Raúl González Blanco (
Spanish pronunciation: [raˈul ɣonˈθaleθ ˈβlaŋko]) (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 of
Di Stéfano, who scored 307 goals.
[2] Raúl is also the most capped player in the history of the club with 741 appearances, just ahead of
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 (besides
Ryan Giggs). In 2003, he was appointed captain of the team and retained that position until his departure from the club in 2010.
In
La Liga competitions, Raúl is the third highest goal scorer in the history of the tournament with 228 goals, just behind
Telmo Zarra (251 goals) and
Hugo Sánchez (234 goals). He is also the highest 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 his personal honours, he was named the best striker in the world by
IFFHS in 1999. He is the only player that has won the
UEFA "
Best Forward of the Year" award three times, in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
[3] He was the second in the ranking of
Ballon d'Or 2001[4] and the third ranked in
2001 FIFA World Player of the Year. In 2004, he was included in the
FIFA 100
list as one of the "greatest living footballers". He was also included
in the UEFA list of the fifty best 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.
[5] 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 of his career, during the match between FC
Schalke 04 and
VfL Wolfsburg.
[6]
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.
[7]
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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