Marko Grujić

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Marko Grujić
Personal information
Full name Marko Grujić
Date of birth (1996-04-13) 13 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Red Star Belgrade 31 (5)
2014 → Kolubara (loan) 5 (2)
2016– Liverpool 0 (0)
2016 → Red Star Belgrade (loan) 8 (1)
International career‡
2011–2012 Serbia U16 4 (2)
2012 Serbia U17 1 (1)
2014–2015 Serbia U19 3 (0)
2015 Serbia U20 7 (0)
2015– Serbia U21 5 (0)
2016– Serbia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 May 2016

Marko Grujić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Грујић; born 13 April 1996) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool, and the Serbia national team.

He started his career at Red Star Belgrade, and won the SuperLiga title in his final season with them before completing a £5.1 million move to Liverpool.

Grujić represented the Serbian national team at every level from under-16 upwards before making his full international debut in May 2016.

Club career

Red Star Belgrade

Grujić was born in Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia (now Serbia) and is a product of the Red Star Belgrade youth academy, 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.[1] On May 17, 2015, Grujić signed a three-year contract with Red Star to last until 2018.[2] Grujić scored his first senior goal on 26 September, 2015 against Novi Pazar in a 2:0 victory, he also assisted Aleksandar Katai for the second goal.[3] Grujić was a part of an unprecedented run of Red Star victories, as the club set a new record for the number of consecutive victories (19), ending the first half of the season without defeat.[4]

Liverpool

Throughout autumn, Grujić was scouted by a number of high-profile European teams, including Liverpool, Internazionale, Juventus, Chelsea, and Milan. Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp called Grujić personally to convince him to switch to Anfield, but initially Grujić's father was against his son moving to Liverpool.[5] Jurgen Klopp's assistant, Željko Buvač, flew to Belgrade to speak with Grujić and on 6 January 2016, it was confirmed that Grujić completed his move to Premier League side Liverpool, signing a five-year deal for reported fee of £5.1 million.[6][7] Upon joining, Grujić hailed Klopp for convincing him to join and told the press, "I would choose Liverpool over Real Madrid and Barcelona."[8] He was immediately loaned back to Red Star until the end of the season for a fee 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 season.[9]

International career

Grujić has represented Serbia at all youth levels from u-16 to u-21, and was a member of the Serbia squad which won the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.[10] In May 2016, Grujić made his full international debut for the Serbia national team against Cyprus after coming on in the place of Nemanja Matic in a 2:1 friendly win.[11]

Statistics

Club

As of 23 May 2016
Club Season Division League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Red Star 2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2014–15 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2015–16 29 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 6
Total 39 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 41 6
Kolubara (loan) 2014–15 Serbian First League 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Total 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Career Total 44 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 46 8

International

Serbia national team
Year Apps Goals
2016 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Club

Red Star Belgrade

International

Serbia

References

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  2. ↑ [1] Radio Televizija Vojvodine: Grujić i Jović do 2018. u Zvezdi (Serbian) 17 May 2015
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  11. ↑ http://www.fss.rs/index.php?id=2021&aid=10348

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