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Alisson Becker's mum, Magali Lino de Souza Becker, was a goalkeeper successful handball astatine school. His precocious father, Jose Agostinho Becker, played betwixt the posts for his enactment team.
His great-grandfather was a keeper successful amateur shot successful Novo Hamburgo successful Brazil, portion his older member Muriel started retired successful extremity astatine Internacional.
So the Liverpool and Brazil stopper was astir apt ever destined to beryllium a goalkeeper, adjacent though his "role model" member tried to speech him retired of it astatine 1 point.
"My member knew however hard it was to beryllium a goalkeeper and helium told me: 'No, spell and play striker, play determination other - you volition endure excessively much,'" Alisson told Joe Hart successful an interrogation for Football Focus.
"I did 1 league successful midfield and past said: 'No, not for me.'
“I enjoyed watching him [Muriel] betwixt the posts, diving and making saves. I chose the presumption arsenic good and emotion to beryllium a goalkeeper."
Alisson was astatine Internacional with his brother, who helium calls his "biggest inspiration arsenic a keeper, a man, quality being, begetter and husband" but helium names Brazil’s Claudio Taffarel, Italy's Gianluigi Buffon and Germany's Manuel Neuer - each World Cup winners - arsenic his idols.
Taffarel has been a goalkeeping manager astatine Liverpool since November 2021.
"I similar to enactment hard, helium knows that and helium likes to enactment hard," said Alisson of the narration betwixt the pair.
"We person a truly bully narration arsenic friends and it makes america harder with each other.
"He is simply a chill guy. We recognize each different successful the mode we look to each different - [he is] a feline who helps maine a lot. He is simply a exemplary arsenic idiosyncratic and having him connected my side, I americium truthful lucky."
Alisson's travel took him from Internacional successful his homeland to Roma successful Italy and connected to Liverpool successful 2018.
His honours with the Reds see the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Club World Cup. A devout Christian, helium puts his occurrence down to his religion and enactment ethic.
"My main information is not the prizes, the trophies - my motivations travel from inside," said the 31-year-old, who is expected to instrumentality to the Liverpool broadside for Saturday's Premier League travel to Wolves (17:30 BST) pursuing a two-game absence.
"My religion successful God makes maine enactment hard and amended and privation to beryllium the champion successful what I bash due to the fact that I judge everything I bash is simply a mode to praise God. Winning trophies and awards makes maine happy, but my information comes from inside, my family."
Alisson has made 268 appearances for Liverpool successful each competitions, with 205 successful the Premier League.
Since his top-flight debut connected 12 August 2018, the Brazilian has prevented much goals successful the Premier League than immoderate different keeper, according to Opta's figures connected the metric.
Alisson has besides kept 89 Premier League cleanable sheets, with lone Manchester City keeper and compatriot Ederson managing much (97) successful that time.
"I deliberation it conscionable immoderate interior thing," said Alisson. "The main portion is hard work. I ever similar to amended myself. When I bash a play that is my champion season, this is the modular I request to spell further.
"I similar to absorption connected bully positioning. If you person that, you are 1 measurement successful beforehand of the opponent. If you tin enactment earlier [having to] react, it is better. I effort to work the crippled arsenic well, work the striker, look astatine his movements.
"I effort to enactment focused and looking astatine the ball. This makes maine determination the mode I determination and play the mode I play.
"Here astatine Liverpool, I improved my one-to-one truthful overmuch due to the fact that we had truthful galore one-v-one situations. I tin respond rapidly due to the fact that of the mode I train. The champion is inactive to come."
Arne Slot replaced Jurgen Klopp arsenic Liverpool brag successful the summertime and Alisson, on with his team-mates, person bought into the Dutchman's imaginativeness and methods.
Part of Slot's grooming authorities involves his keeper grooming much with the outfield players arsenic the caller manager, Alisson says, "wants to play much from connected the level to physique up from the back".
"We were large earlier but Arne is bringing to america a caller vigor and knowledge," said Alisson. "He is simply a truly astute manager and helium is helping america a lot. You tin spot from however we are playing now.
"We are committed to the program and tin spot it is simply a bully plan. We inactive person a batch to amended but we are successful the close direction. We person a large spread to scope for our champion but we are doing good truthful far."
Liverpool person won six of Slot's archetypal 7 matches successful charge, and Alisson is keen to transportation connected being a portion of his set-up.
"I americium committed to this nine 100% and that involves being portion of the enactment group," added Alisson, who precocious said helium turned down a determination to Saudi Arabia successful the summer.
"We person a batch of young players, caller players coming in, a wholly caller staff. When we changed, not everything was going wrong. The situation for america was to support the bully things, walk these things to the unit and the players coming in, and clasp the bully worldly that the caller unit are bringing.
"It was a large situation for this enactment radical and I truly judge we are doing rather well. We are sharing the work and telling the young players they request to measurement up arsenic well. This nine is peculiar and the radical who enactment present are special."
Listen to the afloat interrogation connected a BBC Sounds Football Daily podcast special, and ticker the interrogation connected Football Focus connected Saturday 28 September, some from 12:00 BST.
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