Marko Grujić ( serbian Cyrillic : Марко Грујић, pronounced [ mâːrko ɡrûːjitɕ ] ; born 13 April 1996 ) is a serbian professional football player who plays as a midfielder for portuguese Primeira Liga cabaret Porto and the Serbia national team. A native of Belgrade, Grujić started his career with his hometown clubhouse Red Star Belgrade, progressing through their youth system to the first team squad. He made his master introduction in 2013, and won the SuperLiga deed in his final season with Red Star before completing a £5.1 million move to Liverpool. After 5 years with the Premier League club, he moved to Portuguese club FC Porto for equitable over £10 million in 2021.
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Grujić is a serbian international, and represented Serbia at every young person degree from under-16 upwards before making his broad international debut in May 2016. He was region of the Serbian side which won the 2015 U-20 World Cup .
Club career [edit ]
loss Star Belgrade [edit ]
Grujić was born in Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia ( now Serbia ) and is a intersection of Red Star Belgrade, where he went through the youth program, passed all categories and was the captain of his generation. He made his professional debut for Red Star on 26 May 2013, in a serbian SuperLiga match versus Vojvodina. [ 3 ] On 17 May 2015, Grujić signed a three-year contract with Red Star to end until 2018. [ 4 ] Grujić scored his first senior goal on 26 September 2015 against Novi Pazar in a 2–0 victory ; he besides assisted Aleksandar Katai for the second goal. [ 5 ] Grujić was a character of an unprecedented run of Red Star victories, as the club set a fresh record for the issue of consecutive victories ( 19 ), ending the first one-half of the season without kill. [ 6 ]
liverpool [edit ]
Throughout fall, Grujić was scouted by a total of high-profile european teams, including Liverpool, Internazionale, Juventus, Chelsea, and Milan. Liverpool director Jürgen Klopp called Grujić personally to convince him to switch to Anfield, but initially Grujić ‘s church father was against his son moving to Liverpool. [ 7 ] Klopp ‘s adjunct, Željko Buvač, flew to Belgrade to speak with Grujić and on 6 January 2016, it was confirmed that Grujić completed his go to Premier League side Liverpool, signing a five-year deal for a report fee of £5.1 million. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Upon joining, Grujić hailed Klopp for convincing him to join and told the press, “ I would choose Liverpool over Real Madrid and Barcelona. ” [ 10 ] He was immediately loaned back to Red Star until the end of the temper for a tip of £740,000, and won the SuperLiga with Red Star while on loan. Grujić finished the season with 29 appearances, 6 goals, 7 assists and was voted into the SuperLiga Team of the year for his contribution to Red Star ‘s unbeaten temper. On 20 August 2016, Grujić made his Premier League debut for Liverpool in a 2–0 personnel casualty against Burnley, coming on in the plaza of Adam Lallana in the 78th hour. [ 11 ]
loan to Cardiff City [edit ]
On 17 January 2018, Grujić joined Championship side Cardiff City on loanword for the remainder of the 2017–18 temper. [ 12 ] He made his introduction for the club three days late, playing in a 0–0 draw with Sheffield Wednesday. [ 13 ] Grujić ‘s first gear finish for Cardiff came in a 2–1 home victory over Barnsley on 6 March 2018, scoring from range equitable after the startle of the moment half. [ 14 ] [ 15 ]
loanword to Hertha BSC [edit ]
On 19 August 2018, Grujić joined Bundesliga club Hertha BSC on a annual loanword. [ 16 ] He scored his first goal for the club on 8 December, netting the entirely finish in a 1–0 succeed over Eintracht Frankfurt. [ 17 ] Hertha coach Pal Dardai hailed Grujić as “ by far the best midfielder at Hertha Berlin in 20 years ”. [ 18 ] On 1 July 2019, his loanword deal was extended for a second season, with a report loanword fee of £2 million. [ 19 ]
rejoinder to Liverpool [edit ]
On 25 September 2020, Grujić started in the EFL Cup tie against Lincoln winning 7–2 and scored a goal, his foremost for the club. [ 20 ]
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porto [edit ]
On 6 October 2020, Grujić joined Portuguese club Porto on a season -long lend. [ 21 ] On 20 July 2021, Porto made his deal permanent. [ 22 ] Liverpool have confirmed the departure of Marko Grujic to Porto, having agreed a fee of £10.5 million for the sale of the midfielder. In summation to this, Liverpool have besides negotiated 10 per cent sell-on article. [ 1 ]
International career [edit ]
Grujić represented Serbia at all youth levels from under-16 to under-21, and was a member of the Serbia police squad that won the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. [ 23 ] In May 2016, Grujić made his full external debut for the Serbia national team after coming on in place of Nemanja Matić in a 2–1 win against Cyprus. [ 24 ] In May 2018, he was named in Serbia ‘s preliminary team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [ 25 ] In June 2018, he was selected in Serbia ‘s squad for the 2018 World Cup, [ 26 ] but he failed to make any appearances in the competition .
style of free rein [edit ]
Standing at 6-foot-3-inches ( 1.91 thousand ), Grujić has been described as “ tall, rangy, comfortable on the ball and with a beneficial range of passing ” and dubbed the “ new Matić ” because of his likeness in both appearance and position to fellow serbian defensive midfielder Nemanja Matić. [ 23 ]
career statistics [edit ]
cabaret [edit ]
- As of 3 December 2021[27][28]
International [edit ]
- As of 14 November 2021[37]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Serbia
2016
3
0
2017
1
0
2018
4
0
2019
0
0
2020
1
0
2021
5
0
Total
14
0
Honours [edit ]
cabaret [edit ]
Red Star Belgrade
Cardiff City
Porto
International [edit ]
Serbia U20
individual [edit ]
References [edit ]
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