Tiago Pereira Cardoso
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 April 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
RAAL La Louvière (on loan from Borussia Mönchengladbach) | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | CS Sanem | ||
| 2015–2022 | Fola Esch | ||
| 2022–2023 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 26 | (0) |
| 2025– | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5 | (0) |
| 2026– | → RAAL La Louvière (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Luxembourg U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Luxembourg U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2023– | Luxembourg | 8 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:43, 6 June 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:58, 6 June 2026 (UTC) | |||
Tiago Pereira Cardoso (born 7 April 2006) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian Pro League club La Louvière on loan from German club Borussia Mönchengladbach, and the Luxembourg national team.
Club career
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 start against 1. FC Heidenheim, after both the starting goalkeeper Moritz Nicholas, and Jonas Omlin were out, injured and suspended in the previous match day, respectively. Borussia Mönchengladbach won the game 3-0 and Pereira Cardoso set the new record by becoming the youngest foreign goalkeeper in Bundesliga history.[2]
For the 2026–27 season, Pereira Cardoso was loaned to RAAL La Louvière in Belgium.[3]
International career
Born in Luxembourg, Pereira Cardoso is of Portuguese descent.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 13 March 2026
| 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 | |||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga West | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2025–26 | Regionalliga West | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 0 | |||||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
International
- As of match played 6 June 2026
| Luxembourg | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 0 |
References
- ↑ "U17: Borussia verpflichtet Talente aus Luxemburg, Polen und der Schweiz". borussia.de.
- ↑ "Hack and Ngoumou secured another three points on the road". borussia.com.
- ↑ "Tiago Pereira Cardoso est un Loup !" [Tiago Pereira Cardoso is a Wolf!] (in French). RAAL La Louvière. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
- ↑ "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
- Tiago Pereira Cardoso at Soccerway
- 2006 births
- Footballers from Esch-sur-Alzette
- Living people
- 21st-century Luxembourgian sportsmen
- Luxembourgian people of Portuguese descent
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Luxembourgian men's footballers
- Luxembourg men's youth international footballers
- Luxembourg men's international footballers
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- Borussia Mönchengladbach II players
- RAAL La Louvière players
- Bundesliga players
- Regionalliga players
- Luxembourgian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Luxembourgian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium