MADRID — Real Madrid made official this Tuesday, through a statement, the departure of defender Nacho Fernándezcaptain of the first team that lifted the Decimoquinta a few days ago at Wembley Stadium and who joined the club at the age of ten.
The defender joined Real Madrid as a junior in 2001, at the age of 10, to be part of the youth team and He went through stages until making his debut in the first team under the guidance of Portuguese Jose Mourinho in April 2011.as owner in a rout at Mestalla against Valencia on the penultimate day of the League (3-6).
Since then he played for 12 seasons in the first team and had a career that culminated in 2024 by winning three titles as captain -Spanish Super Cup, League and UEFA Champions League-, thus achieving, together with the Croatian, Luka modricthe player with the most trophies in the history of Real Madrid -26-: 6 UEFA champions league5 Club World Cups, 4 European Super Cups, 4 Leagues, 2 Copa del Rey and 5 Spanish Super Cups in 364 games.
In addition, with the Spanish national team he was proclaimed champion of Europe under-21 and champion of the League of Nations and, Currently, he is playing in the Euro 2024 Championship in Germany..
“All Real Madrid fans feel the utmost pride in one of the most legendary youth players in our history,” Real Madrid published on its website, along with a few words of gratitude from Florentino Pérez, president of the club.
“Since he arrived at our youth academy as a child, Nacho has always been an example of overcoming difficulties for everyone and he has earned the affection, recognition and admiration of all Real Madrid fans. Real Madrid is and will always be his home,” he said.
Furthermore, the white team “wishes him and his entire family the best of luck in this new stage of his life” in which aims to play in Saudi Arabia, for Al-Qadisiyah FC, recently promoted from the Arab leagueendorsed by his coach, the Spaniard José Miguel González ‘Míchel’.
A Nacho Fernández who announced his goodbye from Real Madrid five days after his current contract expired, which he did not renew despite being a starter for the white team in a season in which knee injuries to Éder Militao and David Alaba made him play 45 games and starting for the first time in a UEFA Champions League final, winning the fifteenth.
A farewell to Real Madrid that comes in the middle of the Euro Cup dispute, so his farewell act for the white team will have to wait for the conclusion of it.
