{"id":49725,"date":"2026-04-21T21:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=49725"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:49:57","slug":"al-nassr-set-to-promote-15-year-old-cristiano-ronaldo-jr-to-first-team-father-son-duo-incoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/saudi-pro-league\/al-nassr-set-to-promote-15-year-old-cristiano-ronaldo-jr-to-first-team-father-son-duo-incoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Nassr set to promote 15-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo Jr to first team \u2013 father-son duo incoming?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">In a story that could rewrite football history, Saudi Pro League giants <strong>Al-Nassr<\/strong> are reportedly exploring the possibility of promoting <strong>Cristiano Ronaldo Jr.<\/strong> (15) to the senior first team as early as next season.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">According to <strong>Alweeamnews <\/strong>report, the club\u2019s sporting hierarchy is seriously evaluating the talented teenager\u2019s progress, with a final decision expected at the end of the current campaign based on his performances and development.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">This move would create a sensational opportunity for <strong>Cristiano Ronaldo<\/strong> and his eldest son to share the pitch together \u2014 potentially making them the first father-son duo to play professionally in the same team in modern football history.<\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"auto\">A Rising Star in the Ronaldo Legacy<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Cristiano Ronaldo Jr., affectionately known as <strong>Cristianinho<\/strong>, was born on June 17, 2010. At just 15 years old, the youngster already stands around 190 cm (6\u20193\u2033) tall and has been turning heads in Al-Nassr\u2019s youth setup, primarily playing as a left winger or striker \u2014 mirroring his father\u2019s iconic style.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">He has progressed rapidly through the club\u2019s academy, earned call-ups to Portugal\u2019s U-15 and U-16 national teams (including recent appearances in tournaments), and even trained with Real Madrid\u2019s U-16 side earlier this year during a family trip to Spain. His technical ability, work rate, and goal-scoring instinct have drawn comparisons to a young CR7.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Ronaldo Sr. has openly spoken about his desire to one day play alongside his son, once saying: \u201cSometimes my son says to me, \u2018Dad, keep playing for a few more years, I want to be able to play with you.\u2019 It would be very difficult, but I\u2019ll try. You never know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">With Ronaldo currently contracted to Al-Nassr until June 2027 (when Jr. will be 17), the stars could align for this emotional moment on the pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a story that could rewrite football history, Saudi Pro League giants Al-Nassr are reportedly exploring the possibility of promoting\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":49729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4661],"tags":[3434],"class_list":["post-49725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-saudi-pro-league","tag-al-nassr"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49725"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49733,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49725\/revisions\/49733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}