From dream to reality: Hegerberg goes from buying Roma third kit to unveiling it

Andrine Hegerberg helped unveil the new Roma third kit earlier this week - but it's not the first time she has proudly worn one of the club's alternate kits.

The Norwegian, a summer addition to Betty Bavagnoli's Roma Women squad, has made no secret of her long-standing love for the Giallorossi - with her sister, Lyon forward Ada Hegerberg, even congratulating her on her move to the Italian capital by posting a throwback photo of them both in Roma gear.

On Friday Andrine's mother, Gerd, brought another brilliant image out from the archive - showing a young Andrine wearing a Roma shirt from the 2002-03 season.

Seventeen years later, the midfielder is helping unveil the club's latest kit.

Andrine has previously explained how she came to wear so many Roma kits as a child.

"We are a big football family, and we actually watched a lot of Italian football when we were kids – because it was always on television," she told Roma TV.

"And once we went to Rome on a summer vacation.

“We went to the AS Roma Store and we bought all this stuff – I think from different seasons I had three different Roma shirts. I remember the black one - that was my favourite and I used that all the time.

"So me and Ada have been huge Roma fans since we were kids.”

Hegerberg made her official Roma debut last Sunday, in the late 3-0 defeat against AC Milan at Stadio Tre Fontane.

The Giallorosse are back in action this weekend, as they face Fiorentina in another big test.