Florin Tănase, who transferred to Al-Okhdood this summer, a newly promoted team in the Saudi Arabian first division. The move was exclusively announced by FANATIK. The former FCSB midfielder quickly adapted to the Middle Eastern country and celebrated Saudi Arabia’s National Day in style.
Exclusive footage of Tănase and Burcă on Saudi Arabia’s National Day
Florin Tănase has his teammate Andrei Burcă at Al-Okhdood. The transfer of the Romanian national team’s central defender to Saudi Arabia was also exclusively announced by FANATIK. The two Romanian players stood out on social media after “Tase” posted several photos from a celebration, dressed in traditional Arab clothing.
Saudi Arabia celebrates its National Day on September 23. Saudis celebrate the day when the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was unified in 1932 by King Abdulaziz bin Saud. In the photos posted by Florin Tănase on Instagram, Solomon Kvirkvelia, Al-Okhdood’s defender, also appeared.
Constantin Budescu, Farul’s football player, sent a comment in Arabic to Florin Tănase in the comments section. “Manshallah”, was the comment made by Gheorghe Hagi’s player, which translates to “May God help you”. On Saturday, September 23, the Saudis organized various festivities and military parades.

Tănase and Burcă, in Cristiano Ronaldo style, on Saudi Arabia’s National Day
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brace for Al-Nassr in their 4-3 victory over Al-Ahli in the Saudi Arabian league. The Arabs took advantage of the major event and included the five-time Ballon d’Or winner in a video dedicated to Saudi Arabia’s National Day.
The video was released by Al-Nassr on X (formerly Twitter), and Cristiano Ronaldo appeared dressed in traditional Arab attire. Sadio Mane, who arrived at Al-Nassr this summer, also appears in the Arabs’ video.
Florin Tănase has played 7 matches for Al-Okhdood, scoring one goal and providing one assist. On the other hand, Andrei Burcă has played in 7 games for Al-Okhdood this season, scoring one goal.
Florin Tănase’s salary at Al-Okhdood
Florin Tănase has signed a contract similar to the one he had at Al-Jazira, as FANATIK exclusively revealed, the Romanian’s former team. In the United Arab Emirates, “Tase” received an annual salary of 1.8 million euros, of which 300,000 euros went to agents.
Andrei Burcă, former central defender of CFR Cluj, was transferred to Al-Okhdood for 1,000,000 euros, a transfer exclusively revealed by FANATIK.


