Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates Al Nassr goal against Al Ta'ee from team's locker-room; Watch

Five-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristia Ronaldo is yet to make his debut with Al Nassr as he is required to serve a ban that was imposed on him by Football Association (FA). FA imposed this ban after 37-year-old slammed an Everton fan's phone to ground last April in frustration.

As per FIFA's regulations, Ronaldo is required to w serve this ban with Al Nassr even though he is currently set to play in a league outside Europe. While Portuguese international was unable to make an impact in recently held Al Nassr vs Al Ta'ee game on January 6, it did t stop him from celebrating his teammates' success.

Cristia Ronaldo celebrates Al Nassr's goal against Al Ta'ee

As seen in video below, Cristia Ronaldo was all fired up after he saw his Al Nassr teammate Talisca put ball in back of net for his second goal against Al Ta'ee on Friday. Al Nassr went on to register a 2-0 victory over ir rivals to extend ir lead at top of Saudi Pro League standings by four points from second-placed Al Shabab, who have a game in hand.

When could Cristia Ronaldo make his debut for Al Nassr?

Because of ban imposed by FA on Cristia Ronaldo, earliest that Portuguese international can make his debut for club is on January 21. According to FIFA's regulations, if a player for any reason does t serve ir ban in league it was imposed, n y would be required to serve it in whichever new league y join.

law which reflects this point is Article 12.1 of FIFA’s Regulations on Status and Transfer of Players. As per this law, "Any disciplinary sanction of up to four matches or up to three months that has been imposed on a player by former association but t yet (entirely) served by time of transfer shall be enforced by new association at which player has been registered in order for sanction to be served at domestic level."