Raul Gonzalez (soccer)

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Raúl González Blanco (born June 27, 1977), usually referred to simply as Raúl, is a Spanish football forward. He has been playing for Real Madrid at senior level since 1994, where he is the team captain. He has played more than 100 games for the Spanish national team, and is its all-time leading goal scorer with 47 goals. He represented Spain in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2004 and 2006 FIFA World Cup tournaments.

Raúl is also currently 12th highest goalscorer in the history of Spain's top flight, with 194 goals in 449 games. All of these goals were for Real Madrid, making Raúl the club's third highest goalscorer of all time.

When playing, he wears jersey number 7 for both club and country (prior to World Cup 1998 he wore 10 for Spain).

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1- 1993-1994: C. Atletico Madrid.

2-1994-Present: Real Madrid C.F

[edit] Achievements

Scored the 800th goal in Spain's national team history, March 27, 1999 vs Austria

Scored the 900th goal in Spain's national team history, September 7, 2002 vs Greece

Spanish national team all-time leading scorer

Most appearances for an outfield player in the Spanish national team 

Top active scorer in La Liga

Top UEFA Champions League appearances

UEFA Champions League all-time leading scorer with 56 goals 

2 goals in 3 UEFA Champions League Finals 

Highest goal scorer against Barcelona in the history of Real Madrid (11 goals) 

Has never been booked in 30 months and has never been sent off at professional level 

8º top scorer of all times of the spanish league (206 Goals)

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