Forced by that, Gravgaard announced in January 2011, that he would now end his active playing career for good, and that he would continue – at least for the next half year – to work as a football commentator, pundit and analyst at the Danish TV channel Canal 9.

Only after graduating as an accountant, Gravgaard signed a contract in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship, when he moved to Viborg in July 2002.

In the summer break 2005, Gravgaard moved on to league rivals Copenhagen (FCK), alongside Viborg's goalkeeper Jesper Christiansen.

In response to the long-term injury of Bastian Reinhardt, the Hamburger SV decided to sign a half year loan contract from 1 February to 30 June, with Michael Gravgaard.

He managed together with Hamburger SV to reach the semifinal in both the Europa League and German Cup; but in both cases the club was unfortunate to be kicked out of the tournament by the Bundesliga rivals from Werder Bremen.

In the previous year, he had been playing with a lot of pain from his toe, due to chronic tendonitis, and the operation was believed to cure the problem.

[6] In August 2010, the filing of Gravgaard as "lifetime injured" was approved by La Médecine du Travail (the department for Occupational Health, under the French ministry for Labour).

When he asked Nantes to accept his return on the training field, the club however also required him to first pass a series of additional medical tests.

As Gravgaard had an ongoing contract with Nantes until July 2011, and did not receive any salary since May 2010, he consequently opted to launch a court case against the club, with a final ruling due to arrive in June 2011.

After being dismissed by Nantes, Gravgaard announced in January 2011 that he would now end his active playing career for good, and that he would continue – at least for the next half year, to work as a football commentator, pundit and analyst at the Danish TV channel Canal 9.