Cristiano Ronaldo wins first official title in Saudi football

Cristiano Ronaldo has finally achieved his main goal since arriving in Saudi football. This Thursday (21), the Portuguese striker secured the first official title in the country with Al-Nassr after beating Damac, a result that confirmed the Saudi Pro League 2025/26 cup.

Since arriving at the club in December 2022, Cristiano has accumulated impressive marks, surpassed 100 goals in the Saudi league and racked up artillery. Collective success, however, was slow to arrive. Al-Nassr finished runner-up in the league in 2022/23 and 2023/24, in addition to finishing the 2024/25 season in third place.

The defeats in finals increased the pressure on the project led by the Portuguese. The team lost the 2023/24 King's Cup final to Al-Hilal on penalties and also lost the title in the 2024 and 2025 Saudi Super Cups. In the last of them, Cristiano scored in the final against Al-Ahli, but saw his rival win again on penalties. Winning the Saudi Championship comes after losing the final of the Asia Two Champions League.

Until then, Cristiano's only trophy for the club was the 2023 Arab Champions Cup, a competition without the same recognition as the AFC's main official competitions.

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Source: CNN