He got the chance as first goalkeeper in Edsbyn this season when the association chose not to extend the contract with club icon Anders Svensson.
And of course you have to say that Henrik Karlström has taken care of it.
On Saturday night, he became a great hero when Edsbyn salvaged the association's 13th Swedish Championship gold through the ages.
He stood in the way of a Christoffer Edlund penalty and made a lot of sweaty saves when it was most needed.
- They are very heavy to face but it's just to resist.
We did it during the semifinal series and we know we can do it so it was just a matter of driving.
Villa were favorites in advance and we like that in Edsbyn, to be able to beat a little out of disadvantage and that was the feeling I had too.
It's sick big, that we win is huge, says Karlström who was really moved after the final signal.
"Huge"
- It is huge and then to be able to do it with the mother club as well, everyone who has supported me during these years, the whole association means a lot to me, says Karlström.
That the goalkeeper is the match hero in a Swedish Championship final is not a given.
He was involved in a bear attack in 2013 and was close to losing his life.
- Right then when you are lying down there, it is not many seconds, but you have time to feel that you can not do it.
I'm so fucking helpless, Karlström said when SVT met him at Hudiksvall hospital the day after the attack.