Rubin" that Xavi Grasiya needs representation.
That was to "Malaga"
In 19 years Grasiya began professional career: was registered in structure "Athletics" from Bilbao. "Was registered" because in three years did not play any match for the first team. All his game career passed in middling persons: "Valladolid", "Cordoba", "Vilyarreal" (till an era of Euro cups), and individually the basic halfback spent the best season in modest "Lyeyda" to Segunde. There Grasiya was the leader of team, scored 13 goals during the season, and its club became the champion and left in the Example.
Xavi Grasii-futbolist's Main achievement can consider by br four seasons in "Real Sosyedad". There it played together with Valery Karpin a little and took the third place in the championship of Spain in a season-1997/98, having outstripped the Madrid "Real". But firm place in structure did not take and again went to Segunda – just in "Vilyarreal" who in the next season earned increase.
After completion of game career of Grasiya some time worked with "Vilyarreal's" youth team, and then took a break, and only in two years Xavi made one more attempt to become the trainer. For expired eight years he managed to replace eight clubs. Among them there was also such pleasant place of work, as "Corfu" from the resort Greek island of Corfu (stadium capacity – 2600 viewers). In September, 2013 Grasiya headed team from Examples – "Osasun". That team was remembered by Oriol Riyera's game (13 heads in the championship), and also that drew houses with "Barcelona" and "Real". However, on "Osasun's" departure received 0:7 and 0:4 respectively, and at the end of a season took off from elite. After that Grasiya signed the contract with "Malaga".
the Period in "Malaga"
the Andalusian club risked br, inviting the trainer with quite doubtful achievements, but the leadership of "Malaga" had no special choice. It is worth reminding that "Malaga" — the unaccomplished nouveau riche, club which was bought by the Qatar businessman sheikh Al Thani. Then Manuel Pellegrini's team was in a step from the Champions League semi-final, had quite efficient structure, with Isko, Tulalang and Demikelis , and could spend more than 20 million euros for Santi Casorlu's perspective … But in a couple of years Al Thani lost interest to club. All players for whom it was possible to gain though any money were sold. Pellegrini, and behind him and Bernd Schuster left. The budget was considerably reduced – in two years decreased in three (!) time.
And the club relied on youth, and also on the trainer who is able to work with youth, – undemanding Xavi Grasiya. In that summer when Grasiya became the trainer of "Malaga", the team sold five players for total amount of 20 million euros, and got eight — for 1 million 200 thousand euros. With Grasiya's this structure took the ninth place in the championship, on a course having beaten "Barcelona" on departure. Let's note that it happened not in November when Messi had a conflict to Enrique and Catalans was in a fever, and at the end of February when "Barsa" already practically crowned … One of the Spanish sports editions called that match "tactics lesson" for Enrique from Xavi Grasiya: "Malaga" showed ideal compactness and orderly played in protection. Moreover, teams put equally (!) shoots for goal.
Grasiya hammered together a solid team from young unknown players, and in a year … it was sold out. For 12 million Serkhi Darder left, Amrabat left, Huangmi left. From more than 40 million euros obtained for football players, the management invested in new acquisitions … about five million. But the trainer, apparently, adjusted the uninterrupted conveyor on appearance of qualitative football players from anywhere.
the Pupil José Resio , the forward Duye Chop (the transfer price – 700 thousand) Huangpi instead of Huangmi's – and "Malaga" finished the current season even above, than a year ago, on the eighth place. Snobs will notice that lag from the sixth, Eurocup place made 12 points, but it is possible to object to it that the cost of team of Xavi Grasiya is not included at all in the first ten, and he collected it everything for one summer. And here the trainer decided not to wait for the next krash-dough and accepted "the offer which it is impossible to refuse". whether
the Reason for optimism
becomes work in RFPL even more extreme krash-dough? Well, first, we already know that Xavi Grasiya has rather various trainer's experience. And in "Malaga" he showed one quality which can be useful to it in Kazan: ability to yield acceptable result in the conditions of routine of the shots, constantly changing budget and the intense relations between the owner of club and fans.