Ederson Moraes Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Career, Net Worth & Wiki

Ederson Santana de Moraes, known as Ederson, is a Brazilian professional football goalkeeper with Premier League club Manchester City and the Brazil national team. In 2008, Ederson joined Sao Paulo before joining Benfica one year later, where he spent two seasons. From Ribeiro to Rio Ave in 2012, he became a regular starter in the Primeira Liga. In 2015, he returned to Benfica and was assigned to the reserves before joining the first team, with whom he won four major titles.

Ederson joined Manchester City for £35 million in the 2017-18 season. In terms of the nominal value of the pound sterling at the time of his transfer, he became the most expensive goalkeeper of all time. In his first season in England, he won the Premier League and the EFL Cup. The following year, he won a domestic treble. Ederson made his senior debut for Brazil in 2017 after previously playing for the under-23 team. In 2019, he won the Copa América and was a member of Brazil’s squad for the 2018 World Cup and the 2019 and 2021 Copa América.

Ederson Moraes Bio/Wiki

Birth Name	Ederson Santana de Moraes
Nick Name	• Ederson • The Bull
Age	30 (as in 2023) Years
Religion	Christianity
Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign	Leo
Birth Place	Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Date of Birth	17 August 1993
Nationality	Brazilian
Residence	Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Home Town	Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Hobbies	Watching Movies, Horse Riding
Family
Mother’s Name	Joelma
Father’s Name	Antonis Moraes (He stacked fruit onto lorries in Osasco.)
Brother(s)	Not Available
Sister(s)	Not Available
Girlfriends/Affairs
Affairs/Girlfriends	Lais Moraes (2014-Present)
Marital Status, Wife and Children
Wife/Spouse	Lais Moraes
Marriage Date	April 2014
Marriage Place	Not Available
Children	Daughters- • Yasmin Moraes • 1 More-Name Not Available Sons- Henrique
Education
School	Ederson started his soccer journey with the youth setup of his local club, São Paulo FC.
College/University	Not Available
Educational Qualification	Not Available
Profession	Professional Footballer
Brands Endorsed	Ederson has inked an endorsement deal with Nike. He is required to wear Nike footwear and gloves for his professional matches.
Career Manager	Ederson is represented by Jorge Mendes’s agency, GestiFute.
Football Career
Debut Club	1 January 2017: Manchester City F.C.
Debut International	2016: Brazil national football team
Jersey Number	• 31 (Manchester City F.C.) • 23 (Brazil national football team)
Current Team(s)	• Manchester City F.C. • Brazil national football team
Coach/Mentor	Not Available
Position	Goalkeeper
Strengths	• Agility • Physical Presence • Reflexes • Technical Ability • Passing • Ability to play sweeper-keeper • Reading of the game • Penalties
Weaknesses	He doesn’t have any apparent weaknesses in his game.
Achievements	Not Available
Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements
Height (Approx.)	in centimeters- 188 cm in meters- 1.88 m in feet inches- 6’2”
Weight (Approx.)	in kilograms- 89 kg in pounds- 196 lbs
Figure Measurements
Chest Size	42 inches
Biceps Size	13 inches
Waist Size	34 inches
Extra Ordinary Features
Race / Ethnicity	Latino, Brazilian
Hair Color	Dark Brown
Eye Color	Dark Brown
S*xual Orientation	Straight
Distinctive Features	He has got numerous tattoos including an ink art of a flower on the side of the neck.
Dress Size	Not Available
Shoe Size	12 US
Favourite Things
Favorite Playing Position	Goalkeeper
Favorite Car	Ferrari
Favorite Footballer	Rogério Ceni
Favorite Video Games	FIFA 2017
Favorite TV Series	Narcos

Life Journey

This Brazilian footballer was born into a poor family on 17 August 1993 in Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil. His father is Antonis Moraes, and his mother is Joelma. His parents, who were not rich, but struggled to ensure that their son pursues his dream, raised him in a very humble environment in Sao Paulo.

Although it cannot be ruled out that he had an education, it is important that his parents didn’t interfere with his decision to play football. In Brazil, football is like a tradition, and he honored it with his talents.

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Similarly, charity begins at home for the goalkeeper, who began playing for a local club in Portugal. Talent always announces itself, and so does the goalkeeper’s talent announce him around the world. He played for teams like Benfica, Ribeirao, and Rio Ave.

Pep Guardiola, the coach of Man City who was attempting to build an unstoppable EPL team, was impressed by his display and goalkeeping skills. In the end, Manchester City paid £35 million to sign the shot-stopper, making him the world’s most expensive goalkeeper at the time.

In 2016, Ederson acquired Portuguese citizenship. He has numerous tattoos on his body, including a rose and a skull on his neck, angel wings on his back, and two Portuguese League trophies on his leg, which he won for Benfica in 2016 and 2017. In addition, he holds the Guinness World Record for Longest Football Drop Kick, which he achieved at the Etihad Campus on 10 May by kicking the ball 75.35 meters across the ground.

Ederson Moraes Net Worth & Salary

The goalkeeper signed a contract with Manchester City that paid him 3.7 million euros (3.3 million pounds) per year in 2017. According to our calculations, he earns €10,109 (£8,989) per day and €421 (£375) per hour!

For an average man to earn what The Frogman earns in one month, he would have to work for at least 9 years. Brazilians in Europe are relatively new to the sporting scene. When he joined Manchester City he began making serious money. Currently, he earns 3.7 Million euros (3.3 Million pounds) per year at the English team.

His total net worth is estimated to be around 12 million euros (10.4 million pounds). His market value is astronomical. In today’s footballing world, he is one of the best young goalkeepers. Clubs who wanted to sign this Brazilian star would have to dig deep into their pockets. Currently, his market value is estimated at 85 million euros (75 million pounds).

Benfica announced on 1 June 2017 that Ederson had joined the Premier League club Manchester City for £35 million (€40 million). The five-year contract he signed at the time significantly increased Ederson de Moraes Net Worth with its fees and other provisions.

Ederson’s move also broke many records at the time, as the transfer made him the second most expensive goalkeeper of all-time – currently fourth highest after Gianluigi Buffon (£33 million), whose transfer fee, although the second-highest ever in pounds sterling, still remained the highest of all time in euros (€52 million in 2001) until Alisson’s (€75 million in 2018) and now Kepa Arrizabalaga’s (€80 million in 2018).

The fee paid for Ederson equals that paid for Axel Witsel as the most a club has ever paid for a Benfica player.

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Club Career

Benfica

• In June 2015, Ederson rejoined Portuguese champions Benfica. Then, in July, he signed a five-year contract worth €500,000 with the club and set a €45 million release clause. Rio Ave will retain 50% of the economic rights to the upcoming keeper.
• Ederson was the second choice in line for the first team, defending compatriot and international Julio César.
• He played in the Segunda Liga with the reserve team and the Taça da Liga with the main squad before making his premier league debut on 5 March 2016 against local rivals Sporting CP, replacing the injured Julio César.
• Benfica won the Lisbon derby 0–1 and took first place in the Primeira Liga. Then he would be part of eleven more victories that would secure Benfica their 35th league title, their third in a row. My next game was the Taça da Liga final against Maritimo, which Benfica won 6–2.
• Moreover, he played three matches in the Champions League campaign, in which Benfica reached the quarterfinals. During his next season, he and Benfica won the treble of the Primera Liga, Taça de Portugal and Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.

Manchester City

• The Premier League club Manchester City announced Ederson’s signing on 1 June 2017 for £35 million (€40 million). 
• At the time, the transfer made him the second most expensive goalkeeper of all-time – currently fourth highest – after Gianluigi Buffon (£33 million), whose transfer fee, although the second-highest ever in pounds sterling, still remained the highest of all time in euros (€52 million in 2001) until Alisson’s (€75 million in 2018) and now Kepa Arrizabalaga’s (€80 million in 2018).
• Erickson’s transfer equaled Axel Witsel’s as the highest fee a club has paid for a Benfica player.
• Pep Guardiola replaced Claudio Bravo as Ederson’s first-choice goalkeeper immediately. On 12 August 2017, he kept a clean sheet in a 0–2 away win at Brighton & Hove Albion, which marked his competitive debut for the club.
• On 9 September, against Liverpool, Ederson was kicked in the face by Sadio Mane and had to leave after just eight minutes of treatment. As a result, Ederson received eight stitches, and Mané was sent off by referee Jon Moss and banned for three matches.
• The following week, he started in the Champions League against Feyenoord, sporting protective headgear. Liverpool player Mané apologized to Ederson after the collision, believing that it was an accident.
• Ederson became Manchester City’s first goalkeeper to provide a Premier League assist on 19 August 2018, when Sergio Agüero converted his corner kick for the opening goal of the 6–1 victory over Huddersfield Town.
• Ederson won the Golden Glove on 26 July 2020 after beating Norwich City 5–0 at home to keep the cleanest sheets (16) in the 2019–20 Premier League season.

International Career

• He was included in Brazil’s provisional team for the Copa América Centenario, but was cut from the final squad due to injury.
• The first match he played for the national team was a 3–0 win over Chile in a 2018 World Cup qualifier in October 2017.
• He was named to Tite’s final 23-man squad for the World Cup in Russia in May 2018.
• Ederson was named to Brazil’s 23-man squad for the 2019 Copa América.
• He made his major tournament debut in June 2021 for Brazil, starting and keeping a clean sheet in a 4–0 victory over Peru at the Copa América.

Facts About Ederson Moraes

• He started his soccer career as a left-back for the local Brazilian soccer club, Champions Ebenézer FC. He followed in the footsteps of his older brother into the club.
• So Paulo recommended him to the youth set up by Gilberto Lopes, a.k.a. Giba, who was his coach at Champions Ebenézer FC. Eventually, he joined the under-13 side in So Paulo.
• Despite impressing his coaches at São Paulo, they chose not to keep him and he returned to his former club to train.
• Nonetheless, he got his big break when Jorge Mendes’s associate asked Antonio Rodrigues, Ederson’s former coach, to recommend a promising goalkeeper. Upon naming Ederson, Rodrigues didn’t hesitate and he moved to Portugal.
• He moved to Benfica from Rio Ave in June 2015. Rio Ave was allowed to keep 50% of his economic rights despite the transfer.
• In July 2015, he signed an official contract with the Portuguese club. According to the contract, his release clause is €45 million.
• He won two titles in the Primeira Liga during his stay at Benfica. I have also won the Taça da Liga and the Taça de Portugal.
• Manchester City decided to pay £35 million (€40 million) in June 2017 to replace error-prone Claudio Bravo in goal.
• A match against Liverpool in September 2017 resulted in him suffering a facial injury. A kick from Sadio Mane caused him to suffer the injury. Despite receiving treatment for eight minutes, he was forced to withdraw from the match.
• The referee sent Mane off for a straight red and subsequently banned him for three matches. Eddie received eight stitches to his face.
• The serious nature of the injury didn’t prevent him from playing again the following week for a Champions League match against Feyenoord. Having chosen to wear protective headgear, he had been able to protect his face.
• In August 2018, he became the first Manchester City goalkeeper to record an assist in the Premier League. His long ball was pounced on by Sergio Agüero to score the first goal in the 6-1 win over Huddersfield Town.
• He was included in Brazil’s provisional squad for the Copa América Centenario in 2016. A subsequent injury prevented him from joining the squad.

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