Marcelo Grohe

Marcelo Grohe

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-Kholood
Youth career
2000–2005	Grêmio
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2019	Grêmio	304	(0)
2019–2024	Al-Ittihad	121	(0)
2024–	Al-Kholood	0	(0)
International career‡
2005	Brazil U18	2	(0)
2014–2016	Brazil	2	(0)
*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

Marcelo Grohe (born 13 January 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Kholood of the Saudi Pro League.

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. ^[2]

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. ^[3] 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; ^[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]

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. ^[11]

Al-Kholood

On 30 June 2024, Grohe joined newly promoted Saudi Pro League side Al-Kholood. ^[12]

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. ^[13]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 February 2024 ^[14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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		6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		7	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		205	0	99	0	30	0	57	0	7	0	398	0
Al-Ittihad	2019–20	Saudi Pro League	17	0	—		3	0	0	0	3 [lower-alpha 8]	0	23	0
	2020–21		29	0	—		2	0	—		2 [lower-alpha 8]	0	33	0
	2021–22		28	0	—		3	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 8]	0	32	0
	2022–23		30	0	—		3	0	—		2 [lower-alpha 9]	0	35	0
	2023–24		17	0	—		1	0	0	0	5 [lower-alpha 10]	0	23	0
	Total		121	0	—		12	0	0	0	13	0	146	0
Career total			326	0	99	0	42	0	57	0	20	0	544	0

1. Includes Campeonato Gaúcho
2. Includes Copa do Brasil, King Cup
3. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
4. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
5. Appearances in Primeira Liga
6. Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
7. Appearances in Recopa Sudamericana
8. Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup
9. Appearances in Saudi Super Cup
10. Four appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup, one appearance in FIFA Club World Cup

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

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, ^[15] December 2020, ^[16] April & May 2021, ^[17] March 2022, ^[18] February 2023, March 2023, August 2023, September 2023

References

1. "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.
2. "Marcelo Grohe". TXT Assessoria. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
3. "Tricolor bate o São Luiz e segue 100% no Gauchão" [Tricolor beat São Luiz and remain 100% in the Gauchão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Pioneiro. 18 January 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
4. "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 Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com.
5. "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 Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com.
6. "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.
7. "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.
8. "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.
9. "ركلة جزاء إيفر بانيغا الضائعة ضد الإتحاد السعودي -كأس محمد السادس للأندية الأبطال - YouTube". YouTube .
10. "Grohe named goalkeeper of the month". El diario As. 31 December 2020.
11. https://lorena.r7.com/categoria/Esportes/Marcelo-Grohe-e-anunciado-no-Al-Kholood-e-encerra-negociacoes-com-o-Santos
12. "غروهي يرتدي قميص الخلود".
13. "Hulk gives lacklustre Brazil victory over Costa Rica". Eurosport. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
14. "Marcelo Grohe statistics". Soccerway.
15. "فيتوريا وحمد الله وغروهي يحصدون جوائز أفضلية شهر أغسطس".
16. "العطوي يحصد أفضلية المدربين للمرة الأولى".
17. "كاريلي أفضل مدرب في أبريل ومايو.. وإيغالو وغروهي والنجعي ينتزعون النجومية".
18. "سباق الاتحاد والهلال يقودهما إلى جوائز مارس".

External links

• Media related to Marcelo Grohe at Wikimedia Commons
• Marcelo Grohe at Goal.com (archived)