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Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on a 2-1/2 year contract, the club announced on Friday, after leaving Manchester ...

“This is more than history in the making,” Al Nassr Football Club President Musalli Almuammar said. Portugal were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Morocco. Ronaldo claimed two Serie A titles and a Copa Italia trophy in three years at Juventus before rejoining United with whom he had bagged three Premier League crowns, the FA Cup, two League Cups, the Champions League and Club World Cup.

“I can't wait to discover a new football league in a different country,” said the former Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus player. The Portuguese star ...

A return to his first club Sporting in Lisbon was also rumoured. This is a signing that will not only inspire our club to achieve even greater success but inspire our league, our nation and future generations, boys and girls to be the best version of themselves. He is also the top scorer in the Champions League and with the Portuguese national team with whom he won Euro 2016. When Portugal lost to Morocco in the quarter-finals, he started on the bench and ended the tournament in tears. “This is more than history in the making. Ronaldo heads to the Gulf after a year that saw him relegated to the bench for Portugal and cut adrift by Manchester United.

Ronaldo's contract with Al Nassr has been estimated by media to be worth more than 200m euros ($214.5m).

This is a signing that will not only inspire our club to achieve even greater success but inspire our league, our nation and future generations, boys and girls to be the best version of themselves. “This is more than history in the making,” Al Nassr Football Club President Musalli Almuammar said. Ronaldo’s contract with the team has been estimated by media to be worth more than 200 million euros ($214.5m).

Football star Cristiano Ronaldo has signed a 2.5-year contract to play for Al Nassr Football Club, the Saudi Arabian club announced in a tweet on Friday.

Famed Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr, the team announced on social media Friday.

ANKARA – Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr signed Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo early Saturday on free transfer."History in the making.

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Cristiano Ronaldo says it's the 'right moment' to share his experience in Asia as the football superstar joins Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr.

“This is more than history in the making,” Al Nassr Football Club president Musalli Almuammar said. Portugal were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Morocco. [last World Cup](https://www.rappler.com/sports/football/tearful-cristiano-ronaldo-lasting-image-portugal-2022-world-cup-debacle/) as he plans to retire at 40, with a move to Saudi Arabia likely to mark the swan song in the career one of the game’s greatest current players alongside Lionel Messi. [five World Cups](https://www.rappler.com/sports/football/cristiano-ronaldo-relishes-beautiful-moment-new-world-cup-record-november-2022/) after netting a penalty in his side’s opening Group H game against Ghana. “I am fortunate that I have won everything I set out to win in European football and feel now that this is the right moment to share my experience in Asia,” Ronaldo said in the statement. [leaving Manchester United](https://www.rappler.com/sports/football/cristiano-ronaldo-leaving-manchester-united-with-immediate-effect/) to become a free agent.

Ronaldo departed Old Trafford last month following an explosive television interview in which the 37-year-old forward said he felt betrayed by the club.