AlmerÃa is already reaping the rewards of being acquired by Cristiano Ronaldo.
After the Portuguese star announced the purchase of 25% of the club on February 26, 2026, the Spanish team has already taken the spot as the 5th most-followed football club in Spain on Instagram.
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And all of this in just NINE DAYS.
To achieve this, they recently overtook Real Betis, Antony’s team.
By the end of February, AlmerÃa occupied the lower positions in the Spanish digital ranking.
However, the “CR7 factor” sparked an explosion of engagement, pushing the club to the 3.2 million follower mark, surpassing the roughly 3 million of the Seville-based club.
It’s worth noting that on the day of the purchase, the Andalusian club had about 1.2 million followers.
This represents an average of more than 220,000 new followers per day since the deal was made official!
With this leap, AlmerÃa now has its sights set on Sevilla (4th place with 3.7 million), having already left behind century-old institutions like Valencia and Villarreal.
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If things are going well in the virtual world, the situation on the pitch is no different.
AlmerÃa currently sits in 3rd place in the table, with 55 points — just one behind second-place Valladolid and three behind leaders Espanyol.
The next fixture for CR7’s new team is scheduled for the evening of Monday, March 9, 2026, when the team hosts Cultural Leonesa at their stadium.
In a match valid for the 29th round of LaLiga Hypermotion.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.