Alisson

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Alisson
Personal information
Date of Birth	2 October 1992
Place of Birth	Novo Hamburgo, Brazil
Height	1.93 m (6'4")
Position	Goalkeeper
Liverpool statistics
Squad no.	1
Years	2018-
Appearances	291
Goals	1
Assists	3

Alisson Ramses Becker (born 2 October 1992) is a Brazilian international footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liverpool. He, at the time, became the world’s most expensive goalkeeper upon signing from Roma for a fee of £66,800,000. He is the only goalkeeper in Liverpool history to score a goal, after heading in the winner in a 2-1 victory at West Brom in 2021.

Liverpool career

After two years of competition between Loris Karius and Simon Mignolet, and two years of consistent errors cumulating in the Champions League Final, Liverpool were in search of a top class goalkeeper ahead of the 2018-19 season. The rumoured two big targets were Jan Oblak of Atletico Madrid, and Alisson from Roma.

On 17 July 2018, after months of rumoured interest, it was reported that Liverpool had finally made a bid of £62,000,000 to bring Alisson to Anfield, with Roma looking for a little more for a deal to be agreed. A day later, reports stated that a deal had finally been agreed, for a fee of £66,800,000, a record fee for a goalkeeper, with the Brazilian set to fly in for a medical after agreeing personal terms.

On 19 July 2018, Alisson was spotted leaving John Lennon Airport after reports that he had passed his medical. Later that evening, it was confirmed that Alisson had signed for Liverpool on a six year deal, becoming the club’s second most expensive transfer, just after Virgil van Dijk.

It was confirmed that Alisson was to wear the number 13 shirt for the 2018-19 campaign, with Loris Karius continuing to wear the number 1.

On 12 August 2018, Alisson made his competitive debut, starting and keeping a clean sheet in a 4-0 win over West Ham. He kept up this run in his next two games, making vital saves in wins over Crystal Palace and Brighton.

In his fourth appearance, Alisson made a massive error leading to a goal, attempting to 'Cruyff turn' a Leicester attacker in his penalty area, but losing the ball and allowing Ghezzal to pull a goal back for Leicester. Fortunately for the Brazilian, the Reds held out to win 2-1 away from home.

Despite this early mistake, Alisson quickly proved his value, putting in a very impressive performance in a draw at Chelsea, before keeping a clean sheet in a 0-0 draw at home to Manchester City.

On 11 December 2018, Alisson produced his biggest moment for the Reds so far in a 1-0 win over Napoli, producing a stunning last minute save to preserve a Liverpool win and send them through to the knockout stage of the Champions League.

On 7 May 2019, Alisson started in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final, with Liverpool needing to overturn a 3-0 first leg defeat to Barcelona. The Brazilian put in a huge performance, making several big saves particularly in the first half, and keeping a clean sheet in a 4-0 victory as the Reds progressed to the final. Alisson started the final a month later, and made several more big saves as his side beat Tottenham 2-0, becoming European champions.

Alisson ended his first season at the club as a Champions League winner, while also collecting the Premier League Golden Glove, after keeping 21 clean sheets, but was unfortunate to finish 2nd in the league, just a point behind Manchester City. It was also announced that he would be taking the number 1 shirt ahead of the 2019-20 season.

On 9 August 2019, Alisson started on the opening day of the Premier League season, a 4-1 win over Norwich. After just 39 minutes however, the Brazilian suffered a calf injury, and was forced off the pitch. This problem kept him out of action for over two months, before returning on 20 October, in a 1-1 draw at Manchester United.

On 21 December 2019, Alisson started in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup, facing up against Flamengo, a side from his own country. Once again, he kept a clean sheet as the Reds won the trophy, winning 1-0 with an extra-time Roberto Firmino strike.

A month later, Alisson picked up his first assist in Liverpool colours, putting Mohamed Salah through on goal in the dying seconds to round off a 2-0 win over Manchester United, and sprinting the length of the pitch to celebrate with the Egyptian.

Alisson ended the season as a Premier League champion, making 29 appearances and keeping 13 clean sheets, finishing joint-third in the race for the Golden Glove despite missing eight games.

On 20 September 2020, Alisson kept his first clean sheet of the season, in a 2-0 win at Chelsea, saving a Jorginho penalty in the second half to preserve the Reds’ two goal lead. The Brazilian’s injury niggles continued however, and Adrian and Caoimhin Kelleher were often forced to deputise.

On 7 February 2021, Alisson gave his worst performance in English football, giving the ball away twice, directly leading to two Manchester City goals in a 4-1 defeat at Anfield. Three weeks later, he missed a win over Sheffield Utd, after being given compassionate leave due to the death of his father.

Major injuries in defence and the occasional loss of the goalkeeper led to Liverpool heavily struggling, and towards the end of the season were in a struggle to make the top four. On 16 May 2021, Alisson started in a must win game away to West Brom. After 95 minutes, the scores were level, and Alisson was sent forwards for a last-gasp corner. Trent Alexander-Arnold swung in the delivery, and Alisson met it, firing in an inch perfect header past the goalkeeper, and giving Liverpool victory.

This was the first time in the history of English football that a goalkeeper had scored a winning goal, and Alisson became the first Liverpool goalkeeper to ever get on the scoresheet, with his header being named the club’s Goal of the Season. Liverpool went on to win both of their final two games, and Alisson kept two clean sheets as the Reds finished 3rd and qualified for the Champions League.

Honours

Liverpool

• Premier League: 1 (2019-20)
• UEFA Champions League: 1 (2019)
• FA Cup: 1 (2022)
• FIFA Club World Cup: 1 (2019)
• EFL Cup: 1 (2022)

Individual

• Best FIFA Goalkeeper: 1 (2019)
• Yashin Trophy: 1 (2019)
• FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2 (2019, 2020)
• UEFA Goalkeeper of the Season: 1 (2018-19)
• PFA Team of the Year: 1 (2021-22)
• Premier League Golden Glove: 2 (2018-19, 2021-22)
• Samba Gold: 1 (2019)
• UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2 (2017-18, 2018-19)
• UEFA Team of the Year: 1 (2019)
• GOAL 50 World's Best Goalkeeper: 2 (2018, 2019)
• Liverpool Goal of the Season: 1 (2020-21: vs West Brom, 16 May 2021)
• Liverpool Player of the Season: 1 (2022-23)
• Liverpool Player of the Month: 2 (March 2022, October 2022)

Stats

Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2018-19	38	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	51	0
2019-20	29	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	37	0
2020-21	33	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	42	1
2021-22	36	0	4	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	54	0
2022-23	37	0	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	47	0
2023-24	28	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	32	0
2024-25	21	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	28	0
Total	222	1	9	0	2	0	54	0	4	0	291	1

Season	Apps	Goals	Assists	G+A
2018-19	51	0	0	0
2019-20	37	0	1	1
2020-21	42	1	0	1
2021-22	54	0	1	1
2022-23	47	0	1	1
2023-24	32	0	0	0
2024-25	28	0	0	0
Total	291	1	3	4

External links

• Alisson player profile at LFCHistory.net