Marcelo Grohe (born 13 January 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Ittihad Club of the Saudi Professional League.
![]() Grohe with Brazil in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcelo Grohe | ||
Date of birth | (1987-01-13) 13 January 1987 (age 35) | ||
Place of birth | Campo Bom, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Al-Ittihad | ||
Number | 34 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2005 | Grêmio | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2019 | Grêmio | 204 | (0) |
2019– | Al-Ittihad | 45 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2005 | Brazil U18 | 2 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Brazil | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:32, 10 July 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2015 |
Born in Campo Bom, Rio Grande do Sul, Grohe began his career at Grêmio, where he arrived in 2000 to serve on the under-13 team. Within five years, was he was promoted to the first team squad at 18, to be the third goalkeeper in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, however he did not play that season.[1]
On 18 January 2006, he made his professional debut, playing 90 minutes in a 2–1 away win against São Luiz for the Campeonato Gaúcho.[2]
On 25 October 2017, at a match against Barcelona of Guayaquil he made a save that is considered by some "the greatest save of all-time", even compared to Gordon Banks' save of the century at the 1970 World Cup;[3] Banks himself praised the save.[4]
At the end of 2018, Grohe was sold for US$3 million to Al-Ittihad Club of Saudi Arabia.[5] He signed a 31⁄2-year contract, but was initially sidelined by a wrist injury that required surgery.[6]
On 8 November 2019, he made his season debut, in 4-0 win home against Al-Riyadh in king cup
On 2 December 2020 Grohe saved Éver Banega penalty[7][8] to help send Al-Ittihad to Arab Club Champions Cup final, Grohe played 31 games in 2020-2021 season finishing the season with 8 clean sheets and wins the goalkeeper of the month award 3 times[9]
Grohe was a non-playing member of the Brazilian squad at the 2015 Copa América in Chile and at the 2014 Superclásico de las Américas in China PR. He made his debut on 5 September 2015 in a 1–0 friendly win over Costa Rica at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey.[10]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Grêmio | 2005 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | Série A | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
2007 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
2008 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
2009 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
2011 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
2012 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
2014 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 56 | 0 | ||
2015 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
2016 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
2017 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 54 | 0 | ||
2018 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
Total | 204 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 103 | 0 | 372 | 0 | ||
Career total | 204 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 103 | 0 | 372 | 0 |
Grêmio
Brazil
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