For many refugees, sport plays a key role when adjusting to a new life in Australia.
That's proven all too true for one teenager who arrived from Iran six years ago unable to speak English but with a love of soccer.
In that short time, Eisa Azizi's talent has turned heads from Tasmania to Barcelona.
"I used to play soccer on the street, I started playing soccer when I was seven," he said.
"I came here in 2016 and I started playing futsal here."
Eisa started out as a striker and only began taking on the reins as goalie after arriving in Hobart when his brother Mokhfr asked him to play for his team.
"He was saying 'no I cannot keep it, I cannot make it, I'm scared to stand in front of the ball'," Mokhfr said.
"Then we told him to 'stay, that's okay, once you're scared, second time you're scared, and then you will get it, you will get used to it, you will become better'.
"He became much, much better after two weeks, three weeks.
"One thing I've found in him, it was that he's very, very brave."
It didn't take long for the younger brother to turn the tables.
"A couple of years ago I was much better than him, but at the moment once he played for the other teams and once, he played against us, it's very hard for us to make a goal," Mokhfr said.
"He makes me nervous when I go in front of the goalkeeper."
Eisa's talents as a goalkeeper grew over the years when he played locally with friends in the Afghanistan team.
Hungry to take his game to the next level, he sought an opportunity with Futsal Tasmania.
"He came through an email that he was keen to get involved with the rep teams and so we got him onto the first couple of training sessions and yeah, he hasn't stopped," said state development coach Romeo Frediani.
"When I first saw him, he was pretty raw, but he's gained a lot of experience in such a short amount of time and he's improved heaps.
"He's like a sponge, so he'll pick up everything that you can teach him."
Eisa's dedication to the sport shows, playing four games on a Sunday, and training every second day to hone his skills.
"I used to train independently here with my mate," he said.
Eisa quickly developed and was chosen to play at Futsal Australia's national tournament in Queensland last year.
After turning heads there, he was selected to play for Australia at the Futsal World Championship at Barcelona in September.
"I was really happy, when they first called me and said, 'you've been selected to represent Australia'," said Eisa.
"The coach was from Queensland, so he had a few players in Queensland, so he was training with them but I was the only one from Tassie."
Australia found success in Barcelona, winning the Under 21 Division and coming third in the Open Division.
The 19-year-old made his mark on the world stage, being named the tournament's best goalkeeper.
"When I went to Spain, I was thinking of winning something to bring home to Australia. When they called my name to get the Golden Glove I was shocked."
Sport linking old life with new
While Eisa's futsal achievements are remarkable, they are even more impressive against his personal backdrop as a refugee.
The Azizi family fled from war-torn Afghanistan to Iran around 30 years ago and made it to Australia just six years ago with his mother and four siblings.
Now football is linking Eisa's old life with the new.
"In Iran he was playing in the streets. His future in futsal wasn't quite good, but in Australia it's much lighter," said his mother Hanifa.
Asked about how she felt watching her son play, she smiled.
"I was so happy to see him going up step by step. I want that Eisa becomes the best goalkeeper in futsal," she said.
"If Eisa is being with the other people with the different nations, I think he is going to grow up more."
With Eisa's futsal journey only just beginning there are high hopes for a young man in a new land.
