OFFICIAL: Alisson beats Firmino & Neymar to win 2019 Samba d’Or Award

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker has won the 2019 Samba d’Or Award for the best Brazilian player in Europe.

He becomes the first goalkeeper to lift the trophy. A more than deserved reward for the former Internacional Porto Alegre number one, he won the Champions League, the Club World Cup, and also the Copa America where he finished as the best player in the competition.

He won ahead of his club teammate, Roberto Firmino, the 2018 winner of the award (23.48%). Thiago Silva (10.46%), the Paris-Saint-Germain captain, who had a great 2018-2019 season finished in third place.

With more than 100,000 internet votes and the participation of major voters, the Samba Gold is awarded to a Liverpool player for the third time in its history after Philippe Coutinho in 2016 and Roberto Firmino in 2018.

Voting totals:

Alisson    35,54%

Roberto Firmino    23,48%

Thiago Silva    10,46%

Fabinho    8,03%

Neymar    7,57%

Marquinhos    4,40%

Philippe Coutinho    2,62%

Felipe Anderson    1,63%

Casemiro    1,58%

Rodrygo    1,33%

David Neres    0,98%

Gabriel Jesus    0,66%

Ederson     0,40%