Marcelo Grohe

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

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 Club of Saudi Arabia. He signed a 3$1/2$-year contract, but was initially sidelined by a wrist injury that required surgery.

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 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 at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey.

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, December 2020, April & May 2021, March 2022, February 2023, March 2023, August 2023, September 2023