By NFFC

Nottingham Forest have signed Brazilian defender Rodrigo Ely on a free transfer.

Ely, 27, signs a contract until the end of the 2021-22 campaign having spent four seasons with Spanish top flight outfit Deportivo Alaves.

The centre back moved to Europe in 2010, signing for Italian giants AC Milan from Gremio and made three league appearances for the Rossoneri.

Ely is The Reds' tenth signing of the summer.