Alisson Euler de Freitas Castro (born 25 June 1993), simply known as Alisson, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Cruzeiro

Born in

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, Alisson joined Cruzeiro's youth setup in 2007, aged 13. He subsequently spent a year on loan at Cabofriense's under-17 side before returning and featured for the under-17 and under-20 teams. Alisson made his first team – and Série A – debut on 18 November 2012, coming on as a second-half substitute for

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in a 2–0 away win over

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. He featured in a further two

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matches for the club before being loaned to

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on 18 April 2013, as a part of the deal which saw Dedé move to the opposite direction permanently. While at the ''Cruzmaltino'', Alisson scored his first professional goal, netting the opener in a 2–0 home win over

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on 5 June 2013. On 6 August, however, after being rarely used, he returned to his parent club. Back to Cruzeiro, Alisson featured in just nine league matches as the club lifted the Série A title. He scored his first goal for the club on 18 March 2014, netting the third of a 3–0 Mineiro away success over Tombense. On 8 October 2016, Alisson played his 100th match for Cruzeiro, a 2–0 win over Ponte Preta.

Grêmio

In January 2018, Alisson moved to Grêmio on a four-year deal, with

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moving in the opposite direction. He made his debut for the club on 20 January, replacing Isaque in a 3–5

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home loss against Caxias. Alisson scored his first goal for ''Tricolor'' on 7 February 2018, netting the equalizer in a 2–1 home win over Brasil de Pelotas. On 4 October of the following year, he renewed his contract until 2023. On 30 January 2020, Alisson played his 100th match for Grêmio, a 2–1 home win over São José-RS.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;Cruzeiro *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

: 2014 ;Grêmio *

Recopa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana (), also known as Recopa Sudamericana or CONMEBOL Recopa, and simply as Recopa (, ; "Winners' Cup"), is an annual international club Association football, football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1988. It ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

; São Paulo *

Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil () is a knockout football competition played by 92 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. It is the Brazilian domestic cup and it is the Brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça de Portugal, ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

Supercopa do Brasil The Supercopa do Brasil (), also known as Supercopa Rei (), is a Brazilian association football trophy organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). It is contested between the champions of the Campeonato Brasileiro and the winners of ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

International

;Brazil U20 *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alisson 1993 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from Minas Gerais Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players CR Vasco da Gama players Grêmio FBPA players São Paulo FC players Brazil men's under-20 international footballers 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen