Cup exit against regional league team Donaufeld then 1:2 against WSG Tyrol in the first league round. The season had started disastrously for Altach. But now, after three games in the Bundesliga, the team from Joachim Standfest behind Salzburg, Rapid and Sturm Fourth.
The Vorarlberg team has scored five goals in the league – each time Gustavo Santos the goalscorer. The 28-year-old Brazilian became the life insurance of the club, whose top priority must be to avoid relegation.
The 1.77 meter tall and beefy striker came from Dornbirn and was injured for a long time last season due to a knee injury and a torn muscle fiber. “He was only really fit for eight games,” explains StableSantos scored four goals last season. Teammates Lukas Fadinger said about his teammate at the weekend: “It’s amazing how he’s exploding. As far as I’m concerned, he can keep scoring.”
But this also means that there is a high chance that Santos Altach could still be lost. Because the Transfer time ends in most leagues at the end of August, in Austria the following week. Santos has a contract until 2025 plus an option for a one-year extension.
Before Altach had Santos ten clubs on three continents – among others in Vietnamwith various teams in his home country Brazil and also in JapanHis only stop in Europe before his time in Dornbirn was the Greek club Apollon Larisas (2019/20).
In his youth he had the same mohawk as the former Italian team striker Mario Balotelli – hence he got the nickname. He was even listed on transfermarkt.at as Balotelli However, when he signed in Altach, he asked to be addressed by his real name again.