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. He scored once more before going on loan to Messina, in the FA Cup against Barnsley. Leaving the club on loan meant he missed out on their victory in the
2002 League Cup Final. During a loan spell back in Italy with
Messina, he scored two goals in the final game of the season and saved Messina from relegation. Upon his return to England, he failed to reignite his form, and after a further 16 games and three goals (against Liverpool in the league, CSKA Sofia in the UEFA Cup and Walsall in the League Cup) with Blackburn, who had in the meantime signed ex-Manchester United strikers
Dwight Yorke and
Andy Cole, he was allowed to return to Italy permanently with
Ancona in 2004.
Later career After spending one year without a team, trying to recover from the injury caused by a rare form of foot disease (Leveraus Morb) which had afflicted him for the past three seasons, he joined
Genoa of
Serie C1/A in September 2005. With his new team, he gained promotion to Serie B on playoffs scoring 9 goals in 25 games. Club president
Enrico Preziosi decided then that Genoa did not need Grabbi anymore, so during the 2007 winter transfer window, Grabbi signed for
Arezzo, still in
Serie B, after having never made a single appearance in the first half of the season for Genoa. After relegation with Arezzo, scoring no goals, Grabbi signed a contract with
AC Bellinzona, a team from the
Swiss Challenge League (second division). Grabbi scored the winning goal (his first after more than one year) in the Swiss Cup game Bellinzona-Gossau: 2–1. ==Coaching career==