- Born
- Birth nameRaul Gonzalez Blanco
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- He joined Real Madrid in season 1992/93 from the former Atlético Madrid lower teams. His promotion in the club has been unstoppable ever since he came in. After a brilliant performance in the reserve teams, he stepped up to make his debut in the first team when he was 17 under Jorge Valdano's coaching. He has been in the starting lineup ever since. After seven seasons in the elite of Spanish football, he has become a key piece both in Real Madrid and in the national team.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Mr-P-Bateman
- Raúl is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a striker. He was the manager of Real Madrid Castilla. Raúl is considered one of the most important players in the history of Real Madrid and regarded as one of the greatest Spanish players of all-time.
He spent 16 years of his career playing for Real Madrid and is the club's second all-time top goalscorer with 323 goals, and he is the most capped player in the history of the club, with 741 appearances. With Los Blancos, Raúl won six La Liga titles, three UEFA Champions League (1992) titles, scoring in two finals, four Supercopa de España titles, one UEFA Super Cup and two Intercontinental Cups. In 2003, he was appointed captain of the team and retained that position until his departure from the club in 2010. He then signed for F.C. Schalke 04, where he won a DFB-Pokal and DFL-Supercup, before signing for Qatari club Al Sadd in 2012, where he won the league and the Emir of Qatar Cup. He ended his career with New York Cosmos in 2015, after winning a domestic treble.
In La Liga competitions, Raúl is the sixth-highest goalscorer in the history of the competition with 228 goals. He is also the highest Spanish scorer in European leagues, with 256 goals, scoring 228 goals in La Liga and 28 goals in the Bundesliga. He is the second-most capped player in the history of the Spanish competition, with 550 matches played, is the fifth highest goalscorer in Champions League history with 71 goals, and the fifth most capped player. He has also played 1,000 matches in his career, making him one of only 18 players to have achieved this landmark.
Although he did not win any major competitions while playing for the Spain National Football Team, he scored a then-record 44 goals in 102 appearances for la Roja, appearing in three FIFA World Cups and two European championships. Raúl 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 was named the best striker in the world by International Federation of Football History & Statistics in 1999, and is the only player to be named UEFA Club Forward of the Year three times, in 2000, 2001 and 2002.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tango Papa
- SpouseMamen Sanz(July 1, 1999 - present) (5 children)
- Grew up in a humble area of Madrid, at the Marconi housing scheme in San Cristóbal de los Ángeles. Don Pedro, his dad, was a very keen supporter of Atlético Madrid, where he started to play football after his short stay in San Cristóbal.
- Forward for Real Madrid (1994-2010), F.C. Schalke 04 (Germany, 2010-2012), Al Sadd (Qatar, 2012-2014) and New York Cosmos (USA, 2014-2015).
- Member of the Spain youth team who finished runner-up of the 1996 UEFA European U21 Championship.
- Honours with Real Madrid: 6 La Liga (1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008); 4 Supercopa de España (1997, 2001, 2003, 2008); 3 UEFA Champions League (1998, 2000, 2002); 2 Intercontinental Cup (1998, 2002); UEFA Super Cup (2002). Honours with F.C. Schalke 04: DFB-Pokal (2011); DFL-Supercup (2011). Honours with Al Sadd: Qatar Stars League (2013); Emir of Qatar Cup (2014). Honours with New York Cosmos: North American Soccer League (2015 Spring Season); North American Supporters' Trophy (2015); Soccer Bowl (2015).
- Won the Zarra Trophy four times (1996, 1999, 2001 and 2003).
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