Alisson Becker

Alisson Ramses Becker (born 2 October 1992), sometimes shortened to Alisson, is a Brazilian professional footballer. He plays for Premier League club Liverpool and the Brazil national team as a goalkeeper. He was born in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul.

Alisson Becker

Becker with Brazil at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Alisson Ramses Becker
Date of birth	(1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Novo Hamburgo, Brazil
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Liverpool
Number	1
Youth career
2008–2012	Internacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Internacional	44	(0)
2016–2018	Roma	37	(0)
2018–	Liverpool	154	(1)
National team‡
2009	Brazil U17	9	(0)
2013	Brazil U23	5	(0)
2015–	Brazil	61	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:45, 14 January 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 December 2022

Counted among one of the best goalkeepers in Europe, Alisson is Brazil's first-choice goalkeeper ahead of Manchester City's Ederson Moraes.

Career

Club

Becker began his career at Internacional. He made over 100 appearances and won the Campeonato Gaúcho in each of his four seasons at the club. In 2016, he signed a €7.5 million transfer to Roma. In July 2018, he signed for Liverpool for a fee of €72.5 million (£66.8m), a world record transfer fee for a goalkeeper at the time.^{[lower-alpha 1][1]} In his first season with Liverpool, he won the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, with Liverpool defeating Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 in the final, and finished second in the Premier League. He also won the Premier League Golden Glove, keeping 21 clean sheets. In the 2019-2020 season with Liverpool he won the Premier League title and FIFA Club World Cup.

International

Becker has played for Brazil since 2015. He played for them during the Copa América Centenario in 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 November 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			State league[lower-alpha 2]		National cup[lower-alpha 3]		League cup[lower-alpha 4]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Internacional	2013[2]	Série A	6	0	1	0	2	0	—		—		—		9	0
	2014[2]	Série A	11	0	3	0	0	0	—		—		—		14	0
	2015[2]	Série A	26	0	15	0	4	0	—		12[lower-alpha 5]	0	—		57	0
	2016[2]	Série A	1	0	17	0	0	0	—		—		3[lower-alpha 6]	0	21	0
	Total		44	0	36	0	6	0	—		12	0	3	0	101	0
Roma	2016–17[2]	Serie A	0	0	—		4	0	—		11[lower-alpha 7]	0	—		15	0
	2017–18[2]	Serie A	37	0	—		0	0	—		12[lower-alpha 8]	0	—		49	0
	Total		37	0	—		4	0	—		23	0	—		64	0
Liverpool	2018–19[3]	Premier League	38	0	—		0	0	0	0	13[lower-alpha 8]	0	—		51	0
	2019–20[4]	Premier League	29	0	—		0	0	0	0	5[lower-alpha 8]	0	3[lower-alpha 9]	0	37	0
	2020–21[5]	Premier League	33	1	—		1	0	0	0	7[lower-alpha 8]	0	1[lower-alpha 10]	0	42	1
	2021–22[6]	Premier League	36	0	—		4	0	1	0	13[lower-alpha 8]	0	—		54	0
	2022–23[7]	Premier League	37	0	—		2	0	0	0	8[lower-alpha 8]	0	0	0	47	0
	2023–24[8]	Premier League	12	0	—		0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 11]	0	—		13	0
	Total		185	1	—		7	0	1	0	47	0	4	0	244	1
Career total			266	1	36	0	17	0	1	0	82	0	7	0	409	1

1. This record was later broken by Chelsea's signing of Kepa Arrizabalaga.
2. Includes Campeonato Gaúcho
3. Includes Copa do Brasil, Coppa Italia, FA Cup
4. Includes EFL Cup
5. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
6. Appearances in Primeira Liga
7. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances in UEFA Europa League
8. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
9. One appearance in FA Community Shield, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
10. Appearance in FA Community Shield
11. Appearance in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 9 December 2022^[9]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Brazil	2015	3	0
	2016	12	0
	2017	7	0
	2018	12	0
	2019	10	0
	2021	7	0
	2022	10	0
Total		61	0

Honours

Alisson with the Golden Glove Award from the 2019 Copa América

Internacional

• Campeonato Gaúcho: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016^[10]

Liverpool

• Premier League: 2019–20^[11]
• FA Cup: 2021–22^[12]
• EFL Cup: 2021–22^[13]
• UEFA Champions League: 2018–19,^[14] runner up: 2021–22^[15]
• UEFA Super Cup: 2019
• FA Community Shield: 2022
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2019^[16]

Brazil U23

• Toulon Tournament: 2013^[10]

Brazil

• Copa América: 2019^[17]

Individual

• The Best FIFA Goalkeeper: 2019^[18]
• Yashin Trophy: 2019^[19]
• IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper: 2019^[20]
• UEFA Champions League Goalkeeper of the Season: 2018–19^[21]
• Premier League Golden Glove: 2018–19, 2021–22^[11]
• Premier League Save of the Month: August 2023^[22]
• FIFA FIFPro World11: 2019,^[23] 2020^[24][25]
• UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2017–18,^[26] 2018–19^[27]
• Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year: 2017–18^[28]
• Serie A Team of the Year: 2017–18^[29]
• Globe Soccer Awards Best Goalkeeper of the Year: 2018,^[30] 2019^[31]
• Copa América Golden Glove: 2019^[32]
• Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2019^[33]
• IFFHS Men's World Team: 2019^[34]
• Samba Gold: 2019^[35]
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2019^[36]
• Liverpool Goal of the Season: 2020–21^[37]
• PFA Team of the Year: 2021–22 Premier League^[38]

References

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36. "UEFA.com fans' Team of the Year 2019 revealed". UEFA. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
37. "Alisson Becker wins Liverpool Goal of the Season for 2020–21". Liverpool F.C. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
38. "Mohamed Salah and Sam Kerr win PFA player of year awards". BBC Sport. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.

Other websites

• Alisson Becker profile at the Liverpool F.C. website