DUNFERMLINE football star Caroline Weir has completed a move to Spanish giants Real Madrid.

This evening, it has been confirmed that the 27-year-old, a former pupil at Pittencrieff Primary and Dunfermline High schools, has become a 'Madridista' after leaving Manchester City this summer.

Midfield ace Caroline, who has been capped 88 times by Scotland, departed the Barclays WSL (Women's Super League) outfit after her contract expired, four years after joining from Liverpool.

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Speculation had heavily linked her with a move to Real, whose kit she revealed to the official Scotland podcast was one of the first that she owned as a youngster, complete with the name of her idol, Bernabeu great, Zinedine Zidane, on the back.

Ahead of her signing being confirmed, Real's Twitter account teased the news with a home video of a young Caroline, in the club's famous white kit, playing keepie-uppies in her garden, which she will now have the opportunity to do for their first team.

After initially beginning her footballing journey with Elgin Star, Caroline moved on to Hibernian Ladies' youth system, before joining Arsenal at the age of 18.

After winning the women's FA Cup with the Gunners, in 2014, she spent a short time with Bristol Academy before moving to Liverpool in January 2016.

After two-and-a-half years on Merseyside, Caroline joined City, for whom she played 124 times, and scored 38 goals.

As well as winning two more FA Cup trophies, and the League Cup twice, she was twice nominated for FIFA's prestigious FIFA Puskás Award, for goals scored in separate derbies with Manchester United.

On the international stage, she scored the goal that sealed Scotland's first-ever victory at a major tournament - against Spain, at Euro 2017, in what was the team's maiden appearance at a major competition - and was in the squad for the 2019 World Cup in France.

Last month, she marked her 88th cap by scoring her 14th international goal in a 4-0 World Cup qualifying win over Ukraine, which helped seal a play-off spot for the Scots.