Real Madrid announce date for Nacho Fernandez farewell ceremony

Former Real Madrid captain Nacho Fernandez, who will play for Al-Qadsiah in Saudi Arabia from this season onwards, will receive a tribute and farewell from the club at a ceremony to be held on Wednesday in the presence of president Florentino Perez, the club said in a statement.

The event, at the Valdebebas training complex, starting at 13:00 CET (-2GMT), according to the club, will be Real Madrid's official farewell to a player who joined the club at just 11 years of age and who, 23 years later (14 of them in the first team), will bid farewell having won 26 titles, along with Luka Modric, the most as a Real Madrid player.

The last of these came in the 2023-24 campaign, when he won the Spanish Super Cup, the Spanish League and the Champions League.

Nacho, who made his debut for the club on 23 April 2011, has played 242 games in the Spanish competition, in which he has scored a total of 12 goals and seven assists. 

 

July 22, 2024