# Ederson (footballer, born 1993)
**Ederson** (born Ederson Santana de Moraes, 1993, in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian goalkeeper known for his exceptional distribution, who spent eight seasons as first-choice goalkeeper at Manchester City before moving to Fenerbahçe in the Turkish Super Lig[1](https://www.mancity.com/-/media/files/media-guide/tour-media-guide---2017.ashx?la=en) • [2](https://scoutprofiles.org/p/ederson). He won 17 major trophies with City, including six Premier League titles and the 2022/23 Champions League, and has been called up to Brazil's squad for the 2026 World Cup, his third[3](https://as.com/us/futbol/ederson-decide-quedarse-hable-con-pep-y-fue-crucial-n/) • [4](https://www.cbf.com.br/selecao-brasileira/noticias/selecao-masculina/a/alisson-e-ederson-entram-para-lista-de-goleiros-brasileiros-convocados-para-tres-copas).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name, born | Ederson Santana de Moraes, 1993, São Paulo, Brazil[1](https://www.mancity.com/-/media/files/media-guide/tour-media-guide---2017.ashx?la=en) |
| Early clubs | São Paulo FC youth (two years), Ribeirão (2011), Rio Ave (63 games in three seasons), Benfica from 2015[5](https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2017/june/ederson-joins-manchester-city-benfica) |
| Move to City | Joined Manchester City from Benfica on 1 July 2017 for €40 million on a six-year contract[6](https://www.slbenfica.pt/pt-pt/agora/noticias/2016_2017/06/ederson-transferido-para-o-manchester-city/) • [5](https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2017/june/ederson-joins-manchester-city-benfica) |
| City honors | 17 official titles: 6 Premier League, 4 EFL Cup, 2 FA Cup, 2 Community Shield, 1 Champions League, 1 UEFA Super Cup, 1 Club World Cup[3](https://as.com/us/futbol/ederson-decide-quedarse-hable-con-pep-y-fue-crucial-n/) |
| City totals | 372 appearances, 121 Premier League clean sheets, 7 Premier League assists, 3 Golden Glove awards[7](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/ederson-city-career-long-read-63892338) |
| Distribution | Top for pass completion among Champions League keepers in 2018/19 (89%) with the shortest average pass length (35 m)[8](https://es.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Publications/uefaorg/General/02/61/96/22/2619622_DOWNLOAD.pdf) |
| International | Called up by Brazil head coach Carlo Ancelotti for the 2026 World Cup, his third World Cup[4](https://www.cbf.com.br/selecao-brasileira/noticias/selecao-masculina/a/alisson-e-ederson-entram-para-lista-de-goleiros-brasileiros-convocados-para-tres-copas) • [9](https://www.fifa.com/en/articles/brazil-call-up-ederson-wesley-ancelotti) |
## Early career
Ederson began as a youth player with [São Paulo FC](https://www.edgepedia.org/sao-paulo-fc), spending two years there before joining the Portuguese second-tier club Ribeirão in 2011[5](https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2017/june/ederson-joins-manchester-city-benfica). The teenager played 30 games there before signing for [Primeira Liga](https://www.edgepedia.org/primeira-liga) side Rio Ave after a single season[5](https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2017/june/ederson-joins-manchester-city-benfica). He stayed with Rio Ave for three seasons, playing 63 games in all competitions, and Benfica bought him in 2015[5](https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2017/june/ederson-joins-manchester-city-benfica).
At Benfica he played several games for Benfica B and was initially understudy to the Brazil national team's first-choice goalkeeper [Júlio César](https://www.edgepedia.org/julio-cesar-football-goalkeeper-born-1979) before becoming Benfica's first choice throughout the 2016/17 campaign, in which the club won a league and cup double[1](https://www.mancity.com/-/media/files/media-guide/tour-media-guide---2017.ashx?la=en).
## Manchester City
**Signing.** Manchester City announced on 1 June 2017 that Ederson would join from Benfica on 1 July on a six-year contract, becoming the club's fourth Brazilian alongside [Fernandinho](https://www.edgepedia.org/fernandinho-footballer-born-1985), [Fernando](https://www.edgepedia.org/fernando-footballer-born-1987), and [Gabriel Jesus](https://www.edgepedia.org/gabriel-jesus)[5](https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2017/june/ederson-joins-manchester-city-benfica). Benfica's official notice to the Portuguese securities commission put the transfer fee at €40,000,000, with a commitment to hand 50 percent of the capital gain to third parties[6](https://www.slbenfica.pt/pt-pt/agora/noticias/2016_2017/06/ederson-transferido-para-o-manchester-city/). He arrived at 23 years old with only one season's experience as Benfica's first choice[7](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/ederson-city-career-long-read-63892338).
**First seasons.** City dominated the 2017/18 season, winning a record 100 points, and Ederson started every league match until the title was secured[7](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/ederson-city-career-long-read-63892338). In his second season he played every single minute of a 98-point title race against Liverpool and recorded his first Premier League assist, a goal-kick deep into Huddersfield Town's half for [Sergio Agüero](https://www.edgepedia.org/sergio-aguero) to chip in[7](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/ederson-city-career-long-read-63892338). That 2018/19 season also brought a domestic clean sweep of the Community Shield, League Cup, and [FA Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/fa-cup)[7](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/ederson-city-career-long-read-63892338).
**Golden Gloves and the Treble.** Ederson won his first [Premier League Golden Glove](https://www.edgepedia.org/premier-league-golden-glove) with 16 clean sheets in 2019/20 and a better tally of 19 shutouts in the 2020/21 title season[7](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/ederson-city-career-long-read-63892338). Between 2018/19 and 2021/22 he and Alisson were the only winners of the award, with Ederson winning it twice outright and the two sharing it in the final of those seasons[7](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/ederson-city-career-long-read-63892338). In 2022/23 he made 48 appearances across all competitions as City won the Treble, capped by the Champions League final in Istanbul against Inter, where his late save from a glanced header was the final act of the game[7](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/ederson-city-career-long-read-63892338). [Pep Guardiola](https://www.edgepedia.org/pep-guardiola) said after the run, "The reason we won the Champions League was Ederson!"[7](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/ederson-city-career-long-read-63892338).
**Final seasons.** City won a record fourth consecutive Premier League title in 2023/24, though Ederson was forced off through injury four times in the league that season, replaced each time by Stefan Ortega Moreno[7](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/ederson-city-career-long-read-63892338). A season-high four assists in his final term took his Premier League total to seven, a figure no other goalkeeper has matched[7](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/ederson-city-career-long-read-63892338). He left City with a trophy haul of 18 major honors and 372 appearances[7](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/ederson-city-career-long-read-63892338).
## Style of play
Ederson is regarded chiefly as a ball-playing goalkeeper, capable of launching accurate long diagonals that turn defense into attack in a single pass, and of playing short passes under pressure like an extra outfield player[2](https://scoutprofiles.org/p/ederson). In the 2018/19 Champions League he ranked first among keepers for pass completion at 89 percent while also posting the shortest average pass length, 35 meters, a combination reflecting City's short build-up play[8](https://es.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Publications/uefaorg/General/02/61/96/22/2619622_DOWNLOAD.pdf). His eight-season City run has been described as setting the modern benchmark for the "playmaker" goalkeeper profile, with pass volumes comparable to a midfielder's[10](https://kharasportsdaily.com/goalkeeper-distribution-profiles/).
His sweeping and bravery rushing out of goal were defining features of the six title-winning sides, and he credits a grounding in Brazilian futsal for his ball control, decision making, and pass identification[7](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/ederson-city-career-long-read-63892338). The willingness to play out under pressure carried risk: in September 2017, with City leading Liverpool, he raced out to head clear and took a challenge from [Sadio Mané](https://www.edgepedia.org/sadio-mane) that left him needing eight stitches to his face; he returned in a Champions League game at [Feyenoord](https://www.edgepedia.org/feyenoord) four days later[7](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/ederson-city-career-long-read-63892338).
Analyses of the wider game place him at the center of a shift in goalkeeping: elite goalkeepers now play short passes two to three times as often as they did 16 years earlier, and data-driven evaluation ranked Ederson the best distributor in the Premier League in a recent season[11](https://theanalyst.com/articles/the-evolution-of-the-ball-playing-goalkeeper) • [12](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5f1af76ed86d6771ad48324b/5f6d337d392f8617cd75bc0b_Data-Driven-Goalkeeper-Evaluation-Framework-1.pdf).
## Brazil
Ederson was first called up by Brazil in March 2017, while at Benfica[13](https://as.com/us/2017/06/01/futbol/1496328267_650448.html). He and Alisson have competed for the starting role, with Alisson saying in 2024 that the two push each other to be better[7](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/ederson-city-career-long-read-63892338). In 2026, head coach [Carlo Ancelotti](https://www.edgepedia.org/carlo-ancelotti) called him into the 26-man squad for the World Cup as a replacement for the injured Wesley, making the 2026 tournament the third of his career[9](https://www.fifa.com/en/articles/brazil-call-up-ederson-wesley-ancelotti) • [4](https://www.cbf.com.br/selecao-brasileira/noticias/selecao-masculina/a/alisson-e-ederson-entram-para-lista-de-goleiros-brasileiros-convocados-para-tres-copas).
## References
1. [Manchester City Pre-Season Tour 2017 Media Guide: Ederson Moraes](https://www.mancity.com/-/media/files/media-guide/tour-media-guide---2017.ashx?la=en)
2. [Ederson, GK, ScoutProfiles](https://scoutprofiles.org/p/ederson)
3. [Ederson decide quedarse: "Hablé con Pep y fue crucial", Diario AS](https://as.com/us/futbol/ederson-decide-quedarse-hable-con-pep-y-fue-crucial-n/)
4. [Alisson e Ederson entram para lista de goleiros brasileiros convocados para três Copas, CBF](https://www.cbf.com.br/selecao-brasileira/noticias/selecao-masculina/a/alisson-e-ederson-entram-para-lista-de-goleiros-brasileiros-convocados-para-tres-copas)
5. [Ederson to join Manchester City, mancity.com (June 2017)](https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2017/june/ederson-joins-manchester-city-benfica)
6. [Ederson transferido para o Manchester City, S.L. Benfica](https://www.slbenfica.pt/pt-pt/agora/noticias/2016_2017/06/ederson-transferido-para-o-manchester-city/)
7. [Ederson: A goalkeeper unlike any other, mancity.com](https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/ederson-city-career-long-read-63892338)
8. [2018/19 UEFA Champions League technical report, UEFA](https://es.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Publications/uefaorg/General/02/61/96/22/2619622_DOWNLOAD.pdf)
9. [Brazil call up Ederson after Wesley withdrawal, FIFA](https://www.fifa.com/en/articles/brazil-call-up-ederson-wesley-ancelotti)
10. [4 Essential Goalkeeper Distribution Profiles Decoded, Kharasportsdaily](https://kharasportsdaily.com/goalkeeper-distribution-profiles/)
11. [The Evolution of the Ball-Playing Goalkeeper, Opta Analyst](https://theanalyst.com/articles/the-evolution-of-the-ball-playing-goalkeeper)
12. [A Data Driven Goalkeeper Evaluation Framework](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5f1af76ed86d6771ad48324b/5f6d337d392f8617cd75bc0b_Data-Driven-Goalkeeper-Evaluation-Framework-1.pdf)
13. [El City paga 40 millones de euros al Benfica por Ederson, Diario AS (1 June 2017)](https://as.com/us/2017/06/01/futbol/1496328267_650448.html)
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