Raúl González
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Raúl González Blanco | |
| Date of birth | June 27, 1977 | |
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |
| Playing position | Second striker | |
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| Current club | Real Madrid | |
| Number | 7 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1988–1989 1990–1992 1992–1994 |
San Cristóbal de Los Ángeles Atlético Madrid Real Madrid |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1994– | Real Madrid | 489 (209) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1996-2006 | Spain | 102 (44) |
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Raúl González Blanco (born June 27, 1977 in Madrid), simply known as Raúl, is a Spanish football striker who plays for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and the Spanish national team. He is a three-time winner of the UEFA Champions League, as well as the competition's all-time leading scorer with 63 goals.
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[edit] Club career
Raúl has spent his entire club career with Real Madrid. He began the 1994-95 season in Madrid's C-team, scoring thirteen goals in seven games. He became the youngest player (seventeen years and four months) ever to suit up for the senior side, scoring nine times in 28 appearances and winning the 1994-95 league championship in his first season.
He became the first player to score fifty Champions League goals in a 8-5 group stage win over Olympiakos on September 28, 2005, and is the all-time leader in CL appearances with 116.[1]
Raúl scored eighteen goals for the 2007-08 La Liga season, along with five Champions League goals, and was among the top 50 players shortlisted for the 2007 Ballon D'or. He is currently the highest active scorer in the Spanish league with 209 goals, and holds the distinction of having never received a red card at the professional level.[2]
[edit] International career
Raúl has a team-record 44 goals in 102 caps for Spain. He earned his first cap against the Czech Republic in October 1996, and took over the team captaincy following the retirement of Fernando Hierro in 2002. He participated in three World Cups from 1998 to 2006, along with Euro 2000 and Euro 2004, scoring at least one goal in each competition.
On March 27, 1999, Raúl scored the 800th goal in national team history during Spain's 9-0 rout of Austria.[3] He then scored the 900th goal three and a half years later in a Euro 2004 qualifier on September 7, 2002 against Greece, which Spain won 2-0.[4]
Raúl became the eighteenth player ever to score in three different World Cup finals after netting in a 3-1 group stage win over Tunisia on June 19, 2006. He was not called up for Spain's victorious Euro 2008 campaign.
[edit] Personal life
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Raúl's goal celebration consists of kissing his wedding ring as an acknowledgment to his wife, Spanish model Mamen Sanz. They have four sons: Jorge, named after Jorge Valdano; Hugo, named after Raúl's childhood hero Hugo Sánchez; and twins Héctor and Mateo. He enjoys reading, especially the books of Arturo Pérez Reverte, and listening to Spanish music, as well as hunting and watching bullfighting.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Club goals
| Club Performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1994-95 | Real Madrid | La Liga | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | - | 30 | 10 | |
| 1995-96 | 40 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 26 | ||
| 1996-97 | 42 | 21 | 5 | 1 | - | 47 | 22 | |||
| 1997-98 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 47 | 12 | ||
| 1998-99 | 37 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 47 | 28 | ||
| 1999-00 | 34 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 53 | 28 | ||
| 2000-01 | 36 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 48 | 31 | ||
| 2001-02 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 53 | 26 | ||
| 2002-03 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 45 | 25 | ||
| 2003-04 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 50 | 19 | ||
| 2004-05 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 43 | 13 | ||
| 2005-06 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 7 | ||
| 2006-07 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 12 | ||
| 2007-08 | 37 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 23 | ||
| 2008-09 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Total | Spain | 489 | 209 | 36 | 15 | 119 | 63 | 663 | 296 | |
| Career Total | 489 | 209 | 36 | 15 | 119 | 63 | 664 | 296 | ||
[edit] International goals
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[edit] Honors and awards
[edit] Real Madrid
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- Runner-up: 2001-02, 2003-04
- Spanish Super Cup: 1997, 2001, 2003, 2008.
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- Runner-up: 1995, 2007
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- Runner-up: 2000
[edit] Individual
- Premio Don Balón (Young Player in La Liga): 1994-95
- IFFHS World Goalgetter: 1999
- ESM Team of the Year: 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-00
- Pichichi Trophy: 1999, 2001
- UEFA Champions League Top Scorer: 1999-00, 2000-01
- FIFA World Player of the Year Bronze Award: 2001
- European Footballer of the Year Silver Award: 2001
- UEFA Club Football Awards, Best Forward: 2000, 2001, 2002
- Best Spanish player in La Liga: 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02
- FIFA 100
- Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano: 2008[6][7]
[edit] Orders
- Royal Order Gold Medal for Sports Merit: 2006[8]
[edit] References
- ^ "Defeat mars Raúl record". UEFA.com (2007-02-22). Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ "The captain hasn't been booked in two and a half years (Raúl, a gentleman of fair play)". Realmadrid.com (2007-04-24). Retrieved on 2007-12-15.
- ^ SOC: Spain 9 Austria 0 result - AAP Sports News, reprinted on highbeam.com (Partial article)
- ^ Clinical Spain make perfect start - UEFA.com, 9/7/02
- ^ "Raúl González Blanco - Goals in International Matches". Rsssf.com (2006-11-03). Retrieved on 2008-06-18.
- ^ "Raúl wins the Di Stéfano Trophy". Realmadrid.com (2008-05-20). Retrieved on 2008-08-06.
- ^ "Di Stéfano's worthy heir". Realmadrid.com (2008-09-14). Retrieved on 2008-09-14.
- ^ "Grateful Spain rewards Raúl". Uefa.com (2006-05-25). Retrieved on 2008-07-07.
[edit] External links
- Profile, awards and statistics - realmadrid.com
- FootballDatabase career profile and stats
- FIFA World Cup profile
- Raúl González Blanco - Goals in International Matches
- Raúl González Blanco - Goals in European Cups
- Ottmar Hitzfeld's interview on AS
- Raúl becomes the second all-time top-scorer in Real Madrid history
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