Brazil is considered one of the top favorites to win the 2026 World Cup. With Carlo Ancelotti—the most experienced club coach in the world—at the helm as national team coach for the first time, the five-time world champions will field a squad featuring a mix of world-class talents and experienced players based abroad. The opening match against Morocco at MetLife Stadium promises to be one of the highlights of the group stage.

Coach Carlo Ancelotti has named three goalkeepers to the Seleção: Alisson Becker, Ederson, and Weverton. Brazil will face Morocco, Haiti, and Scotland in Group C and, despite a turbulent qualifying campaign in which they finished fifth in their South American group, are among the favorites to win the title. The trio of goalkeepers has a combined total of three World Cup appearances, two Champions League titles, and one Olympic gold medal.

Alisson, 33 years old and born in Novo Hamburgo in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, is simply one of the most influential goalkeepers of his generation. He has been with Liverpool since 2018, where he became the first goalkeeper in years to win the Premier League Golden Glove Award in his first season with 21 clean sheets. Since then, he has won the 2019 Champions League, the 2020 and 2025 Premier League titles, as well as the FA Cup and EFL Cup with Liverpool—a total of 16 club titles. He extended his contract with Liverpool in March 2026 through June 2027. In the 2025–26 season, he had played in 25 league matches with eight clean sheets by mid-March before a thigh injury sidelined him. He is expected to be fit in time for the World Cup—check current fitness status before publication.

He has been playing for the Seleção since 2015. He was part of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup squads, won the 2019 Copa América, and was named the tournament’s best goalkeeper. What sets him apart is the combination of a solid defensive line, explosive reflexes, and a modern build-up game that makes Liverpool’s pressing style of play possible in the first place. For Ancelotti’s Brazil, he is the undisputed number one.

Ederson, 32 years old and born in Osasco near São Paulo, is the second of the two great Brazilian goalkeepers of this generation—and has spent years in Alisson’s shadow without ever truly being outclassed. After eight years at Manchester City, during which he played in 372 competitive matches, won six Premier League titles, four EFL Cups, two FA Cups, and the 2023 Champions League, as well as winning the Golden Glove three times for the most clean sheets in the league, he transferred to Fenerbahçe in Istanbul in September 2025 for around 15 million euros. There, he immediately won the Turkish Super Cup against archrival Galatasaray in January 2026. In the current Süper Lig season, he has made 24 appearances with eight clean sheets.

Ederson is best known for his footwork—former goalkeeper Shay Given once called him the best goalkeeper in the world with the ball at his feet. Under Pep Guardiola, he became the blueprint for the modern goalkeeper as the first playmaker. For Brazil, he is the clear number two—and, in the event of an injury to Alisson, more than a worthy replacement.

Weverton, 38 years old and born in Rio Branco in the state of Acre, is the big surprise among the nominated goalkeepers. Ancelotti brought him into the squad as the third-choice goalkeeper—a decision that sparked a lot of debate in Brazil but is based on a long career full of titles. From 2018 to January 2026, he played for Palmeiras, where he won two Copa Libertadores titles, three Brasileirão titles, and the Supercopa do Brasil. Since January 2026, he has been with Grêmio, where he has been putting in solid performances this season with a FotMob rating of 7.18.

His most famous moment on the international stage remains the 2016 Olympics in Rio, where he saved the decisive penalty in the gold medal match against Germany and led Brazil to its first Olympic soccer gold. At the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, he made a brief appearance in the Round of 16 against South Korea. As the third-string goalkeeper, the 2026 World Cup will likely mark the final chapter of a remarkable career for the 38-year-old.