Raúl González

**Raúl González Blanco** (born 27 June 1977) is a retired Spanish football player.

## Path

Raúl started his career as a professional football player at Real Madrid. He has won three UEFA Champions Leagues, six Spanish leagues, four Spanish Super Cups, one UEFA Super Cup and two Intercontinental Cups. At the moment, he is the top scorer at European competitions.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Real Madrid C|1994–95|Segunda División B|9|16|—|—|—|9|16||||
||Real Madrid B|1994–95|Segunda División|1|0|—|—|—|1|0||||
|rowspan="17"|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|2|3|49|15|||
|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||||
|rowspan="3"|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|||
|rowspan="3"|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||||
|New York Cosmos|2015|NASL|28|8|2|0|—|2|1|32|9|||

### International

|National team|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Apps|scope="col"|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="11"|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|||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="8"|Record|rowspan=2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Real Madrid Castilla|align=left|20 June 2019|align=left|27 May 2025|||||
|align=left|Real Madrid U19 (caretaker)|align=left|1 July 2020|align=left|31 August 2020|||||

### Player

**Real Madrid Youth**
- Dallas Cup: 1993, 1994

**Real Madrid**
- La Liga: 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08
- Supercopa de España: 1997, 2001, 2003, 2008
- UEFA Champions League: 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2001–02
- UEFA Super Cup: 2002
- Intercontinental Cup: 1998, 2002

**Schalke 04**
- DFB-Pokal: 2010–11
- DFL-Supercup: 2011

**Al Sadd**
- Qatar Stars League: 2012–13
- Emir of Qatar Cup: 2014

**New York Cosmos**
- North American Soccer League: Spring Season 2015
- North American Supporters' Trophy: 2015
- Soccer Bowl: 2015

**Spain U21**
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 1996

**Individual**

- UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship top goalscorer: 1996
- 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)
- La Liga's Team of the Decade: 2000's
- ESM Team of the Year: 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000
- Pichichi Trophy: 1998–99, 2000–01
- Copa del Rey top goalscorer: 2001–02, 2003–04
- IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer: 1999
    - 2nd place: 2001
    - 3rd place: 2003
- UEFA Champions League top goalscorer: 1999–2000, 2000–01
- UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2002–03
- UEFA Club Forward of the Year: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02
- UEFA European Football Championship Teams of the Tournament: 2000
- Ballon d'Or runner-up: 2001
- FIFA World Player of the Year bronze award: 2001
- FIFA 100
- Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano: 2007–08
- Sportske Novosti award: 2001
- Marca Leyenda: 2009
- 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)
- Qatar Stars League Fair Play Award: 2013
- NASL Player of the Month: May 2015

**Records**
- Real Madrid Record Appearance Maker: 741 games
- Real Madrid Record Appearance Maker in La Liga: 550 games
- European Competitions Record Appearance Maker: 150<sup>*</sup>
- Third leading scorer in the world (throughout history), according to IFFHS Statistics: 125 goals<sup>^^</sup>

- <small><sup>*</sup>Includes other European competitive competitions, including the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Super Cup.</small>
- <small><sup>^^</sup>Includes other European competitive competitions and Intercontinental Cup.</small>
- Has not received a red card in entire career.

### Manager

**Real Madrid U19**
- UEFA Youth League: 2019–20

### Decorations

- Government of Spain: Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit 2006
- City of Madrid: Gold Medal 2009