Cristiano Ronaldo joins Al Nassr: Everything you need to know about the Saudi club

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on a 2½-year deal, a month after the 37-year-old forward became a free agent when his contract with Premier League club Manchester United was terminated.

Here is everything you need to know about the club.

Formed in 1955, Al Nassr is based in the Saudi capital of Riyadh and the club plays in the country's top division, the Saudi Professional League (SPL), which has 16 teams.

The team finished third last season, six points behind champions Al Hilal.

Al Nassr are the second-most successful team in the league with nine titles. Their last win was in the 2018-19 season. Only Al Hilal, also based in Riyadh, have won more titles (18).

They have also won the country's knockout cup, the King's Cup, six times, most recently in 1990.

The league's all-time top scorer Majed Abdullah played for Al Nassr. The former Saudi striker scored 189 goals and averaged nearly a goal a game.

Al Nassr's home ground is Mrsool Park, which has a capacity of 25,000.

Al Nassr's best performance in Asia's premier club competition, the AFC Champions League, came in 1995 when they finished runners-up.

Saudi teams have won the AFC Champions League six times, with Al Hilal claiming a record four titles while Al Ittihad won the continental competition twice.

Al Nassr are coached by Rudi Garcia, who previously managed Lille, AS Roma, Olympique Marseille and Olympique Lyonnais. The Frenchman has been in charge since June.

SPL clubs can register eight foreign players but only seven can be named in a matchday squad.

Other notable foreign players in the squad include Cameroon's World Cup hero Vincent Aboubakar – who changed the game against Serbia and scored the winner to stun Brazil in