The fifth rookie announced by Olympique Lyonnais this Friday is Andrea Norheim. A name necessarily less familiar than the four Parisian arrived the same day in Lyon.

Andrea Norheim is a young 17-year-old Norwegian player. She played until now in the Klepp IL club in Norway, which plays in the first division. She is international in U17 and has already crossed the road of some of her future teammates at the Euro U17 last year, where France had beaten Norway 2-0, a match which Lyonnaises Estelle Laurier, Julie Piga and Inès Boutaleb took part.

The arrival of Andrea Norheim seemed planned for some time. She had done tests last February in Lyon. An immersion in the Lyon group that proved conclusive for the young Norwegian. His transfer had already been announced in several media in the country for several weeks and already spoke of the period of adaptation that awaits Andrea Norheim upon his arrival in France.

Andrea Norheim with Ada Hegerberg in Lyon during the test of the young Norwegian last February

Indeed, it is not obvious that it evolves from the start with the first team, but rather to play at first with the young and the reserve team of OL before joining his compatriot Ada Hegerberg on the big land of Gerland. Very ambitious, she is already considering becoming one of the best players in the world. Versatile, it is found in all positions, although his favorite position is rather in attack.

Andrea Norheim comes from a family of top athletes, with a father and a footballer brother. His father won the Norwegian Cup in 1987 with Bryne, and his brother plays in the Norwegian second division still in Bryne. Andrea Norheim's club, Klepp IL evolves in the neighboring city. His mother Monica Penne Norheim was a track and field champion in the early 1990s.

Andrea Norheim, here with his former club Klepp IL in the Norwegian first division

For OL, we can speak of a true vein Norwegian, since it is the third Norwegian rookie in two years after Ada Hegerberg but also the boys Tord Johnsen Salte, who joined the OL last summer and who is from the same city as Andrea Norheim, a proximity that probably facilitated the detection of the talented Norwegian player.