Tiago Pereira Cardoso
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tiago Pereira Cardoso | ||
| Date of birth | 7 April 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Number | 42 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | Sanem | ||
| 2015–2022 | Fola Esch | ||
| 2022–2023 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 3 | (0) |
| 2025– | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Luxembourg U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Luxembourg U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2023– | Luxembourg | 6 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:33, 10 June 2025 (UTC) | |||
Tiago Pereira Cardoso (born 7 April 2006) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Luxembourg national team.
Career
[edit]A youth product of CS Sanem and Fola Esch, Pereira Cardoso joined the youth academy of Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2022.[1]
On 1 March 2025, Pereira Cardoso was given the chance to play in the starting line up against 1. FC Heidenheim after both starting goalkeeper Moritz Nicholas and Jonas Omlin was out injured and suspended in the previous match day, respectively. Borussia Mönchengladbach won the game 3-0 and Cardoso set the new record by becoming the youngest foreign goalkeeper in Bundesliga history.[2]
International career
[edit]Born in Luxembourg, Pereira Cardoso is of Portuguese descent.[3] He is a youth international for Luxembourg, having played up to the Luxembourg U17s. He was called up to the senior Luxembourg national team for a set of matches in June 2023.[4] He debuted with the senior Luxembourg team, coming on as a halftime substitute, in a friendly 0–1 loss with Malta on 9 June 2023.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 12 April 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 2023–24 | Regionalliga West | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
International
[edit]- As of match played 10 June 2025
| Luxembourg | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "U17: Borussia verpflichtet Talente aus Luxemburg, Polen und der Schweiz". borussia.de.
- ^ "Hack and Ngoumou secured another three points on the road". borussia.com.
- ^ "Luxemburgo chama lusodescendente de 16 anos para jogo com Portugal". Maisfutebol.
- ^ "LUC HOLTZ ANNONCE LA LISTE DES JOUEURS POUR LES PROCHAINS MATCHS INTERNATIONAUX". flf.lu. 9 June 2023.
- ^ "Luxembourg-Malta". Soccerway.com.
External links
[edit]- 2006 births
- Living people
- Luxembourgian men's footballers
- Luxembourg men's international footballers
- Luxembourgian people of Portuguese descent
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Luxembourgian expatriate men's footballers
- Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- 21st-century Luxembourgian sportsmen