Almeria, relegated from La Liga in 2023-24, had been beneath the management of Saudi homeowners for greater than six years.
Printed On 26 Feb 2026
Cristiano Ronaldo has purchased a stake in Spanish second-division soccer membership Almeria, in accordance with a consulting agency representing the Portuguese athlete.
Brunswick Group mentioned in an announcement on Thursday that Ronaldo purchased a 25 p.c share of the membership that has a Saudi Arabian proprietor.
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Ronaldo, 41, moved to Saudi Arabia to play for Al-Nassr on the finish of 2022.
“It has been a longtime ambition of mine to contribute to soccer, past the pitch. UD Almeria is a Spanish membership with sturdy foundations and clear potential for progress,” Ronaldo mentioned within the assertion.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner, who spent 9 years at Actual Madrid and is the membership’s all-time prime goalscorer, purchased the stake in Almeria by way of his CR7 Sports activities Investments subsidiary, in accordance with Brunswick Group.
Almeria has been beneath the management of Saudi Arabian homeowners for greater than six years.
Saudi businessman Mohamed al-Khereiji turned the brand new proprietor and president of the membership in 2025 when he purchased it from Turki Alalshikh, who, in his function as head of Saudi Arabia’s Common Leisure Authority, has develop into a key determine in sports promotion.
“We’re more than happy that Cristiano has chosen our membership to put money into,” al-Khereiji mentioned within the assertion. “He is aware of the Spanish leagues very effectively and he understands the potential of what we’re constructing right here each by way of the group and the academy.”
The monetary particulars weren’t disclosed.
Almeria are at present in third place in Spain’s second division. They have been relegated from La Liga in 2023-24.
In October, it was introduced that Ronaldo had develop into the primary footballer to achieve billionaire status, in accordance with the newest Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which has valued the Portugal nice’s internet value at an estimated $1.4bn.
