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Dario Gradi MBE (born 8 July 1941) is an Italian-born English football manager and former player. He has been associated for more than 30 years with Crewe Alexandra, with whom he is currently the Director of Football and also Director of the academy. Gradi had a 24-year first spell as manager of Crewe between 1983 and 2007. He stepped down from his managerial role in 2007, handing first-team responsibilities to Steve Holland, and became technical director. At that time, Gradi was the longest-serving manager of an English football league club.〔(Footballers are greedy says Gradi ) BBC Sport, 19 June 2008. Retrieved on 20 June 2008.〕 After two further interim spells as Crewe manager, he stepped down on 10 November 2011 to focus on youth development at Crewe.〔 ==Early life and playing career== Born to an Italian father (who died when Dario was still a child) and an English mother, Gradi moved to London when his mother returned after the Second World War. He trained as a teacher of physical education at what is now Loughborough University and his first (and only) teaching position was at Glyn Grammar School, Epsom, the school which he himself had attended. He joined Sutton United, playing in the FA Cup tie against Leeds United in 1970, and then represented Tooting & Mitcham United. During that time Gradi also owned and operated a sportswear and equipment shop in Ewell village. Gradi Sports was popular, particularly amongst sport-oriented pupils at Glyn Grammar. Gradi also played for Wycombe Wanderers, long before that club became fully professional. Dario Gradi became a Regional Coach for the FA. This caused him to lose his amateur status and become ineligible to continue his playing career. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dario Gradi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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