Corrado Grabbi

Early career

Born in Turin, Grabbi began his career with the Juventus youth team. He is also the grandson of former Juventus player Giuseppe Grabbi. He was later promoted to the first team and scored on his debut against Lazio, in one of his total two appearances in the 1994–95 season.

Unable to break into the team, because of his young age and the contemporary explosion of Alessandro Del Piero, Grabbi was loaned to Lucchese (76 games, 8 goals) and then Chievo (18 games, 2 goals) before switching to Modena. There he found some real form, scoring 30 times in 58 appearances. This performance saw him signed by Ternana, where he played for one season before been loaned to Ravenna where he scored 13 goals. When he returned to Ternana he became a regular scorer again, with 20 goals in 34 games and became an idol for the local supporters, who still remember him as the best player to ever have played for Ternana.

Blackburn Rovers

Grabbi's prolific season with Ternana saw him attract the attention of various Serie A clubs, including Udinese and AC Milan. But apparently Luciano Moggi of Juventus, who had previously pressured Grabbi to change his agent and join GEA World with no success, made it impossible for Ciccio to play in Italy, so in 2001 he was signed by Blackburn Rovers for a record fee of £6.75 million in July 2001, but due to injuries and personal reasons, he failed to repeat this progress, scoring just once in fourteen league games, his goal coming in a…

After retirement, Grabbi took on a coaching career, joining his former playing team Juventus as a youth coach in 2009. Among all the players he trained as a youth coach from his early years in the Pulcini category, Grabbi also worked with Italian international Moise Kean.

Club

Juventus Serie A: 1994–95 Coppa Italia: 1994–95

Blackburn Rovers League Cup: 2001–02