EDERSON was joined by wife Lais as he was named The Best Fifa Men’s Goalkeeper.
The Manchester City star headed down to London for the glitzy Fifa The Best awards.
He was named on a three-man shortlist for the goalkeeper gong alongside Thibaut Courtois and Yassine Bounou.
Ederson, 30, beamed as he picked up his trophy at London’s Apollo Theatre.
The Brazilian appeared on the green carpet alongside wife Lais and their three kids Yasmin, Laura and Henrique.
Ederson and Lais cut a dapper pair at the event, with the City star wearing a tuxedo and his wife stunning in a black dress.
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After the goalkeeper’s victory, the happy couple posed with the trophy for a snap posted to Instagram.
Lais wrote: “Congratulations my love @ederson93, you deserve all the recognition for your work we love you.”
Collecting his award, Ederson paid a special thank you to his manager.
He said: “To win this award is a great honour and I would like to thank everybody that voted for me.
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“I feel very proud to be named as the best goalkeeper in the world and for it to be voted for by other professionals.
“It would be not possible without my team-mates, Pep Guardiola and all the coaching staff.
“I also have to say thank you to the goalkeeping coaches and the other goalkeepers for all their huge support and help.
“It was an incredible year, one we will never forget, and now we will keep working hard to try to keep on delivering more success.”
Lionel Messi was named men’s player of the year at last night’s The Best awards – much to the annoyance of Erling Haaland’s dad.
With the Argentine not in attendance at the event, his former Barcelona team-mate Thierry Henry picked up his trophy instead.
It was also a good night for plenty of Ederson’s City colleagues.
Pep Guardiola was named best coach, while Erling Haaland was narrowly beaten to best men’s player by Messi.
Haaland was one of six City stars to make the best XI, alongside Ruben Dias, John Stones, Kyle Walker, Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
