Marko Grujić
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Marko Grujić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Грујић, pronounced [mâːrko ɡrûːjitɕ]; born 13 April 1996) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club Porto and the Serbia national team.
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Full name | Marko Grujić[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1996-04-13) 13 April 1996 (age 28)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Porto | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2005–2013 | Red Star Belgrade | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Red Star Belgrade | 39 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2014 | → Kolubara (loan) | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2020 | Liverpool | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | → Hertha BSC (loan) | 51 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
2020– | Porto | 74 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Serbia U16 | 4 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2012 | Serbia U17 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Serbia U19 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Serbia U20 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Serbia U21 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2016– | Serbia | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:54, 6 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2023 |
A native of Belgrade, Grujić started his career with his hometown club Red Star Belgrade, progressing through their youth system to the first team squad. He made his professional debut in 2013, and won the SuperLiga title in his final season with Red Star before completing a £5.1 million move to Liverpool. After five years with the Premier League club, he moved to Portuguese club Porto for just over £10 million in 2021.
Grujić is a Serbian international, and represented Serbia at every youth level from under-16 upwards before making his full international debut in May 2016. He was part of the Serbian side which won the 2015 U-20 World Cup.