Marcelo_Grohe
Marcelo Grohe
Brazilian footballer (born 1987)
Marcelo Grohe (born 13 January 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Ittihad Club of the Saudi Pro League.
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Grohe in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcelo Grohe[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-01-13) 13 January 1987 (age 37)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Campo Bom, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team 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 | 121 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005 | Brazil U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Brazil | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:15, 8 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2015 | |||
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.[2]
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.[3]
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;[4] Banks himself praised the save.[5]
Al-Ittihad
At the end of 2018, Grohe was sold for US$3 million to Al-Ittihad Club of Saudi Arabia.[6] He signed a 31⁄2-year contract, but was initially sidelined by a wrist injury that required surgery.[7]
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 an Éver Banega penalty[8][9] 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.[10]
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.[11]
- As of match played 19 February 2024[12]
| Club | Season | League | State league[lower-alpha 1] | National cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Grêmio | 2005 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Série A | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2009 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | – | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 35 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | – | 56 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 48 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 58 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 57 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| Total | 204 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 397 | 0 | ||
| Al-Ittihad | 2019–20 | Saudi Pro League | 17 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 8] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 29 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 2[lower-alpha 9] | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 28 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | – | 1[lower-alpha 10] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 30 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | – | 2[lower-alpha 11] | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 17 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 12] | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| Total | 121 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 146 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 325 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 543 | 0 | ||
- Includes Campeonato Gaúcho
- Includes Copa do Brasil, King Cup
- Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
- Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- Appearances in Primeira Liga
- Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
- Appearances in Recopa Sudamericana
- Appearances in AFC Champions League
- Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup
- Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup
- Appearances in Saudi Super Cup
- 4 Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup, 1 Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
Grêmio
- Copa do Brasil: 2016
- Copa Libertadores: 2017
- Recopa Sudamericana: 2018
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2005
- Campeonato Gaúcho: 2006, 2007, 2010, 2018
Al-Ittihad
Brazil
Individual
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A most clean sheets: 2016
- Saudi Pro League most clean sheets: 2022–23
- Saudi Pro League Goalkeeper of the Month: August 2020,[13] December 2020,[14] April & May 2021,[15] March 2022,[16] February 2023, March 2023, August 2023, September 2023
- "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017: List of Players: Grêmio FBPA" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2017. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017.
- "Marcelo Grohe". TXT Assessoria. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
- "Tricolor bate o São Luiz e segue 100% no Gauchão" [Tricolor beats São Luiz and follows 100% in Gauchão] (in Portuguese). Pioneiro. 18 January 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- "Defesa de Grohe é destaque na imprensa internacional: "Melhor de todos os tempos"" [Grohe's save is highlighted in international press: "Best of all time] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte.
- "Gordon Banks assiste à defesa de Grohe na semifinal do Grêmio e diz: "Incrível"" [Gordon Banks sees Grohe's save in Grêmio's semifinal and says: "Incredible"] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte.
- "Grêmio aceita proposta do Al-Ittihad e vende o goleiro Marcelo Grohe" [Grêmio accept Al-Ittihad's offer and sell goalkeeper Marcelo Grohe]. Jornal do Comércio (in Portuguese). 27 December 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- "Marcelo Grohe realiza cirurgia no punho e fica longe de estrear pelo Al-Ittihad" [Marcelo Grohe undergoes wrist surgery and remains far from debuting for Al-Ittihad] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- "غروهي حارس اتحاد جدة : تصدي لركلة "بانيغا" كانت نقطة التحول امام الشباب" [Grohe saving Banega penalty was the turning point in the game]. 3 December 2020.
- "Grohe named goalkeeper of the month". El diario As. 31 December 2020.
- "Hulk gives lacklustre Brazil victory over Costa Rica". Eurosport. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- "Marcelo Grohe statistics". Soccerway.
Media related to Marcelo Grohe at Wikimedia Commons- Marcelo Grohe at Goal.com (archived)
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