Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcelo Grohe | ||
Date of birth | 13 January 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Campo Bom, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Grêmio | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2005 | Grêmio | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005– | Grêmio | 165 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2005 | Brazil U18 | 2 | (0) |
2015– | Brazil | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017. ‡ 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 Grêmio and the Brazil national football team.
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 he made his professional debut, playing 90 minutes in a 2–1 away win against São Luiz for the Campeonato Gaúcho.
Grohe was a non-playing member of the Brazilian squad at the 2015 Copa América in Chile. 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.