Marcelo Grohe (born 13 January 1987) is a Brazilian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
goalkeeper
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for
Al-Kholood of the
Saudi Pro League
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.
Club career
Grêmio
Born in
Campo Bom
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The city is known as ''"The little giant of the valley"'', and it has a diversified industrial ...
,
Rio Grande do Sul
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, 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
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, 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
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. 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
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.
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
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, 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 Club of Saudi Arabia. He signed a 3-year contract, but was initially sidelined by a wrist injury that required surgery.
On 8 November 2019, he made his
season
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debut, in 4–0 win home against
Al-Riyadh in
King Cup.
On 2 December 2020, Grohe saved an
Éver Banega
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He started ...
penalty 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.
He ended his stint where in total there were 5 seasons defending the team, 141 matches and two important titles: the Saudi Championship in 2022/23 and the Saudi Super Cup in 2022.
Al-Kholood
On 30 June 2024, Grohe joined newly promoted Saudi Pro League side
Al-Kholood.
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
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at the
Red Bull Arena in
New Jersey
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.
Career statistics
Honours
Grêmio
*
Copa do Brasil
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:
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
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Copa Libertadores
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2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
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Recopa Sudamericana
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:
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
*
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
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:
2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
*
Campeonato Gaúcho
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: 2006, 2007,
2010
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,
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
Al-Ittihad
*
Saudi Pro League
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:
2022–23
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Saudi Super Cup
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Founded in 2013 as a two-team competition, the Super Cup has been contested by four teams since 2022: the winners and runners-up of the King's Cup and the Sa ...
:
2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
Brazil
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Superclásico de las Américas
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Established ...
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2014
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References
External links
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Marcelo Groheat Goal.com (archived)
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1987 births
Living people
Footballers from Rio Grande do Sul
Brazilian men's footballers
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Brazil men's international footballers
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Grêmio FBPA players
Men's association football goalkeepers
Brazilian people of German descent
Brazil men's youth international footballers
2015 Copa América players
Copa América Centenario players
Copa Libertadores–winning players
Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) players
Al-Kholood Club players
Saudi Pro League players
Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
People from Campo Bom
21st-century Brazilian sportsmen