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Raúl (footballer)

May 07, 2023

"Raúl González" redirects here. For other people named Raúl González, see Raúl González (disambiguation). For the Brazilian football attacking midfielder, see Raul (footballer, born 1981).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Blanco.

Raúl González Blanco (Spanish pronunciation: [raˈul ɣonˈθaleθ ˈβlaŋko]; born 27 June 1977), known as Raúl, is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of Real Madrid Castilla, the reserve team of La Liga club Real Madrid. Raúl is regarded as one of the greatest players of his era.[3][4][5]

Raúl
Raúl in 2012
Personal information
Full name Raúl González Blanco[1]
Date of birth (1977-06-27) 27 June 1977 (age 45)[1]
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Real Madrid B (manager)
Youth career
1987–1990 San Cristóbal
1990–1992 Atlético Madrid
1992–1994 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 Real Madrid C 9 (16)
1994 Real Madrid B 1 (0)
1994–2010 Real Madrid 550 (228)
2010–2012 Schalke 04 66 (28)
2012–2014 Al Sadd 39 (11)
2014–2015 New York Cosmos 28 (8)
Total 693 (291)
International career
1994 Spain U18 2 (4)
1995 Spain U20 5 (3)
1995–1996 Spain U21 9 (8)
1996 Spain U23 4 (2)
1996–2006 Spain 102 (44)
Managerial career
2018–2019 Real Madrid (youth)
2019– Real Madrid B
2020 Real Madrid U19 (caretaker)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Spain
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up 1996
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 academy and played at its 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 team.

He spent 16 years of his career playing for Real Madrid and is the club's third all-time top goalscorer with 323 goals[6] and has the most appearances in the history of the club, with 741. With Los Blancos, Raúl 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 Cups. In 2003, he was appointed captain of the team and retained the position until he left the club in 2010. He then signed for Schalke 04, where he won a DFB-Pokal and DFL-Supercup,[7] 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.

Raúl is the sixth-highest goalscorer in the history of La Liga 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 also has the third-most appearances in the history of La Liga, 550 matches. He is the fifth highest goalscorer in Champions League history with 71 goals, and has played the fifth most games. He has also played 1,000 matches in his career,[8] one of only 18 players to have done so.[9]

Although he did not win any major competitions while playing for the Spain national 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.

Raúl was named the top international goalscorer in the world by International Federation of Football History & Statistics in 1999, and ranked second in the 2001 Ballon d'Or and third in the 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year.[10] In 2004, he was named in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players, and was included in the UEFA list of the 50-best European players of the 1954–2004 period. He was part of the European Team of the Year of European Sports Media in 1997, 1999 and 2000.[11] Raúl won two Pichichi trophies (1999 and 2001), the top goalscorer award of the UEFA Champions League (2000 and 2001), five Don Balón Awards (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002) and one Best Player Award at the Intercontinental Cup in 1998.

Club career

Youth clubs

Raúl's career began at his local team CD San Cristóbal de los Ángeles playing for their Alevín team and the Infantil the next season.[12][13] He signed with Atlético Madrid's Infantil team and won a national title with the Cadete team the following season. Following Atlético's then-president Jesús Gil decision to close their youth academy as a cost-saving measure, Raúl moved on to Real Madrid's Cadete team in La Fábrica. The following season, he was promoted to the Juvenil C team and subsequently went on to play for their Juvenil B and Juvenil A team.[14] While with the Real youth set-up, Raúl won the Dallas Cup in 1993 and 1994.[15]

Real Madrid

 
Raúl in 1995

He started his professional career in the 1994–95 season with Real Madrid C.[16] He scored 16 goals in just nine games (including five in one match against CD Corralejo) and was swiftly promoted to the first team by coach Jorge Valdano, replacing Emilio Butragueño in a symbolic "passing of the crown."[citation needed] He became the youngest player – 17 years and 124 days – ever to play for the senior side, though the record was broken by Alberto Rivera later that same season. On 29 October 1994, in an away game against Real Zaragoza at La Romareda, he created a goal for strike partner Iván Zamorano, heralding the demise of Butragueño in the process.[citation needed] The next week, Raúl scored his first goal in his second senior game on a home debut against Madrid rivals and former youth club Atlético Madrid in a bitter derby match.[17] Fully establishing himself as a fixture in the first team, Raúl registered a total of nine goals in 28 appearances to help Real Madrid win the 1994–95 league championship in his first season.

With Real Madrid, he won several honours, including further La Liga titles in 1996–97 (scoring 21 La Liga goals), 2000–01 (scoring 24 La Liga goals), and 2002–03 (scoring 16 La Liga goals in a campaign truncated by a bout of appendicitis for which Raúl was hospitalised). During the period from 1998 to 2002, Raúl and Real Madrid also won three UEFA Champions League trophies in 1998, 2000, and 2002. For most of this time, Raúl struck up a prolific scoring partnership with Fernando Morientes and later Ronaldo. During a La Liga game against fierce rivals Barcelona at the Nou Camp in October 1999, Raúl silenced the hostile home crowd of almost 100,000 fans when he scored and then memorably celebrated his goal by putting a finger to his lips as though to tell them to be quiet.[18][19] Raúl took over the captaincy of Real Madrid when Fernando Hierro was transferred in 2003, a responsibility he held until leaving the club in 2010. Despite appearing in two finals, in 2002 (in which he scored) and 2004, Raúl never lifted the Copa del Rey.

 
Raúl wore the #7 shirt for Real Madrid between 1996 and 2010.[20]

He became the first player to score 50 Champions League goals when he scored in a 2–1 group stage win over Olympiacos on 28 September 2005,[21] and was also the first to make 100 appearances in the competition.[22] He was also the first player to score in two Champions League finals, since the competition was renamed, scoring in the finals of both 2000 against Valencia in the Stade de France, Saint-Denis, and 2002 against Bayer Leverkusen at Hampden Park, Glasgow.

Raúl holds the distinction of having never been sent off in his 17 years at the professional level.[23] On 11 November 2008, Raúl scored his 300th goal for Real Madrid with a hat-trick against Real Unión, with Real winning the match 4–3 but being eliminated on away goals after drawing 6–6 on aggregate.[24] In total, Raúl scored 323 goals for Real Madrid, breaking the long-standing club record of Alfredo Di Stéfano (307) with a volleyed goal against Sporting de Gijón on 15 February 2009. He is presently fifth on the all-time list of La Liga goalscorers, behind Argentine Lionel Messi, Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, Spaniard Telmo Zarra and Mexican Hugo Sánchez.[25]

 
Raúl in his last match with Real Madrid against Real Zaragoza
 
Raul gets substituted by Cristiano Ronaldo, who would eventually inherit the number 7 jersey

Raúl and fellow long-serving teammate Iker Casillas were both awarded "contracts for life" in 2008, the terms of which stipulated that the contracts would be renewed annually for as long as they played 30 matches each season.[26] On 23 September 2009, Raúl equalled Manolo Sanchís' league appearance record for Real Madrid,[27] and is second in La Liga behind Andoni Zubizarreta, who played in 622 matches.

Along with years of captaincy for both Real Madrid and Spain, Raúl was known as "El Capitan" ("The Captain").[28]

Raúl's last touch with the ball as a Real Madrid player before an injury ruled him out of action for the rest of that season was to score his last goal, the opening goal scored on 24 April 2010 in a 2–1 away victory against Real Zaragoza in La Romareda, coincidentally the stadium where he made his debut in 1994. It was scored in the 50th minute after Raúl (himself only on the pitch as a substitute for Rafael van der Vaart after 15 minutes) had signalled he could not physically continue and was prepared to be substituted off for Karim Benzema one minute after the goal.[29] Before the substitution could be made, Real Madrid launched a counter-attack to create a goal. Though Raúl ran to a slow hobble, he shuffled into the box and was able to poke the ball from Cristiano Ronaldo's pass.

Having spent the rest of the season recovering from that injury, the club confirmed on 25 July 2010 that Raúl would be leaving the club, a day after his teammate Guti confirmed he was also leaving after a 15-year spell.[30]

Schalke 04

 
Raúl in a training session with Schalke 04 in August 2011

Raúl signed a two-year contract with Schalke 04 on 28 July 2010. Schalke head coach Felix Magath hailed the signing and told the club website, "It's great news for FC Schalke 04, I am pleased that we have succeeded in signing such an exceptional footballer and world-class striker switching to the Bundesliga for Schalke 04."[31] Raúl chose Schalke because they qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League.[32]

Raúl scored his first goal for the club during his first match on 1 August 2010 with a brace in a 3–1 victory over Bayern Munich in the final match of the pre-season competition LIGA total! Cup 2010. One week later, he made his competitive debut in the 2010 DFL-Supercup on 7 August 2010 again against Bayern, but this time he failed to score in the 2–0 defeat. Raúl made his Bundesliga debut on 21 August 2010 in a 2–1 defeat against Hamburger SV.[33] and scored his first goal for Schalke in the Bundesliga against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 25 September 2010 in a 2–2 draw.[34] After a quiet start, he rediscovered his goalscoring form in the Bundesliga with a brace against FC St. Pauli on 5 November in a 3–0 win, and on 20 November, he scored his first hat-trick for the club in a 4–0 win over Werder Bremen. On 18 December, he scored his second hat-trick for Schalke in a 3–0 win against 1. FC Köln.

 
Raúl with Schalke in 2011

Raúl scored another crucial goal on 2 March 2011 in a 1–0 victory over Bayern Munich in the semi-final of 2010–11 DFB-Pokal. After being absent for six years, Schalke ultimately reached the finals since 2005. In the final match, they played against MSV Duisburg, the first 2. Bundesliga team which reached the final since 2004. Raúl never won a domestic cup with Real Madrid (the Copa del Rey), but on 21 May 2011, in his first season, he finally won a domestic cup and got his maiden trophy with his new club. They won the tournament with a 5–0 win at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. This success was followed with victory two months later on 23 July 2011 in the 2011 DFL-Supercup against the league champions and rivals Borussia Dortmund.

In European play, Raúl has since become the highest goal scorer in all UEFA competitions with 73 goals, ahead of Milan veteran Filippo Inzaghi with 70 goals. He scored 71 goals in the Champions League (66 goals with Real Madrid and five with Schalke 04) and in addition his two goals with Los Blancos, one goal in the 2000 UEFA Super Cup and the other one in the 1998 Intercontinental Cup. On 22 October 2010, Raúl scored twice against Hapoel Tel Aviv in a 3–1 win, which tied him with German legend Gerd Müller for the most European goals. Raúl fully broke this record on 15 February 2011 on his return to Spain with a crucial away goal in the round of 16 tie against Valencia at the Mestalla Stadium in a 1–1 draw.

In the quarter-finals, Raúl scored two goals against Internazionale: one goal in the first leg, a 5–2 away win at the San Siro, and one in the second leg, a 2–1 home win at the Veltins-Arena. Schalke progressed to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history, where they played against Manchester United. Schalke lost the first match 2–0, which was their first home defeat this season in the tournament, and lost again 4–1 in Old Trafford. Despite the defeat, Raúl considered it an honour that he had swapped shirts with Ryan Giggs.[32] On 19 November 2011, he captained Schalke for the first time due to an injury to Benedikt Höwedes in a 4–0 home win against 1. FC Nürnberg. He also scored the second goal and assisted the fourth in that match.

Raúl scored another hat-trick against Werder Bremen on 17 December 2011.[35] The goals came in a 5–0 win that cemented Schalke's position in third place going into the winter break.[36] On 19 February 2012, he scored the 400th goal of his career; at that time he had scored 323 with Real Madrid, 44 with Spain and 33 with Schalke.[37] On 5 April 2012, in the second leg of the UEFA Europa League match against Athletic Bilbao, he scored his 77th goal in a European competition.

With his goal in the semifinals of the German Cup against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, together with his team, he qualified for the final of said competition. His great performances in the European Cup this season earned him to be included in the best eleven of the competition awarded by UEFA.[38]

At a press conference on 19 April 2012, Raúl announced he would leave Schalke after his contract expired in June, and that "[his] future is not in Europe".[39] Raúl had such an impact at Schalke that, on his departure, the club opted to retire the number 7 shirt for an indefinite period.[40] However, in 2013, the number 7 shirt was given to Max Meyer, Schalke's new prodigy.[41]

Al Sadd

 
Raúl playing for Al Sadd in 2012

On 12 May 2012, it was announced Raúl had signed a deal with Qatari side Al Sadd for the 2012–13 Qatar Stars League season.[42][43] He played his first competitive match for the club on 5 August in the 2012 Sheikh Jassem Cup, scoring a penalty in extra time in order to secure a 2–0 win against Mesaimeer.[44] The veteran also took on the role of captain after Abdulla Koni was substituted.[45] On 13 April 2013, Raúl captained Al Sadd to the 2012–13 Qatar Stars League title. Raúl scored 9 goals in 22 appearances to help Al Sadd win their first title in five years.[46] He was also presented with the post-season QFA-sanctioned Fair Play Award in May 2013.[47]

On 22 August 2013, Raúl played for Real Madrid in the first half of the Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu and scored the first goal. He then played the second half for Al Sadd as Real Madrid won 5–0.[48] On 5 March 2014, Raúl announced he would retire from professional football at the end of the Qatari football season.[49]

New York Cosmos

 
Raúl walks onto the pitch as a member of the New York Cosmos for a home game in 2015

On 30 October 2014, Raúl returned to professional football and signed with the New York Cosmos in the United States.[50] He made his North American Soccer League (NASL) debut on 4 April 2015 in a 1–0 win against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, partially owned by his former Real Madrid strike partner Ronaldo, leaving with a hamstring injury in the second half.[51] The following week, at the Indy Eleven, he scored his first goal to equalise in a 1–1 draw.[52] Raúl scored four times as the undefeated Cosmos won the spring season with five wins and five draws.[53]

On 16 October 2015, it was again announced Raúl would retire at the end of the season.[54] The Cosmos finished with the best regular season record, winning the North American Supporters' Trophy. On 7 November, he scored the winning goal as his team came from behind to win 2–1 against the Strikers in the semi-finals, earning a place at Soccer Bowl 2015, which they won 3–2 against the Ottawa Fury eight days later. He reiterated his decision to retire after the Soccer Bowl.[55]

International career

Raúl began his Spain career at the youth level and represented the nation at the 1995 FIFA U-20 World Cup, scoring three goals from five matches. He was also part of the under-21 side that reached the final of the 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, and even scored his side's temporary equaliser in the final, although he later missed his penalty in the resulting shoot-out, which was won by Italy.[56] In total, he scored 17 goals at the various youth levels for Spain. With the senior team, Raúl went on for many years to score a national record 44 goals in 102 caps for Spain. However, David Villa later equaled Raúl's record in 2010 and surpassed it on 25 March 2011 in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier. Of his 44 international goals, Raúl scored 32 goals in competitive matches, six of which were in the finals of major tournaments and 12 from friendly matches.

1998 FIFA World Cup

Raúl earned his first senior cap against the Czech Republic on 9 October 1996, playing the full 90 minutes of a goalless draw in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification at the Letná Stadion in Prague. In his third match, on 14 December against Yugoslavia at the Mestalla Stadium, he recorded his first international goal in a 2–0 qualifying win. At the final tournament in France, Raúl featured in every match as Spain were eliminated from Group D. He scored in their opening match to put them 2–1 up in an eventual 2–3 loss to Nigeria in Nantes.[57]

UEFA Euro 2000

On 27 March 1999, in a UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier, Raúl scored four goals in Spain's 9–0 rout of Austria.[58] Four days later, he scored three goals in a 6–0 away win against San Marino during the same qualifying tournament.[59] On 5 June, against the same opponents in Villarreal, he was again on target in a 9–0 rout.[60] Raúl played every minute of Spain's Euro 2000 finals campaign in Belgium and the Netherlands. He scored the first goal in their 2–1 win over Slovenia at the Amsterdam Arena.[61] Spain were knocked out in the quarter-finals by eventual champions France; Raúl missed a last minute penalty which would have taken the tie to extra-time.[62]

2002 FIFA World Cup

At the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, Raúl opened a 3–1 win over the Slovenes in Spain's first Group B match,[63] and added two more in a 3–2 win over South Africa in Daejeon to advance as group winners.[64] He suffered a groin injury in the round of 16 win over the Republic of Ireland,[65] and missed the remainder of the tournament, in which Spain went out to South Korea in the quarter-finals.

UEFA Euro 2004

On 7 September 2002, Raúl scored in a 2–0 away win over Greece in Euro 2004 qualifying, putting him on 29 goals in 56 international games, equalling the national goalscoring record set by the recently retired Fernando Hierro.[66] He broke the record on 12 February 2003 when he scored twice in a 3–1 friendly win over Germany at Son Moix in Palma, Mallorca.[67] He started every match at the Euro 2004 finals in Portugal, in which Spain crashed out at the group stage.

2006 FIFA World Cup

Raúl earned his 89th cap on 8 October 2005 in a 2–0 away win over Belgium in 2006 World Cup qualifying, levelling with Hierro as Spain's most-capped outfield player.[68] However, he played less frequently across the campaign as new manager Luis Aragonés preferred to partner David Villa and Fernando Torres.

At the final tournament in Germany, he came on at half-time for Luis García in the second group match in Stuttgart, with Spain trailing Tunisia 0–1. When goalkeeper Ali Boumnijel could not retain Cesc Fàbregas' shot in the 72nd minute, Raúl equalised from close range as Spain eventually won 3–1.[69]

On 15 August 2006, Raúl won his 100th cap for Spain, in a goalless friendly draw with Iceland in Reykjavík.[70] He was last chosen for the national team on 6 September, in a 3–2 defeat against Northern Ireland in Belfast, a match in which he hit the post late on.[71]

Managerial career

Real Madrid U15s

On 17 August 2018, Raúl was appointed youth coach at Real Madrid, taking charge of the Cadete B (under-15) squad.[72]

Real Madrid Castilla

On 20 June 2019, he was appointed manager of Real Madrid Castilla.[73] He began the season with three wins, five draws, and five losses.[74]

Style of play

 
Raúl executing a bicycle kick for Real Madrid in 2009

A prolific goalscorer and a highly creative forward, Raúl is regarded as one of the greatest and most consistent forwards of his generation.[75][76][77] Wearing the number 7 jersey for most of his club and international career, he was capable of playing anywhere along the front line, although he was primarily deployed as a centre-forward, or as a supporting striker.[78] He was also capable of playing as a number 10 behind the forwards,[79] and was even used out of position as a left winger by manager Fabio Capello during the 1996–97 season.[80] Raúl was a quick, agile, elegant, left-footed player, who was capable of scoring both in and outside the penalty area with his accurate and powerful shot,[78] and had a penchant for scoring goals from chips.[81] He possessed excellent ball control, first touch, acceleration, agility, balance, vision and technical ability, and was effective in the air as well.[78]

Although primarily renowned for prolific goalscoring, Raúl was also a highly creative and hardworking player, capable of playing off of his teammates, creating chances and assisting goals,[75][82] and was occasionally deployed as an attacking midfielder in his later career.[83] In addition to these characteristics, Raúl is remembered for his leadership and discipline – throughout his extensive career, he never received a red card, and he was rarely booked.[84][85][86] For his technical skills, elegance, flair, goalscoring and performances, he was nicknamed "El Ferrari", or "The Ferrari," by compatriot Fernando Hierro, another emblematic Real Madrid player.[87] He was also an accurate penalty taker and free kick taker .[88] In 2013, former England centre-back Rio Ferdinand praised Raúl for his clever movement off the ball, and his ability to exploit gaps or draw out defenders in order to create space for his teammates' runs, describing him as: "the most intelligent player [he'd] played against."[89]

Media

Raúl has been sponsored by German sportswear company Adidas during his career and has appeared in Adidas commercials.[90] He has advertised Adidas Predator football boots, and in 2004 he starred in an Adidas commercial featuring a number of other stars on mopeds, including Zinedine Zidane, Michael Ballack, Alessandro Del Piero and David Trezeguet.[90]

Raúl has featured in Pepsi commercials, including an advertisement for the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan where he lined up alongside players including David Beckham, Roberto Carlos and Gianluigi Buffon in taking on a team of Sumo players.[91]

Raúl features in EA Sports' FIFA video game series. His regular goal celebration of kissing the ring finger – a show of affection to his wife – appears in FIFA 18.[92]

Personal life

 
Raúl in 2019

Throughout his career, Raúl's goal celebration consisted of kissing his wedding ring as an acknowledgment to his wife Mamen Sanz, whom he married in 1999 and with whom he has four sons and a daughter: Jorge, Hugo, twins Héctor and Mateo, and María.[93] Jorge and Hugo are both footballers; Jorge at Fordham Preparatory School in New York City,[94] and Hugo in New York City FC's academy.[95] In 2022 his daughter Maria has been signed by Real Madrid's U15 football team.[96]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup1 Continental2 Other3 Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Real Madrid C 1994–95 Segunda División B 9 16 — — — 9 16
Real Madrid B 1994–95 Segunda División 1 0 — — — 1 0
Real Madrid 1994–95 La Liga 28 9 2 1 0 0 — 30 10
1995–96 La Liga 40 19 2 1 8 6 2 0 52 26
1996–97 La Liga 42 21 5 1 — — 47 22
1997–98 La Liga 35 10 1 0 11 2 3 0 49 13
1998–99 La Liga 37 25 2 0 8 3 2 1 49 29
1999–2000 La Liga 34 17 4 0 15 10 4 2 57 29
2000–01 La Liga 36 24 0 0 12 7 2 1 50 32
2001–02 La Liga 35 14 6 6 12 6 2 3 55 29
2002–03 La Liga 31 16 2 0 12 9 2 0 47 25
2003–04 La Liga 35 11 7 6 9 2 2 1 53 20
2004–05 La Liga 32 9 1 0 10 4 — 43 13
2005–06 La Liga 26 5 0 0 6 2 — 32 7
2006–07 La Liga 35 7 1 0 7 5 — 43 12
2007–08 La Liga 37 18 1 0 8 5 2 0 48 23
2008–09 La Liga 37 18 1 3 7 3 2 0 47 24
2009–10 La Liga 30 5 2 0 7 2 — 39 7
Total 550 228 37 18 132 66 22 11 741 323
Schalke 04 2010–11 Bundesliga 34 13 4 1 12 5 1 0 51 19
2011–12 Bundesliga 32 15 3 2 11 4 1 0 47 21
Total 66 28 7 3 23 9 2 0 98 40
Al Sadd 2012–13 Qatar Stars League 22 9 12 3 0 0 — 34 12
2013–14 Qatar Stars League 17 2 5 2 5 0 — 27 4
Total 39 11 17 5 5 0 — 61 16
New York Cosmos 2015 NASL 28 8 2 0 — 2 1 32 9
Career total 693 291 63 26 160 75 26 12 942 404
1 Played in Copa del Rey with Real Madrid, DFB-Pokal with Schalke 04, Qatari Stars Cup, Emir of Qatar Cup, Qatar Cup and Sheikh Jassem Cup with Al Sadd and in Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with New York Cosmos.
2 Played in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League with Real Madrid and Schalke 04, and in AFC Champions League with Al Sadd.
3 Includes other competitive competitions, including the Supercopa de España, UEFA Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup, FIFA Club World Cup with Real Madrid, DFL-Supercup with Schalke 04 and NASL Championship with New York Cosmos.

International

Main article: List of international goals scored by Raúl
Appearances and goals by national team and year[97]
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 1996 4 1
1997 6 0
1998 10 4
1999 9 10
2000 11 3
2001 9 5
2002 9 6
2003 10 8
2004 13 3
2005 12 2
2006 9 2
Total 102 44

Managerial statistics

As of 6 May 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Real Madrid Castilla 20 June 2019 Present 125 55 37 33 205 145 +60 044.00 [98]
Real Madrid U19 (caretaker) 1 July 2020 31 August 2020 4 4 0 0 11 4 +7 100.00
Total 129 59 37 33 216 149 +67 045.74 —

Honours

 
Raúl in his last season with Real Madrid

Player

Real Madrid Youth

Real Madrid

Schalke 04

Al Sadd

New York Cosmos

Spain U21

Individual

Records

*Includes other European competitive competitions, including the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Super Cup.
^^Includes other European competitive competitions and Intercontinental Cup.
  • Has not received a red card in entire career.[84]

Manager

Real Madrid U19

Decorations

See also

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Bibliography

  • Marcotti, Gabriele (2008). Capello: The Man Behind England's World Cup Dream. Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0-553-82566-4.

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raúl, footballer, raúl, gonzález, redirects, here, other, people, named, raúl, gonzález, raúl, gonzález, disambiguation, brazilian, football, attacking, midfielder, raul, footballer, born, 1981, this, spanish, name, first, paternal, surname, gonzález, second, . Raul Gonzalez redirects here For other people named Raul Gonzalez see Raul Gonzalez disambiguation For the Brazilian football attacking midfielder see Raul footballer born 1981 In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Gonzalez and the second or maternal family name is Blanco Raul Gonzalez Blanco Spanish pronunciation raˈul ɣonˈ8ale8 ˈblaŋko born 27 June 1977 known as Raul is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a forward He is the current manager of Real Madrid Castilla the reserve team of La Liga club Real Madrid Raul is regarded as one of the greatest players of his era 3 4 5 RaulRaul in 2012Personal informationFull nameRaul Gonzalez Blanco 1 Date of birth 1977 06 27 27 June 1977 age 45 1 Place of birthMadrid SpainHeight1 80 m 5 ft 11 in 2 Position s ForwardTeam informationCurrent teamReal Madrid B manager Youth career1987 1990San Cristobal1990 1992Atletico Madrid1992 1994Real MadridSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1994Real Madrid C9 16 1994Real Madrid B1 0 1994 2010Real Madrid550 228 2010 2012Schalke 0466 28 2012 2014Al Sadd39 11 2014 2015New York Cosmos28 8 Total693 291 International career1994Spain U182 4 1995Spain U205 3 1995 1996Spain U219 8 1996Spain U234 2 1996 2006Spain102 44 Managerial career2018 2019Real Madrid youth 2019 Real Madrid B2020Real Madrid U19 caretaker Honours Men s footballRepresenting SpainUEFA European Under 21 ChampionshipRunner up 1996 Club domestic league appearances and goalsRaul was born in the San Cristobal de los Angeles neighborhood of Madrid where he played for the local youth team before moving to the Atletico Madrid youth team He later moved to Real Madrid s youth academy and played at its 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 team He spent 16 years of his career playing for Real Madrid and is the club s third all time top goalscorer with 323 goals 6 and has the most appearances in the history of the club with 741 With Los Blancos Raul won six La Liga titles three UEFA Champions League titles scoring in two finals four Supercopa de Espana titles one UEFA Super Cup and two Intercontinental Cups In 2003 he was appointed captain of the team and retained the position until he left the club in 2010 He then signed for Schalke 04 where he won a DFB Pokal and DFL Supercup 7 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 Raul is the sixth highest goalscorer in the history of La Liga 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 also has the third most appearances in the history of La Liga 550 matches He is the fifth highest goalscorer in Champions League history with 71 goals and has played the fifth most games He has also played 1 000 matches in his career 8 one of only 18 players to have done so 9 Although he did not win any major competitions while playing for the Spain national team he scored a then record 44 goals in 102 appearances for la Roja appearing in three FIFA World Cups and two European championships Raul took over the captaincy of the side in 2002 and held it until 2006 the year in which he played his last international match Raul was named the top international goalscorer in the world by International Federation of Football History amp Statistics in 1999 and ranked second in the 2001 Ballon d Or and third in the 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year 10 In 2004 he was named in the FIFA 100 list of the world s greatest living players and was included in the UEFA list of the 50 best European players of the 1954 2004 period He was part of the European Team of the Year of European Sports Media in 1997 1999 and 2000 11 Raul won two Pichichi trophies 1999 and 2001 the top goalscorer award of the UEFA Champions League 2000 and 2001 five Don Balon Awards 1997 1999 2000 2001 and 2002 and one Best Player Award at the Intercontinental Cup in 1998 Contents 1 Club career 1 1 Youth clubs 1 2 Real Madrid 1 3 Schalke 04 1 4 Al Sadd 1 5 New York Cosmos 2 International career 2 1 1998 FIFA World Cup 2 2 UEFA Euro 2000 2 3 2002 FIFA World Cup 2 4 UEFA Euro 2004 2 5 2006 FIFA World Cup 3 Managerial career 3 1 Real Madrid U15s 3 2 Real Madrid Castilla 4 Style of play 5 Media 6 Personal life 7 Career statistics 7 1 Club 7 2 International 8 Managerial statistics 9 Honours 9 1 Player 9 2 Manager 9 3 Decorations 10 See also 11 References 12 Bibliography 13 External linksClub career EditYouth clubs Edit Raul s career began at his local team CD San Cristobal de los Angeles playing for their Alevin team and the Infantil the next season 12 13 He signed with Atletico Madrid s Infantil team and won a national title with the Cadete team the following season Following Atletico s then president Jesus Gil decision to close their youth academy as a cost saving measure Raul moved on to Real Madrid s Cadete team in La Fabrica The following season he was promoted to the Juvenil C team and subsequently went on to play for their Juvenil B and Juvenil A team 14 While with the Real youth set up Raul won the Dallas Cup in 1993 and 1994 15 Real Madrid Edit Raul in 1995 He started his professional career in the 1994 95 season with Real Madrid C 16 He scored 16 goals in just nine games including five in one match against CD Corralejo and was swiftly promoted to the first team by coach Jorge Valdano replacing Emilio Butragueno in a symbolic passing of the crown citation needed He became the youngest player 17 years and 124 days ever to play for the senior side though the record was broken by Alberto Rivera later that same season On 29 October 1994 in an away game against Real Zaragoza at La Romareda he created a goal for strike partner Ivan Zamorano heralding the demise of Butragueno in the process citation needed The next week Raul scored his first goal in his second senior game on a home debut against Madrid rivals and former youth club Atletico Madrid in a bitter derby match 17 Fully establishing himself as a fixture in the first team Raul registered a total of nine goals in 28 appearances to help Real Madrid win the 1994 95 league championship in his first season With Real Madrid he won several honours including further La Liga titles in 1996 97 scoring 21 La Liga goals 2000 01 scoring 24 La Liga goals and 2002 03 scoring 16 La Liga goals in a campaign truncated by a bout of appendicitis for which Raul was hospitalised During the period from 1998 to 2002 Raul and Real Madrid also won three UEFA Champions League trophies in 1998 2000 and 2002 For most of this time Raul struck up a prolific scoring partnership with Fernando Morientes and later Ronaldo During a La Liga game against fierce rivals Barcelona at the Nou Camp in October 1999 Raul silenced the hostile home crowd of almost 100 000 fans when he scored and then memorably celebrated his goal by putting a finger to his lips as though to tell them to be quiet 18 19 Raul took over the captaincy of Real Madrid when Fernando Hierro was transferred in 2003 a responsibility he held until leaving the club in 2010 Despite appearing in two finals in 2002 in which he scored and 2004 Raul never lifted the Copa del Rey Raul wore the 7 shirt for Real Madrid between 1996 and 2010 20 He became the first player to score 50 Champions League goals when he scored in a 2 1 group stage win over Olympiacos on 28 September 2005 21 and was also the first to make 100 appearances in the competition 22 He was also the first player to score in two Champions League finals since the competition was renamed scoring in the finals of both 2000 against Valencia in the Stade de France Saint Denis and 2002 against Bayer Leverkusen at Hampden Park Glasgow Raul holds the distinction of having never been sent off in his 17 years at the professional level 23 On 11 November 2008 Raul scored his 300th goal for Real Madrid with a hat trick against Real Union with Real winning the match 4 3 but being eliminated on away goals after drawing 6 6 on aggregate 24 In total Raul scored 323 goals for Real Madrid breaking the long standing club record of Alfredo Di Stefano 307 with a volleyed goal against Sporting de Gijon on 15 February 2009 He is presently fifth on the all time list of La Liga goalscorers behind Argentine Lionel Messi Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo Spaniard Telmo Zarra and Mexican Hugo Sanchez 25 Raul in his last match with Real Madrid against Real Zaragoza Raul gets substituted by Cristiano Ronaldo who would eventually inherit the number 7 jersey Raul and fellow long serving teammate Iker Casillas were both awarded contracts for life in 2008 the terms of which stipulated that the contracts would be renewed annually for as long as they played 30 matches each season 26 On 23 September 2009 Raul equalled Manolo Sanchis league appearance record for Real Madrid 27 and is second in La Liga behind Andoni Zubizarreta who played in 622 matches Along with years of captaincy for both Real Madrid and Spain Raul was known as El Capitan The Captain 28 Raul s last touch with the ball as a Real Madrid player before an injury ruled him out of action for the rest of that season was to score his last goal the opening goal scored on 24 April 2010 in a 2 1 away victory against Real Zaragoza in La Romareda coincidentally the stadium where he made his debut in 1994 It was scored in the 50th minute after Raul himself only on the pitch as a substitute for Rafael van der Vaart after 15 minutes had signalled he could not physically continue and was prepared to be substituted off for Karim Benzema one minute after the goal 29 Before the substitution could be made Real Madrid launched a counter attack to create a goal Though Raul ran to a slow hobble he shuffled into the box and was able to poke the ball from Cristiano Ronaldo s pass Having spent the rest of the season recovering from that injury the club confirmed on 25 July 2010 that Raul would be leaving the club a day after his teammate Guti confirmed he was also leaving after a 15 year spell 30 Schalke 04 Edit Raul in a training session with Schalke 04 in August 2011 Raul signed a two year contract with Schalke 04 on 28 July 2010 Schalke head coach Felix Magath hailed the signing and told the club website It s great news for FC Schalke 04 I am pleased that we have succeeded in signing such an exceptional footballer and world class striker switching to the Bundesliga for Schalke 04 31 Raul chose Schalke because they qualified for the 2010 11 UEFA Champions League 32 Raul scored his first goal for the club during his first match on 1 August 2010 with a brace in a 3 1 victory over Bayern Munich in the final match of the pre season competition LIGA total Cup 2010 One week later he made his competitive debut in the 2010 DFL Supercup on 7 August 2010 again against Bayern but this time he failed to score in the 2 0 defeat Raul made his Bundesliga debut on 21 August 2010 in a 2 1 defeat against Hamburger SV 33 and scored his first goal for Schalke in the Bundesliga against Borussia Monchengladbach on 25 September 2010 in a 2 2 draw 34 After a quiet start he rediscovered his goalscoring form in the Bundesliga with a brace against FC St Pauli on 5 November in a 3 0 win and on 20 November he scored his first hat trick for the club in a 4 0 win over Werder Bremen On 18 December he scored his second hat trick for Schalke in a 3 0 win against 1 FC Koln Raul with Schalke in 2011 Raul scored another crucial goal on 2 March 2011 in a 1 0 victory over Bayern Munich in the semi final of 2010 11 DFB Pokal After being absent for six years Schalke ultimately reached the finals since 2005 In the final match they played against MSV Duisburg the first 2 Bundesliga team which reached the final since 2004 Raul never won a domestic cup with Real Madrid the Copa del Rey but on 21 May 2011 in his first season he finally won a domestic cup and got his maiden trophy with his new club They won the tournament with a 5 0 win at the Olympiastadion in Berlin This success was followed with victory two months later on 23 July 2011 in the 2011 DFL Supercup against the league champions and rivals Borussia Dortmund In European play Raul has since become the highest goal scorer in all UEFA competitions with 73 goals ahead of Milan veteran Filippo Inzaghi with 70 goals He scored 71 goals in the Champions League 66 goals with Real Madrid and five with Schalke 04 and in addition his two goals with Los Blancos one goal in the 2000 UEFA Super Cup and the other one in the 1998 Intercontinental Cup On 22 October 2010 Raul scored twice against Hapoel Tel Aviv in a 3 1 win which tied him with German legend Gerd Muller for the most European goals Raul fully broke this record on 15 February 2011 on his return to Spain with a crucial away goal in the round of 16 tie against Valencia at the Mestalla Stadium in a 1 1 draw In the quarter finals Raul scored two goals against Internazionale one goal in the first leg a 5 2 away win at the San Siro and one in the second leg a 2 1 home win at the Veltins Arena Schalke progressed to the semi finals of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history where they played against Manchester United Schalke lost the first match 2 0 which was their first home defeat this season in the tournament and lost again 4 1 in Old Trafford Despite the defeat Raul considered it an honour that he had swapped shirts with Ryan Giggs 32 On 19 November 2011 he captained Schalke for the first time due to an injury to Benedikt Howedes in a 4 0 home win against 1 FC Nurnberg He also scored the second goal and assisted the fourth in that match Raul scored another hat trick against Werder Bremen on 17 December 2011 35 The goals came in a 5 0 win that cemented Schalke s position in third place going into the winter break 36 On 19 February 2012 he scored the 400th goal of his career at that time he had scored 323 with Real Madrid 44 with Spain and 33 with Schalke 37 On 5 April 2012 in the second leg of the UEFA Europa League match against Athletic Bilbao he scored his 77th goal in a European competition With his goal in the semifinals of the German Cup against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena together with his team he qualified for the final of said competition His great performances in the European Cup this season earned him to be included in the best eleven of the competition awarded by UEFA 38 At a press conference on 19 April 2012 Raul announced he would leave Schalke after his contract expired in June and that his future is not in Europe 39 Raul had such an impact at Schalke that on his departure the club opted to retire the number 7 shirt for an indefinite period 40 However in 2013 the number 7 shirt was given to Max Meyer Schalke s new prodigy 41 Al Sadd Edit Raul playing for Al Sadd in 2012 On 12 May 2012 it was announced Raul had signed a deal with Qatari side Al Sadd for the 2012 13 Qatar Stars League season 42 43 He played his first competitive match for the club on 5 August in the 2012 Sheikh Jassem Cup scoring a penalty in extra time in order to secure a 2 0 win against Mesaimeer 44 The veteran also took on the role of captain after Abdulla Koni was substituted 45 On 13 April 2013 Raul captained Al Sadd to the 2012 13 Qatar Stars League title Raul scored 9 goals in 22 appearances to help Al Sadd win their first title in five years 46 He was also presented with the post season QFA sanctioned Fair Play Award in May 2013 47 On 22 August 2013 Raul played for Real Madrid in the first half of the Trofeo Santiago Bernabeu and scored the first goal He then played the second half for Al Sadd as Real Madrid won 5 0 48 On 5 March 2014 Raul announced he would retire from professional football at the end of the Qatari football season 49 New York Cosmos Edit Raul walks onto the pitch as a member of the New York Cosmos for a home game in 2015 On 30 October 2014 Raul returned to professional football and signed with the New York Cosmos in the United States 50 He made his North American Soccer League NASL debut on 4 April 2015 in a 1 0 win against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers partially owned by his former Real Madrid strike partner Ronaldo leaving with a hamstring injury in the second half 51 The following week at the Indy Eleven he scored his first goal to equalise in a 1 1 draw 52 Raul scored four times as the undefeated Cosmos won the spring season with five wins and five draws 53 On 16 October 2015 it was again announced Raul would retire at the end of the season 54 The Cosmos finished with the best regular season record winning the North American Supporters Trophy On 7 November he scored the winning goal as his team came from behind to win 2 1 against the Strikers in the semi finals earning a place at Soccer Bowl 2015 which they won 3 2 against the Ottawa Fury eight days later He reiterated his decision to retire after the Soccer Bowl 55 International career EditRaul began his Spain career at the youth level and represented the nation at the 1995 FIFA U 20 World Cup scoring three goals from five matches He was also part of the under 21 side that reached the final of the 1996 UEFA European Under 21 Championship and even scored his side s temporary equaliser in the final although he later missed his penalty in the resulting shoot out which was won by Italy 56 In total he scored 17 goals at the various youth levels for Spain With the senior team Raul went on for many years to score a national record 44 goals in 102 caps for Spain However David Villa later equaled Raul s record in 2010 and surpassed it on 25 March 2011 in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier Of his 44 international goals Raul scored 32 goals in competitive matches six of which were in the finals of major tournaments and 12 from friendly matches 1998 FIFA World Cup Edit Raul earned his first senior cap against the Czech Republic on 9 October 1996 playing the full 90 minutes of a goalless draw in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification at the Letna Stadion in Prague In his third match on 14 December against Yugoslavia at the Mestalla Stadium he recorded his first international goal in a 2 0 qualifying win At the final tournament in France Raul featured in every match as Spain were eliminated from Group D He scored in their opening match to put them 2 1 up in an eventual 2 3 loss to Nigeria in Nantes 57 UEFA Euro 2000 Edit On 27 March 1999 in a UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier Raul scored four goals in Spain s 9 0 rout of Austria 58 Four days later he scored three goals in a 6 0 away win against San Marino during the same qualifying tournament 59 On 5 June against the same opponents in Villarreal he was again on target in a 9 0 rout 60 Raul played every minute of Spain s Euro 2000 finals campaign in Belgium and the Netherlands He scored the first goal in their 2 1 win over Slovenia at the Amsterdam Arena 61 Spain were knocked out in the quarter finals by eventual champions France Raul missed a last minute penalty which would have taken the tie to extra time 62 2002 FIFA World Cup Edit At the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan Raul opened a 3 1 win over the Slovenes in Spain s first Group B match 63 and added two more in a 3 2 win over South Africa in Daejeon to advance as group winners 64 He suffered a groin injury in the round of 16 win over the Republic of Ireland 65 and missed the remainder of the tournament in which Spain went out to South Korea in the quarter finals UEFA Euro 2004 Edit On 7 September 2002 Raul scored in a 2 0 away win over Greece in Euro 2004 qualifying putting him on 29 goals in 56 international games equalling the national goalscoring record set by the recently retired Fernando Hierro 66 He broke the record on 12 February 2003 when he scored twice in a 3 1 friendly win over Germany at Son Moix in Palma Mallorca 67 He started every match at the Euro 2004 finals in Portugal in which Spain crashed out at the group stage 2006 FIFA World Cup Edit Raul earned his 89th cap on 8 October 2005 in a 2 0 away win over Belgium in 2006 World Cup qualifying levelling with Hierro as Spain s most capped outfield player 68 However he played less frequently across the campaign as new manager Luis Aragones preferred to partner David Villa and Fernando Torres At the final tournament in Germany he came on at half time for Luis Garcia in the second group match in Stuttgart with Spain trailing Tunisia 0 1 When goalkeeper Ali Boumnijel could not retain Cesc Fabregas shot in the 72nd minute Raul equalised from close range as Spain eventually won 3 1 69 On 15 August 2006 Raul won his 100th cap for Spain in a goalless friendly draw with Iceland in Reykjavik 70 He was last chosen for the national team on 6 September in a 3 2 defeat against Northern Ireland in Belfast a match in which he hit the post late on 71 Managerial career EditReal Madrid U15s Edit On 17 August 2018 Raul was appointed youth coach at Real Madrid taking charge of the Cadete B under 15 squad 72 Real Madrid Castilla Edit On 20 June 2019 he was appointed manager of Real Madrid Castilla 73 He began the season with three wins five draws and five losses 74 Style of play Edit Raul executing a bicycle kick for Real Madrid in 2009 A prolific goalscorer and a highly creative forward Raul is regarded as one of the greatest and most consistent forwards of his generation 75 76 77 Wearing the number 7 jersey for most of his club and international career he was capable of playing anywhere along the front line although he was primarily deployed as a centre forward or as a supporting striker 78 He was also capable of playing as a number 10 behind the forwards 79 and was even used out of position as a left winger by manager Fabio Capello during the 1996 97 season 80 Raul was a quick agile elegant left footed player who was capable of scoring both in and outside the penalty area with his accurate and powerful shot 78 and had a penchant for scoring goals from chips 81 He possessed excellent ball control first touch acceleration agility balance vision and technical ability and was effective in the air as well 78 Although primarily renowned for prolific goalscoring Raul was also a highly creative and hardworking player capable of playing off of his teammates creating chances and assisting goals 75 82 and was occasionally deployed as an attacking midfielder in his later career 83 In addition to these characteristics Raul is remembered for his leadership and discipline throughout his extensive career he never received a red card and he was rarely booked 84 85 86 For his technical skills elegance flair goalscoring and performances he was nicknamed El Ferrari or The Ferrari by compatriot Fernando Hierro another emblematic Real Madrid player 87 He was also an accurate penalty taker and free kick taker 88 In 2013 former England centre back Rio Ferdinand praised Raul for his clever movement off the ball and his ability to exploit gaps or draw out defenders in order to create space for his teammates runs describing him as the most intelligent player he d played against 89 Media EditRaul has been sponsored by German sportswear company Adidas during his career and has appeared in Adidas commercials 90 He has advertised Adidas Predator football boots and in 2004 he starred in an Adidas commercial featuring a number of other stars on mopeds including Zinedine Zidane Michael Ballack Alessandro Del Piero and David Trezeguet 90 Raul has featured in Pepsi commercials including an advertisement for the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan where he lined up alongside players including David Beckham Roberto Carlos and Gianluigi Buffon in taking on a team of Sumo players 91 Raul features in EA Sports FIFA video game series His regular goal celebration of kissing the ring finger a show of affection to his wife appears in FIFA 18 92 Personal life Edit Raul in 2019 Throughout his career Raul s goal celebration consisted of kissing his wedding ring as an acknowledgment to his wife Mamen Sanz whom he married in 1999 and with whom he has four sons and a daughter Jorge Hugo twins Hector and Mateo and Maria 93 Jorge and Hugo are both footballers Jorge at Fordham Preparatory School in New York City 94 and Hugo in New York City FC s academy 95 In 2022 his daughter Maria has been signed by Real Madrid s U15 football team 96 Career statistics EditClub Edit Appearances and goals by club season and competition Club Season League Cup1 Continental2 Other3 TotalDivision Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsReal Madrid C 1994 95 Segunda Division B 9 16 9 16Real Madrid B 1994 95 Segunda Division 1 0 1 0Real Madrid 1994 95 La Liga 28 9 2 1 0 0 30 101995 96 La Liga 40 19 2 1 8 6 2 0 52 261996 97 La Liga 42 21 5 1 47 221997 98 La Liga 35 10 1 0 11 2 3 0 49 131998 99 La Liga 37 25 2 0 8 3 2 1 49 291999 2000 La Liga 34 17 4 0 15 10 4 2 57 292000 01 La Liga 36 24 0 0 12 7 2 1 50 322001 02 La Liga 35 14 6 6 12 6 2 3 55 292002 03 La Liga 31 16 2 0 12 9 2 0 47 252003 04 La Liga 35 11 7 6 9 2 2 1 53 202004 05 La Liga 32 9 1 0 10 4 43 132005 06 La Liga 26 5 0 0 6 2 32 72006 07 La Liga 35 7 1 0 7 5 43 122007 08 La Liga 37 18 1 0 8 5 2 0 48 232008 09 La Liga 37 18 1 3 7 3 2 0 47 242009 10 La Liga 30 5 2 0 7 2 39 7Total 550 228 37 18 132 66 22 11 741 323Schalke 04 2010 11 Bundesliga 34 13 4 1 12 5 1 0 51 192011 12 Bundesliga 32 15 3 2 11 4 1 0 47 21Total 66 28 7 3 23 9 2 0 98 40Al Sadd 2012 13 Qatar Stars League 22 9 12 3 0 0 34 122013 14 Qatar Stars League 17 2 5 2 5 0 27 4Total 39 11 17 5 5 0 61 16New York Cosmos 2015 NASL 28 8 2 0 2 1 32 9Career total 693 291 63 26 160 75 26 12 942 4041Played in Copa del Rey with Real Madrid DFB Pokal with Schalke 04 Qatari Stars Cup Emir of Qatar Cup Qatar Cup and Sheikh Jassem Cup with Al Sadd and in Lamar Hunt U S Open Cup with New York Cosmos 2Played in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup UEFA Europa League with Real Madrid and Schalke 04 and in AFC Champions League with Al Sadd 3Includes other competitive competitions including the Supercopa de Espana UEFA Super Cup Intercontinental Cup FIFA Club World Cup with Real Madrid DFL Supercup with Schalke 04 and NASL Championship with New York Cosmos International Edit Main article List of international goals scored by Raul Appearances and goals by national team and year 97 National team Year Apps GoalsSpain 1996 4 11997 6 01998 10 41999 9 102000 11 32001 9 52002 9 62003 10 82004 13 32005 12 22006 9 2Total 102 44Managerial statistics EditAs of 6 May 2023Managerial record by team and tenure Team From To Record RefG W D L GF GA GD Win Real Madrid Castilla 20 June 2019 Present 125 55 37 33 205 145 60 0 44 00 98 Real Madrid U19 caretaker 1 July 2020 31 August 2020 4 4 0 0 11 4 7 100 00Total 129 59 37 33 216 149 67 0 45 74 Honours Edit Raul in his last season with Real Madrid Player Edit Real Madrid Youth Dallas Cup 1993 1994 15 Real Madrid La Liga 1994 95 1996 97 2000 01 2002 03 2006 07 2007 08 Supercopa de Espana 1997 2001 2003 2008 UEFA Champions League 1997 98 1999 2000 2001 02 UEFA Super Cup 2002 Intercontinental Cup 1998 2002Schalke 04 DFB Pokal 2010 11 DFL Supercup 2011Al Sadd Qatar Stars League 2012 13 Emir of Qatar Cup 2014New York Cosmos North American Soccer League Spring Season 2015 North American Supporters Trophy 2015 Soccer Bowl 2015Spain U21 UEFA European Under 21 Championship runner up 1996 99 Individual La Liga s Breakthrough Player 1994 95 Zarra Trophy 1995 96 1998 99 2000 01 2002 03 La Liga s Best Spanish Player 1996 97 1998 99 1999 2000 2000 01 2001 02 record European Sports Magazines Team of the Year 1996 97 1998 99 1999 2000 Pichichi Trophy 1998 99 2000 01 IFFHS World s Top Goal Scorer 1999 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying top goalscorer UEFA Champions League top goalscorer 1999 2000 2000 01 UEFA Club Forward of the Year 1999 2000 2000 01 2001 02 UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament 2000 Ballon d Or runner up 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year Bronze award 2001 UEFA Champions League top assist provider 2002 03 100 FIFA 100 Trofeo Alfredo Di Stefano 2007 08 101 102 103 Marca Leyenda 2009 104 Golden Foot Award Runner up 2009 2010 2011 Goal of the Month in Germany August 2011 March 2012 April 2012 July 2013 Goal of the Year in Germany 2011 2013 shared with Julian Draxler 105 Qatar Stars League Fair Play Award 2013 NASL Player of the Month May 2015Records Real Madrid Record Appearance Maker 741 games Real Madrid Record Appearance Maker in La Liga 550 games European Competitions Record Appearance Maker 150 Third leading scorer in the world throughout history according to IFFHS Statistics 125 goals Includes other European competitive competitions including the UEFA Cup Winners Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup Includes other European competitive competitions and Intercontinental Cup Has not received a red card in entire career 84 Manager Edit Real Madrid U19 UEFA Youth League 2019 20Decorations Edit Government of Spain Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit 2006 106 City of Madrid Gold Medal 2009 107 See also EditList of footballers with 100 or more UEFA Champions League appearances List of men s footballers with 100 or more international caps List of men s footballers with the most official appearances List of Real Madrid CF records and statistics List of La Liga players 400 appearances References Edit a b 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany List of Players PDF FIFA p 25 Archived from the original PDF on 10 June 2019 Raul Gonzalez Blanco Al Saad Sport Club Archived from the original on 1 February 2013 Retrieved 1 February 2013 Alfredo Di Stefano es el mejor jugador de la Historia in Spanish Real Madrid 14 April 2008 Archived from the original on 25 January 2012 Retrieved 14 February 2014 Raul y Di Stefano de leyenda a leyenda in Spanish FIFA 2 February 2009 Archived from the original on 3 February 2009 Retrieved 14 February 2014 Mondal Subhankar 3 August 2010 The number 7 is held in high regard goal com Retrieved 16 September 2013 Record breaker Raul propels Real FIFA com 15 February 2009 Archived from the original on 18 February 2009 Retrieved 2 May 2013 Gol 400 de Raul in Spanish as com 19 February 2012 Retrieved 2 May 2013 1 000 veces Raul in Spanish marca com 27 April 2013 Retrieved 2 May 2013 James Horncastle 23 March 2017 Gianluigi Buffon is far from finished after 1 000 games between the posts ESPN FC Retrieved 24 March 2017 2001 MICHAEL OWEN LE GRAND RETOUR DE L ANGLETERRE in French francefootball fr Archived from the original on 2 November 2012 Retrieved 2 May 2013 Stokkermans Karel 14 March 2007 1999 00 RSSSF Retrieved 2 May 2013 Jain Nandita The Good Life Raul Gonzalez The legend who bled white Goal com India Retrieved 23 June 2012 Jugadores de leyenda Real Madrid CF Archived from the original on 7 July 2012 Retrieved 23 June 2012 Pallas Joan Josep Del blanco al gris PDF Diario El Mundo Deportivo Retrieved 23 June 2012 a b Nava Carlos 27 February 2018 Futbol in America Dallas Cup s vital role in growing U S youth soccer ESPN Deportes Retrieved 2 March 2018 Arnhold Matthias 5 July 2017 Raul Gonzalez Blanco Matches and Goals in Bundesliga RSSSF Retrieved 6 July 2017 Historic Goals Raul Real Madrid CF 7 April 2018 Retrieved 11 June 2020 When Raul ended Madrid s humiliation silenced Nou Camp Egypt Today Retrieved 9 October 2018 Real Madrid Barcelona Celebrations in enemy territory Marca Retrieved 9 October 2018 Real Madrid 1996 97 bdfutbol com Retrieved 5 December 2014 Sport Football Fifty not out for Raul Gonzalez The Hindu 30 September 2005 Archived from the original on 24 January 2009 Retrieved 3 May 2010 Defeat mars Raul record UEFA com 22 February 2006 Retrieved 13 December 2007 The captain hasn t been booked in two and a half years Raul a gentleman of fair play Real Madrid 24 April 2007 Archived from the original on 10 October 2007 Retrieved 15 December 2007 Raul alcanza los 300 goles Real Madrid 12 November 2008 Archived from the original on 9 June 2010 Retrieved 3 May 2010 Messi Zarra Ronaldo The top scorers in La Liga history Eurosport 7 October 2014 Archived from the original on 7 February 2015 Retrieved 7 February 2015 Raul and Casillas commit to Real FIFA com 14 February 2008 Archived from the original on 20 February 2008 Retrieved 3 May 2010 Sanchis comments on Raul s record Real Madrid 20 May 1998 Archived from the original on 26 January 2010 Retrieved 3 May 2010 Mondal Subhankar 3 August 2010 The number 7 is held in high regard goal com Retrieved 6 July 2017 Real maintain pressure at summit ESPNsoccernet 24 April 2010 Retrieved 3 May 2010 Real confirm Raul s Bernabeu departure RTE Sport 26 July 2010 Archived from the original on 26 July 2010 Retrieved 26 July 2010 Raul signs for Schalke FIFA com FIFA 28 July 2010 Archived from the original on 13 January 2012 Retrieved 28 July 2010 a b Lowe Sid 19 May 2011 Schalke 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The next wonder kid from Schalke s production line goal com Retrieved 24 December 2013 Caferoglu Livio 12 May 2012 Official Al Sadd announce signing of Raul goal com Retrieved 12 May 2012 Former Real Madrid striker Raul joins Qatar s Al Sadd Reuters India 13 May 2012 Retrieved 23 June 2012 راؤول يتأهل بالسد لمواجهة العربي في لكأس الشيخ جاسم Al Kass 5 August 2012 Real Madrid legend Raul scores on Al Sadd debut goal com 5 August 2012 Real legend Raul seals Qatari league title with Al Sadd as com 13 April 2013 The Pearl of Qatar Doha Stadium Plus 22 May 2013 Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 18 September 2015 Wishnu Antonius 24 August 2013 Raul s Farewell Kiss to Bernabeu tempo co Retrieved 25 August 2020 Raul to retire from football football espana net 5 March 2014 Retrieved 27 July 2014 Cosmos Sign Legendary Spanish Striker Raul Gonzalez Blanco New York Cosmos 30 October 2014 Retrieved 30 October 2013 Newman Benjamin 6 April 2015 Raul beats Ronaldo as the NY Cosmos get a win over the Fort Lauderdale Strikers Videos 101 Great Goals Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 17 October 2015 New York Cosmos 1 Indy Eleven 1 New York Cosmos standout player Raul holds up one fingerBuy Photo Indianapolis Star 12 April 2015 Retrieved 17 October 2015 BY THE NUMBERS 2015 SPRING SEASON North American Soccer League 22 June 2015 Retrieved 17 October 2015 Spain and Real Madrid icon Raul to retire at end of season The Guardian 16 October 2015 Retrieved 16 October 2015 New York Cosmos bid farewell to Raul with NASL title victory The Guardian 16 November 2015 Retrieved 16 November 2015 1996 Totti on top for Italy www uefa com 1 June 1996 Retrieved 5 October 2017 Nigeria Rallies to Stun Spain With Late Goal The Washington Post Associated Press 13 June 1998 Retrieved 17 October 2015 Ros Cayetano 28 March 1999 Espana vive una noche idilica Spain experience an idyllic night El Pais in Spanish Retrieved 17 October 2015 Espana golea a San Marino por 0 6 y se coloca en el primer puesto de su grupo Spain thrash San Marino 0 6 and take first place in their group El Pais in Spanish 1 April 1999 Retrieved 17 October 2015 Espana firma una nueva goleada ante San Marino Spain sign a new thrashing against San Marino El Mundo in Spanish 6 June 1999 Retrieved 17 October 2015 Etxeberria spares Spain s blushes against Slovenia UEFA 6 October 2003 Retrieved 17 October 2015 Raul miss sends France through BBC 25 June 2000 Retrieved 9 February 2016 Spain see off Slovenia BBC Sport 2 June 2002 Retrieved 17 October 2015 Heartbreak for South Africa BBC Sport 12 June 2002 Retrieved 17 October 2015 Raul Tristan and Abelda doubts for Spain The Irish Times 21 June 2002 Retrieved 17 October 2015 Raul delighted to equal record ESPN Reuters 3 September 2002 Retrieved 17 October 2015 Raul acaba con Alemania y entra en la historia Raul finishes off Germany and enters history in Spanish Diario AS 12 February 2003 Retrieved 17 October 2015 Raul to equal Hierro s Spanish appearance record The Times of Malta Reuters 8 October 2005 Retrieved 17 October 2015 Spain 3 1 Tunisia BBC Sport 19 June 2006 Retrieved 17 October 2015 Un empate ante Islandia amarga el partido cien de Raul A draw against Iceland makes Raul s 100th match bitter Nacion in Spanish 15 August 2006 Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 17 October 2015 Northern Ireland 3 2 Spain BBC Sport 6 September 2006 Retrieved 17 October 2015 Raul se estrena como tecnico del Cadete B del Real Madrid Mundo Deportivo 17 August 2018 Retrieved 20 June 2019 Official Raul is the new manager of Real Madrid Castilla AS 20 June 2019 Retrieved 20 June 2019 Real Madrid Castilla Real Madrid C F Retrieved 27 October 2019 a b Remembering Raul still the Champions League s greatest goalscorer sbnation com 1 October 2014 Retrieved 3 December 2014 Cosmos sign legendary spanish striker Raul Marca 30 October 2014 Retrieved 3 December 2014 Raul todos los records del hombre record 25 July 2010 Retrieved 3 December 2014 a b c Campioni ai raggi X Raul l immortale in Italian CalcioMercato it Archived from the original on 3 January 2015 Retrieved 3 December 2014 Herzog Daniel 25 November 2019 How Draxler went from fan to friend of Real Madrid legend Raul www goal com Retrieved 26 May 2022 Marcotti 2008 p 219 Joel del Rio 22 February 2017 The art of the chip Falcao matches Totti Messi and Raul Marca Retrieved 11 April 2017 Raul Real Madrid CF Real Madrid C F Web Oficial in Spanish Retrieved 24 July 2019 Raul Rediscovering His Form At Real Madrid As A Trequartista Goal com 23 February 2009 Retrieved 13 January 2017 a b Which players have never been sent off Union of European Football Associations 8 February 2017 Retrieved 15 October 2018 Raul dieci in condotta in Italian La Gazzetta dello Sport 14 May 2007 Retrieved 3 December 2014 Raul Gonzalez caballero del honor in Spanish 20minutos es Retrieved 3 December 2014 Hierro Raul es un Ferrari de la seleccion y del Real Madrid in Spanish 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Carlos DONE DEAL Daughter of Raul signs for Real Madrid La Fabrica Feminina TRIBAL FOOTBALL Retrieved 2 September 2022 Raul Gonzalez Blanco Goals in International Matches Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation Retrieved 4 July 2016 Raul Raul Gonzalez Blanco Matches 2019 20 BDFutbol Retrieved 29 August 2019 Italy Spain 4 3 U21 EURO 1996 Spain Final worldfootball net Retrieved 21 November 2019 UEFA Champions League 2002 03 History Statistics UEFA com UEFA com Retrieved 25 October 2017 Raul wins the Di Stefano Trophy Real Madrid 20 May 2008 Archived from the original on 30 June 2009 Retrieved 6 August 2008 Di Stefano s worthy heir Real Madrid 14 September 2008 Archived from the original on 17 September 2008 Retrieved 14 September 2008 Raul gana el I Trofeo Di Stefano Marca com 7 July 2011 Retrieved 7 July 2011 Raul recibe el MARCA Leyend Marca com 3 March 2009 Retrieved 11 February 2011 Juli 2013 in German sportschau de Archived from the original on 10 February 2014 Retrieved 14 February 2014 Grateful Spain rewards Raul UEFA 25 May 2006 Retrieved 7 July 2008 Raul recibira la Medalla de Oro de Madrid Marca com 5 March 2009 Retrieved 5 March 2009 Bibliography EditMarcotti Gabriele 2008 Capello The Man Behind England s World Cup Dream Bantam Books ISBN 978 0 553 82566 4 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Raul Gonzalez Wikiquote has quotations related to Raul Gonzalez Raul Gonzalez Blanco at Real Madrid in English Spanish Japanese and Arabic Raul Gonzalez UEFA competition record archive Raul Gonzalez FIFA competition record archived Raul at BDFutbol Raul Gonzalez National team data at BDFutbol Raul Gonzalez at Soccerbase Raul Gonzalez at fussballdaten de in German Raul Gonzalez at National Football Teams com Raul Gonzalez Blanco Goals in International Matches at Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation Raul Gonzalez Blanco Goals in European Cups at Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation New York Cosmos Profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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