This summer, goalkeeper Tiago Estevao moved from Borussia Dortmund’s U23 team to Austria. There, he is currently the man of the moment.

After two rather difficult years in Borussia Dortmund’s U23 team, Tiago Estevao has celebrated a dream debut in Austria. The 23-year-old goalkeeper moved to SKU Amstetten in the second division after BVB was relegated from the third division. The club from the Alpine republic kicked off its competitive season last Friday evening. In the ÖFB Cup, they faced regional league side Kremser SC. It was an exciting affair, which ended successfully for Estevao’s team – thanks in large part to the young keeper. When the score was 1-1 and the game went to penalties, it was the Heinsberg native’s moment to shine. He saved four of the opponent’s six penalties, saving his team from elimination against the lower-division opponent. “Our hero in the penalty shootout,” wrote Amstetten on its Instagram channel, adding a photo of the jubilant goalkeeper. A perfect start, then, for the German-Portuguese player, who kicks off the new season with Amstetten against Sturm Graz II on Friday evening.

Estevao would then like to get back to playing regularly. That didn’t work out at BVB. Due to injury, the goalkeeper only made two appearances in two years. Before moving to Dortmund, Estevao played for SV Rödinghausen and, before that, for FC Wegberg-Beeck in the Regionalliga West. He played a total of 26 games in this league.

Estevao also spent two years in Portugal’s top club FC Porto during his youth. In Austria, he embarked on his second adventure abroad. “SKU is a great platform for me to develop further. I want to win as many games as possible with the team and grow both athletically and personally,” said Estevao about his transfer at the beginning of July.

Sporting director Thomas Gebauer said: “Tiago has enormous potential and we are convinced that he can take the next step in his development with us. We see in him not only a promising future, but also a goalkeeper who will give us stability and quality in the short term.”