Petar Grbić (

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: Петар Грбић; born 7 August 1988) is a Montenegrin professional

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who is currently playing for

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Club career

Mogren

In 2008, Grbić joined FK Mogren from

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. At the time of Grbić's arrival, Mogren was an ambitious team with coach Branislav "Brano" Milačić and memorable generation of players from the Montenegrin national team involving the likes of

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, Ivan Janjušević, Janko Simović,

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, and Draško Božović. Grbić was a member of the Mogren squads which won the

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and

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Olympiacos

In July 2011, Greek side

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earned Grbić's signature in a

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1 million transfer from Mogren. During the team's summer camp that year, coach

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only employed Grbić as a substitute, preferring the likes of Kevin Mirallas. He spent the rest of his time at Olympiacos on loan, first to

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, followed by

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, and finally to Partizan.

Loan to OFK Beograd

On 5 September 2012 it was announced that Grbić joined

in a six-month loan. On 11 November 2012 Grbić scored the winning goal in a match against

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; it was OFK Beograd's first win over Red Star since 2003. Less than two weeks later, Grbić scored a brace against Red Star in the 2012–13 Serbian Cup quarter finals. After a great half-season with the Serbian team, the loan deal was extended to June 2013.

Partizan

On 13 July 2013 Grbić joined Partizan on loan from Olympiacos. In January 2014, Olympiacos officially traded Grbić to Partizan in an exchange for

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. On 18 March 2015 Grbić scored the opening goal in the 2015 Serbian Cup semi-final, after which he ran to his team's bench to put on a second left cleat. The stunt was meant as a response to Serbia's Prime Minister

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, who commented before the match that "some players in Partizan have two left legs". Vučić apologized on his

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profile and congratulated Grbić in his tweet.

Akhisar Belediyespor

In January 2016, Grbić moved to Turkish club

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, where he initially saw playing time but was subsequently loaned to

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, a team which had just been promoted to the Turkish

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. In an interview with Serbian sports portal ''HotSport'', Grbić suggested that the financial situation in Adana Demirspor was unstable at the time he left.

Budućnost

In December 2017, Grbić signed with Montenegrin club Budućnost. He returned to the club in June 2019 after a year at Radnički Niš.

International career

Grbić made his debut for

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in a March 2011

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against

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and has earned a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a March 2016 friendly against

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Personal

His younger sister

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is a handball player. He is married and has two daughters.

Honours

;Mogren *

: 2008–09,

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;Partizan *

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League (), also known as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Serbia and the highest level of the Serbian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a sys ...

: 2014–15 ;Budućnost Podgorica *

: 2019–20,

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, 2024–25 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grbic, Petar 1988 births Living people Footballers from Podgorica Men's association football forwards Montenegrin men's footballers Montenegro men's under-21 international footballers Montenegro men's international footballers OFK Titograd players FK Mogren players Olympiacos F.C. players Levadiakos F.C. players Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players OFK Beograd players FK Partizan players Akhisarspor footballers Adana Demirspor footballers FK Budućnost Podgorica players FK Radnički Niš players FK Mornar players Montenegrin First League players Super League Greece players Israeli Premier League players Serbian SuperLiga players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players Montenegrin expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Turkey