He kept Lionel Messi quiet on his Champions League debut, has pushed Scotland to within a whisker of the World Cup play-offs, and hopes to spring an upset against Manchester City.
Yet just over a year ago, Bruges defender Jack Hendry could have been forgiven for thinking he would never see days like these.
Crying in pain, thousands of miles from home, Hendry was alone in his Australian apartment nursing a torn medial ligament in his knee.
He had been man of the match in his first game for Melbourne City, on loan from Celtic, and the second game was going similarly well when, in the 96th minute, he made a tackle.