Max Boruc may carry a surname synonymous with goalkeeping excellence, but he's adamant he wants to plough his own furrow.

The 20-year-old Hibs stopper is a distant cousin to the former Celtic and Southampton star Artur - who played with distinction for Poland, including at a World Cup.

Despite fielding obvious questions about their shared lineage as men and players, the younger man revealed the two have never even spoken.

That's not to say there isn't respect and admiration there - the youngster has studied his relative's career - but the confident youngster is clearly keen to show there's more to the family name than one man.

He said: "As I have said before to media and reports, I do not know the guy. We share the same surname. We are all from the same big, big family – I do not know how to explain it in English, but it is not a close family relationship. 

"I have never spoken to him. I do not know him at all. We share the surname. I appreciate him as a goalkeeper, I think he was a great goalkeeper and he had a great career. I really liked to watch him, especially when he was in the Premier League in England. That was more my era. I was too young when he was playing at Celtic. I am working on my own name right now.  

"As an inspiration, definitely. There are a lot of things I can learn from him. I have been watching a lot of videos of him, a lot of highlights. Because he is a great goalkeeper at the end of the day. I can definitely take inspiration from him. Because at the end of the day he had very good career in Scotland and England and in the Polish national team - but I am working on my own name."

And Boruc, who arrived in the summer as a project signing from Slask Wroclaw, now has a major opportunity to show his worth. The Easter Road side's senior keepers David Marshall and Jojo Wallacott were both injured in the 6-1 win over Inter d'Escaldes in midweek leading to Boruc's early exposure to first-team action. Pointing to the unexpected nature of the appearance, it emerged it was the Pole's second game in 24 hours having played for the development squad the day before.

Thrown on in the 16th minute, he reflected: "It was really crazy. Yesterday we had the game with the development squad, which we won on penalties. I was really happy with that, getting some minutes again. Today I did not expect it at all.

"I was just going out for the warm-up and enjoying the fans really and then I realised I actually I had a chance of playing.  Of course, there’s always a little bit of stress but that is a good thing. It motivates me to concentrate all the time on the pitch. But quite quickly I was relaxed and I enjoyed it because my teammates helped me a lot. So I enjoyed it to be fair. 

"I am just keeping calm and keeping my feet on the ground. I don’t want to look to the future apart from that.  When I came to the club, I wasn’t really expecting things to happen so quickly. I know I have done well in training and pushing Marsh and Jojo in training sessions. We all have very good competition.

"I never realised it would happen so quickly. You need to be patient and when the chance comes you just need to take it, as I did. I wasn’t expecting too much. This season is my first back in the UK again after being two years in Poland. So I was not really focusing too much on what can happen. I wanted to get back into the system and get to know my teammates, stuff like that.

"I think it shows that my club in Poland made a mistake, they did not appreciate me. I want to show myself in a good style so I think they have a bit to think about back in Poland.  It definitely disappointed me but it made me mentally stronger, physically stronger. So I was just focusing on myself. Maybe it was a good thing, you never know what comes round the corner. I am just enjoying myself here. I think that is the most important thing."