 Raúl
Raul Gonzalez Blanco
 | | | | AKAs: | El Siete |  es | Ra'ul
| | Born: | 27-Jun-77 Age: 35 | | Height: | 1.80 | | Position: | Forward | | Fav. foot: | Left | | Image: | Darz Mol |
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| | | '''Raúl González Blanco''' () (born 27 June 1977), commonly known as '''Raúl''', is a Spanish footballer who plays for the Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd as a striker. Raúl was born in the San Cristóbal de los Ángeles neighborhood of Madrid where he played for the local youth team before moving to the Atlético Madrid youth team. He later moved to Real Madrid's youth side and played at various levels. In 1994 he signed his first professional contract with the fourth division team Real Madrid C and then was swiftly promoted to the first division team.
Raúl spent 16 years of his career playing for Real Madrid and is the club's all-time top goalscorer with 323 goals, just ahead Di Stéfano, who scored 307 goals. Raúl is also the most capped player of the history of the club with 741 appearances, just ahead Sanchís. With The Whites, he won six La Liga titles, three UEFA Champions League titles (scoring in two finals), four Supercopa de España titles, one UEFA Super Cup and two Intercontinental Cup becoming the Champions League's all-time leading goalscorer and most capped player (beside Ryan Giggs). In 2003, he was appointed captain of the team and retained that position until his departure from the club in 2010.
Thanks to his successful career with Real Madrid, he is considered as the best Spanish player ever and one of the greatest in the history of the game.“In his mind there is only the goal; it’s the essence of football”. - Thierry Henry.“I think he is the greatest player to have ever played the game. He walks on the turf and astounds. It is utterly amazing.”- Luis Figo. Real [Madrid] buy these big players like Figo, Zidane and Ronaldo but I think the best player in the world is Raúl." - Sir Alex Ferguson. Plus he is acknowledged like one of the top three players in the history of Real Madrid, beside Di Stéfano and Zinedine Zidane. His records, have become him a living legend of Real Madrid's history and one of the most important European players.
According to La Liga competition, Raúl is the most successful active scorer and the third in the history of the tournament with 228 goals, just behind Telmo Zarra (251 goals) and Hugo Sánchez (234 goals). He is also, the most important Spanish scorer in European national competitions with 256 goals, scoring 228 goals in La Liga and 28 goals in the Bundesliga. Moreover, he is the second most capped player in the history of the Spanish competition, with 550 games played, just behind Andoni Zubizarreta (622 games).
In European competitions, he is the all-time leading scorer of the UEFA tournaments, just ahead Filippo Inzaghi and Gerd Müller.
Regarding to his personal honours, he was named the best striker of the world by IFFHS in 1999. He is the only player that was awarded three times the "Best Forward of the Year" by UEFA in 2000, 2001 and 2002. He was the second in the ranking of Ballon d'Or 2001 and the third ranked in 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year. In 2004, he was included in FIFA 100 list like one of the "greatest living footballers". He was also included in the UEFA list of the best fifty European players of the period 1954–2004. He was part of the "European Team Of The Year" of European Sports Media in 1997, 1999 and 2000. He won two Pichichi Trophy (1999 and 2001), two "Best Goal Scorer" of Uefa Champions League (2000 and 2001), five Don Balón Award (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002) and one "Best Player of Intercontinental Cup" in (1988).
Following a season that saw him plagued by injuries, he moved to German side FC Schalke 04 in 2010. After a slow start to his season, Raúl regained his form and helped his team win the DFB-Pokal and the DFL-Supercup by scoring goals at crucial junctures. He scored 40 goals in 98 total appearances during his two-year stay at Schalke 04. In February] 2012, he scored the 400th goal in his career, during the celebration of the match between FC Schalke 04 and VfL Wolfsburg.
After declining to sign an extension of his contract at Schalke 04, he signed with the Qatari side Al Sadd in 2012. He won the Qatar Stars League in his first season and he reached 1.000 games played in his career.
Though he did not win any major competitions while playing for the Spanish national football team, he scored a then-record 44 goals in 102 appearances for the national side, appearing in three FIFA World Cups and two European championships. He took over the captaincy of the side in 2002 and held it until 2006, the year in which he played his last international match for Spain. Raúl is married to model Mamen Sanz and has five children with her. |
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