Vicente Besuijen was a starry-eyed kid when he trained with Roma’s gladiator Daniele De Rossi.
And now he’s up for the fight of a making a name for himself as he looks to make his mark at Aberdeen.
The Dutch winger was the Dons’ main January signing as he came in from ADO Den Haag in a six-figure deal.
The 20-year-old was at Ajax and Roma as a kid but had to take a step back to move forward and he feels he is now ready to make a giant leap with Aberdeen.
Besuijen was just a teenager at AS Roma but trained regularly with their first-team stars.
He explained:“I had four years at the youth academy of Ajax and then I went to FC Volendam, where I was there for another four years.
“Then when I was 15 I went to Roma and I stayed there for three years, where I trained with the first-team.
“De Rossi is the best player I have played with. It was a big club, big city and a nice experience. I can speak the language so I have developed as a person and it was nice to be there and then I went back to Holland with ADO Den Haag.”
Besuijen is in line to make his debut at Ross County tonight after his weekend bow was wrecked by Storm Malik.
He revealed his parents travelled across to watch him against St Mirren and will now miss his trip to the Highlands.
The Colombian-born player admitted: “I haven’t seen the stadium or the fans. My parents were here as well to see my debut but there was too much wind.
“They will miss the game tonight because they have gone back to Holland.”
Besuijen admitted he had a number of January options but knew from the turn of the year he wanted to come to Aberdeen.
“I knew about their interest on the 3rd of January,” he stated. “There were also a few other clubs but when Aberdeen came in it is a big club and I was excited and I couldn’t wait to go further with the negotiations.
“My agents told me it went well and it was coming closer and closer and I told my agent I wanted to go to Aberdeen. “I had other options. “It is a good club to develop because they want to develop players.
“I also like the way they want to play and it will fit in with my own skills. “It will be good to develop here.”
Besuijen has insisted he can play anywhere across the front three and he has promised to entertain the Red Army.
The attacker, talking to RedTV, claimed: “I am a guy who likes to play with his heart and if something comes into my mind I will do it.
“If I want to do a skill I will do it. I am fast, like to go one on one and put in crosses. I also like to score and provide assists.
“I always like to give 100 percent and to put on a show. “I feel free, anywhere up front as an attacking player. I just want to beat defenders, create and score goals.”
