Marcelo Grohe

Marcelo Grohe

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Grêmio

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. On 18 January 2006, Grohe made his professional debut, playing 90 minutes in a 2–1 away win against São Luiz for the Campeonato Gaúcho. A backup to Rodrigo Galatto during the year, he became a starter during the year's Gauchão as Galatto was injured, but was again a backup after Galatto returned, and later was demoted to third-choice after the arrival of Sebastián Saja. Grohe started the 2008 campaign as a starter ahead of new signing of Victor, after both Galatto and Saja left, but later became a backup of the former. In June 2012, he finally became a first-choice, after Victor left to Atlético Mineiro. Grohe was again a backup option in 2013, after the arrival of veteran Dida. He regained his starting spot in the following year after Dida left, and remained an undisputed starter afterwards. On 25 October 2017, during a match against Barcelona SC, Grohe 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; Banks himself praised the save.

Al-Ittihad

At the end of 2018, Grohe was sold for US$3 million to Al-Ittihad of Saudi Arabia. He signed a 31⁄2-year contract, but…

International career

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. 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.

Career statistics

As of match played 16 January 2025

Club
Grêmio FBPA (2005–)
Club
Brazil national under-20 football team (2005–2005)
Club
Brazil men's national football team (2015–)
National team
Brazil

Legacy

Honours

Grêmio

Copa do Brasil: 2016 Copa Libertadores: 2017 Recopa Sudamericana: 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2005 Campeonato Gaúcho: 2006, 2007, 2010, 2018 Al-Ittihad

Saudi Pro League: 2022–23 Saudi Super Cup: 2022 Brazil

Superclásico de las Américas: 2014

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Brazilian association football player

Position

goalkeeper

Extract from Wikipedia

Marcelo Grohe is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

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