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Alisson Becker
	Becker with Brazil at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Alisson Ramses Becker
Date of birth	2 October 1992 (age 29)
Place of birth	Novo Hamburgo, Brazil
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Liverpool
Youth career
2008–2012	Internacional
Senior career*
National team‡
	Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:38, 14 May 2019 (UTC).; ; † Appearances (Goals).; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 07:14, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

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. He plays as a goalkeeper. He was born in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul.

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. 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.