Muriel: family resemblance © Getty Images
• Her father and grandfather were amateur porters in her hometown. Novo Hamburgo (translation: New Hamburg), and was replacing for his older brother Muriel in the International. Muriel is now in Europe with the Portuguese team Os Belenenses, and he and Alisson are still virtual rivals in video games: "I play online against my brother all the time," said Alisson.
• He has already played at Anfield Two-time loser against Roma 5-2 in semifinal against Liverpool last season, and in a friendly match as it ended in a Brazilian win against Croatia 2 -0 a few weeks later. He also meets Roberto Firmino of the "Reds" of Brazil and Mohamed Salah of his stage in Rome, and said of the Egyptian: "Messi is the strongest player against whom I have played, but now Momo [Salah] is feared like him. "
• If he has free time, he likes nothing more than sitting with his cane.I like to fish." When I was more young, I always went with my dad and my friends, every time I go on vacation to Brazil, I try to go fishing with my friends for three or four days, "said Alisson. The goalkeeper of Lazio and Ciro Immobile often went to Fregene, a coastal town not far from Rome.
• Other Alisson recreation include watching tennis (his Brazilian teammate Gustavo & # 39; Guga's Kuerten is his favorite player) and play the guitar.Your favorite music is Rock, but also Sertanejo, a type of Brazilian country music, and Pagoda, a subgenre of Samba.
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See Alisson in its beginnings in the group stage of the #UCL
• He left his own goal seven times in his 23 games in the club competitions He was chosen as the star player of his UEFA Champions League debut, in a 0-0 draw against the US. Atlético de Madrid in September 2017. The UEFA.com Chronicle said: "An excellent Alisson Becker slowed in the first half to Antoine Griezmann and in the second half he stopped Luciano Vietto and Saúl Ñíguez. "
• Voted in the UEFA Champions League season squad last season, he was not always ready for a great success, he had to grow up in the US. International before triumphing, and his character was not always the best. "If you had sent a scout to write a report about me when I was a kid, I guess it would have been like this: & # 39; 39, Alisson Becker: seven-year-old goalkeeper, small, angry, often cries "
• Right now Ederson, City goalkeeper, on the bench of the Brazilian national team , and the competition is fierce. "I work harder thanks to him, our competition is good for the supporters of the national team, the 'Seleção & # 39; is in good hands in the next few years, "said Alisson.
Alisson helped the Roma to reach the semi-finals of #UCL © AFP / Getty Images
• He is married to a doctor and they have a daughter named Helena. "My wife Natalia left Brazil five months after working hard to graduate, and she did it for me, which meant a lot to me, if you do not feel at home, it's better to live with a doctor that with a manikin ".
What he says
"I love everything in my position, I like to work, not only during games but also at workout, I love I've always wanted to be a goalkeeper since I was a kid, my brother is also a goalie and when I was little, I watched him train with my parents. "
"I'm a quiet guy, but when I play with Roma, especially in the UEFA Champions League, I feel like a wolf."