Marcelo Grohe

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Marcelo Grohe
File:Marcelo Grohe (cropped).jpg
Grohe in 2018
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Grohe[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-13) 13 January 1987 (age 39)[1]
Place of birth Campo Bom, Brazil
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Al-Shabab
Number 43
Youth career
2000–2005 Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2019 Grêmio 304 (0)
2019–2024 Al-Ittihad 121 (0)
2024–2025 Al-Kholood 32 (0)
2025– Al-Shabab 8 (0)
International career‡
2005 Brazil U18 2 (0)
2014–2016 Brazil 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:13, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 September 2015

Marcelo Grohe (born 13 January 1987) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi club Al-Shabab.

Club career

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Grêmio

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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

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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

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

Al-Shabab

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On 9 September 2025, Grohe joined Al-Shabab.[13]

International career

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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.[14]

Career statistics

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As of match played 16 January 2025[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State league[a] National cup[b] 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[c] 0 — 14 0
2009 10 0 4 0 0 0 2[d] 0 — 16 0
2010 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 4 0
2011 6 0 9 0 0 0 2[d] 0 — 17 0
2012 32 0 0 0 0 0 6[c] 0 — 38 0
2013 1 0 5 0 0 0 3[d] 0 — 9 0
2014 35 0 12 0 1 0 8[d] 0 — 56 0
2015 23 0 16 0 9 0 0 0 — 48 0
2016 28 0 12 0 7 0 8[d] 0 3[e] 0 58 0
2017 23 0 12 0 6 0 14[d] 0 2[f] 0 57 0
2018 18 0 10 0 3 0 12[d] 0 2[g] 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[h] 0 23 0
2020–21 29 0 — 2 0 — 2[h] 0 33 0
2021–22 28 0 — 3 0 — 1[h] 0 32 0
2022–23 30 0 — 3 0 — 2[i] 0 35 0
2023–24 17 0 — 1 0 0 0 5[j] 0 23 0
Total 121 0 — 12 0 0 0 13 0 146 0
Al-Kholood 2024–25 Saudi Pro League 32 0 — 1 0 — — 33 0
Al-Shabab 2025–26 Saudi Pro League 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Career total 358 0 99 0 43 0 57 0 20 0 577 0
  1. ^ Includes Campeonato Gaúcho
  2. ^ Includes Copa do Brasil, King's Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  5. ^ Appearances in Primeira Liga
  6. ^ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  7. ^ Appearances in Recopa Sudamericana
  8. ^ a b c 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

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Grêmio

Al-Ittihad

Brazil

References

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  • Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
  • Marcelo Grohe at Goal.com (archived)
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