Caroline Weir: ?I am not the loudest but I?d like to think I lead by example?

Midfielder wants to win silverware with Real Madrid and inspire girls and boys in Scotland as the SFA launches Gal?ctica, a documentary about her
In a Dunfermline back garden, a young girl doing keepy-uppies in her No 5 Zidane Real Madrid kit turns, shoots and scores in the bottom corner of a green, handbuilt, wooden board, painted by her dad to mark the outlines of a goal. Her family?s video footage is a reminder that the one club Caroline Weir always wanted to play for was Real Madrid.
Fast forward two decades and that same all-white shirt ? this time with Weir on the back ? hangs on the walls of an Edinburgh cinema as the 29-year-old greets guests attending the premiere of a documentary the Scottish Football Association have made to honour their 108-times-capped midfielder. It feels fitting the film is being released within a fortnight of Weir scoring two decisive late goals in the women?s team?s first el cl?sico victory over Barcelona.
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