MaMkhize swoops to sign Ricardo Nascimento at Royal AM

Royal AM owner Shauwn Mkhize presents new signing Ricardo Nascimento.
Royal AM owner Shauwn Mkhize presents new signing Ricardo Nascimento.
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Royal AM have signed Brazilian centreback Ricardo Nascimento from Mamelodi Sundowns.

The wealthy Durban club made the announcement in the form of a video on their official Facebook account featuring flamboyant owner Shauwn Mkhize welcoming the left-footed defender to the club.

“Guys, I have yet another surprise for you. I'm trying to make sure the team Royal AM is strengthened,” Mkhize said.

“I've started with wingers, fast-paced. I went from the wingers to the strikers. And now I'm coming to the core — I'm strengthening my defence.

“Nascimento, bem-vindo ao [welcome to] Royal AM.”

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Posted by ROYAL AM Football Club on Thursday, February 10, 2022

Nascimento, 35, signed for Downs from Brazil’s Atletico Monte Azul in June 2016. He became a stalwart in the Pretoria club’s defence and is a reliable penalty-taker, scoring 17 goals in 139 league and cup appearances.

Plagued by injuries he was fielded just six times — all in the DStv Premiership — in 2021-22.

Royal AM, who bought the franchise of Bloemfontein Celtic in the off-season, are in seventh place after 17 games in the Premiership.


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