Nacho, who began his journey with Real Madrid’s youth academy in 2001, has been a loyal player for over twenty years. However, on Tuesday, the Spanish champions revealed that the defender has left the club. The 34-year-old is now set to join Al-Qadsiah, a newly-promoted team in the Saudi Pro League.

As Nacho embarks on this new chapter, his former Real Madrid teammate Ronaldo shared a congratulatory message on social media, praising him as a legend of the club.

Commenting on Nacho’s Instagram post where he said farewell to Real Madrid, the Portuguese star wrote: “You are one of the heroes of Real Madrid’s great history. Be proud of what you achieved, Nacho!”

Despite being omitted from Spain’s starting lineup in their last two Euro 2024 matches against Italy and Albania, Nacho played in their opening game against Croatia. He might return to action in the round of 16 on June 30.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro

Forwarder, Midfielder

Portugal

Age: 39

188 cm

83 kg

Season 2023/2024
Played 4 1 Missed
Minutes 412 103.0 Avg
Goals 3 0.8 Avg
Assist 0 0.0 Avg
Attempt 15 3.8 Avg
Passes 111 27.874.8% AvgSucc
Yellow 1 0.3 Avg
Red 0 0.0 Avg

This season he played in total 4 times for 412 minutes for Kings Cup.

Cristiano Ronaldo  scored 3 goals for Al Nassr. He procured no assists. He received 1 yellow card and no red cards.

His team is currently 2nd in Kings Cup. In the last match Al Nassr won 4-2 against Al Ittihad.

Al Nassr performance and stats

Al Nassr

Manager: Luís Ribeiro de Castro
Rank 2nd
Win 25
Draw 2
Loss 4
Goals 93-37
Diff 56

Nacho Fernández

José Ignacio Fernández Iglesias

Defender

Spain

Age: 34

180 cm

76 kg

Season 2023/2024
Played 12 1 Missed
Minutes 981 81.8 Avg
Goals 0 0.0 Avg
Assist 0 0.0 Avg
Attempt 1 0.1 Avg
Passes 655 54.694.5% AvgSucc
Yellow 1 0.1 Avg
Red 0 0.0 Avg

This season he played in total 12 times for 981 minutes for Champions League.

Nacho Fernández  didn’t score any goal for Real Madrid. He procured no assists. He received 1 yellow card and no red cards.

His team is currently 1st in Champions League. In the last match Real Madrid won 2-0 against Borussia Dortmund.

Real Madrid performance and stats

Real Madrid

Manager: Carlo Ancelotti
Rank 1st
Win 28
Draw 6
Loss 1
Goals 78-22
Diff 56
Rank 1st
Win 6
Draw 0
Loss 0
Goals 16-7
Diff 9

Real Madrid is currently 1st in the Champions League with 18 points.

In the last 12 games, it has won 9 times and drawn 3 times. In its last match, Real Madrid won 0-2 against Borussia Dortmund.​​

It has a positive goal difference after scoring 16 goals and conceding 7.​