It was a first senior game to remember in Black and Yellow for the GOAL NXGN nominee
Borussia Dortmund teenager Tom Rothe says that he got "goosebumps" in his record-breaking Bundesliga debut for the club, after he became the youngest-ever player to score in their first game in the competition.
At just 17 years and 169 days, the up-and-comer made history when he scored the opener of the Black and Yellow's rampant 6-1 rout of Wolfsburg on Saturday.
Speaking afterwards, the teenager admitted that the experience had been "awesome", and struggled to do justice to his feelings after a remarkable first taste of top-flight action.
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"When you run out here yourself, it's awesome," Rothe told Sky Sport Germany following his impressive debut.
"[You get] goosebumps. [It is] indescribable."
The teenager was modest in his understatement on his performance, simply adding in good humour: "It went quite well!"
Dortmund boss Marco Rose meanwhile wanted to focus on only player, stating: "Today it doesn't make any sense to talk about individual players, except about Tom Rothe.
"Of course we've had Tom on our list for a long time, we know his qualities. He was at the training camp in the summer and is generally doing an excellent round. It was time to throw in such a boy.
"With the goal he probably got even more security. As I know Tom: He has a very cool game made for his age. That inspires more, I hope. It's also very important for the people here to be able to keep adding youngsters to our first team."