paragraph_text: Real Madrid leads the head to head results in competitive matches with 95 wins to Barcelona's 92, while Barcelona leads in total matches with 112 wins to Real Madrid's 99. Along with Athletic Bilbao, they are the only clubs in La Liga to have never been relegated.

paragraph_text: As of 27 March 2018, a total of 60 male players have each scored fifty or more goals in official international association football matches. The only male player to score more than a hundred goals is Ali Daei, who scored 109 goals for Iran.

paragraph_text: Club Winners Runners - up Real Madrid 33 23 Barcelona 25 25 Atlético Madrid 10 9 Athletic Bilbao 8 7 Valencia 6 6 Real Sociedad Deportivo La Coruña Sevilla Real Betis 0

paragraph_text: (hide) Rank Nat Name Season Club Goals Apps Ratio Lionel Messi 2011 -- 12 Barcelona 50 37 1.351 Cristiano Ronaldo 2014 -- 15 Real Madrid 48 35 1.371 Lionel Messi 2012 -- 13 Barcelona 46 32 1.438 Cristiano Ronaldo 2011 -- 12 Real Madrid 38 1.211 5 Lionel Messi 2014 -- 15 Barcelona 43 38 1.132 6 Cristiano Ronaldo 2010 -- 11 Real Madrid 40 34 1.176 Luis Suárez 2015 -- 16 Barcelona 35 1.143 8 Telmo Zarra 1950 -- 51 Athletic Bilbao 38 30 1.267 Hugo Sánchez 1989 -- 90 Real Madrid 35 1.086 10 Lionel Messi 2016 -- 17 Barcelona 37 34 1.088 11 Baltazar 1988 -- 89 Atlético Madrid 35 36 0.972 Cristiano Ronaldo 2015 -- 16 Real Madrid 36 0.972 13 Cristiano Ronaldo 2012 -- 13 Real Madrid 34 34 Lionel Messi 2009 -- 10 Barcelona 35 0.971 Ronaldo 1996 -- 97 Barcelona 37 0.919 Hugo Sánchez 1986 -- 87 Real Madrid 41 0.829 17 Pruden 1940 -- 41 Atlético Aviación 33 22 1.5 Telmo Zarra 1946 -- 47 Athletic Bilbao 24 1.375 Toni Polster 1989 -- 90 Sevilla 35 0.943 20 Diego Forlán 2008 -- 09 Atlético Madrid 32 33 0.97 21 Alfredo Di Stéfano 1956 -- 57 Real Madrid 31 30 1.033 Cristiano Ronaldo 2013 -- 14 Real Madrid 30 1.033 Lionel Messi 2010 -- 11 Barcelona 33 0.939 Juan Antonio Pizzi 1995 -- 96 Tenerife 41 0.756 25 Mariano Martín 1942 -- 43 Barcelona 30 23 1.304 Romário 1993 -- 94 Barcelona 33 0.909 Samuel Eto'o 2008 -- 09 Barcelona 36 0.833

paragraph_text: La Liga's all - time top goalscorer is Barcelona's Lionel Messi, who also holds the record for most goals scored in a season with 50 goals in 2011 -- 12. Athletic Bilbao's Telmo Zarra, who held the distinction of being the competition's all - time top scorer until 2014, was top scorer in six seasons between 1945 and 1953. Three other players -- Real Madrid's Alfredo Di Stéfano, Quini of Sporting de Gijón and Barcelona, and Hugo Sánchez of Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid -- each finished as top scorer in five seasons.

paragraph_text: 62 teams have competed in La Liga since its inception. Nine teams have been crowned champions, with Real Madrid winning the title a record 33 times and Barcelona 25 times. Barcelona won the inaugural La Liga in 1929 with Athletic Bilbao claiming several titles in the league's early years. Barcelona and Real Madrid dominated the championship in the 1950s, winning four La Liga titles each throughout the decade. Real Madrid dominated La Liga from the 1960s through the 1980s, when Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao, and Real Sociedad won the league twice in those years. From the 1990s onward, Barcelona has dominated La Liga, winning 15 titles. Although Real Madrid has been prominent, winning 8 titles, La Liga has also seen other champions, including Atlético Madrid, Valencia, and Deportivo de La Coruña. In the 2010s, Atlético Madrid has become an increasingly stronger team, forming a trio alongside Real Madrid and Barcelona.

paragraph_text: Born in Rio de Janeiro, Canário played for Olaria Atlético Clube and America Football Club (RJ) in his country. In 1959 he moved to Spain where he would remain until his retirement, starting with Real Madrid and being used mainly as a backup during his three-year spell. He appeared in five games and scored one goal for the club in the European Cup, three of those matches being in the 1959–60 edition which ended in victory.

paragraph_text: List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals European Cup / Champions League trophy Founded 1955 Region Europe (UEFA) Number of teams 32 (group stage) 2 (finalists) Current champions Real Madrid (12th title) Most successful club (s) Real Madrid (12 titles) 2017 -- 18 UEFA Champions League

paragraph_text: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH ComM (European Portuguese: [kɾiʃˈtjɐnu ʁoˈnaɫdu]; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Juventus and captains the Portugal national team. Often considered the best player in the world and  widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo has a record-tying five Ballon d'Or awards, the most for a European player, and is the first player to win four European Golden Shoes. He has won 29 trophies in his career, including six league titles, five UEFA Champions League's, one UEFA European Championship, and one UEFA Nations League. A prolific goalscorer, Ronaldo holds the records for most official goals scored in the UEFA Champions League (126), the UEFA European Championship (9), as well as those for most assists in the UEFA Champions League (34) and the UEFA European Championship (6). He has scored over 700 senior career goals for club and country.

paragraph_text: La Liga's all - time top goalscorer is FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, who also holds the record for most goals scored in a season with 50 goals in 2011 - 12. Athletic Bilbao's Telmo Zarra, who was the competition's all - time top scorer until 2014, was top scorer in six seasons between 1945 and 1953. Four other players -- Lionel Messi, Real Madrid's Alfredo Di Stéfano, Quini of Sporting de Gijón and Barcelona, and Hugo Sánchez of Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid -- each finished as top scorer in five seasons.

paragraph_text: On 11 August, Barcelona started the 2015–16 season winning a joint record fifth European Super Cup by beating Sevilla FC 5–4 in the 2015 UEFA Super Cup. They ended the year with a 3–0 win over Argentine club River Plate in the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup Final on 20 December to win the trophy for a record third time, with Suárez, Messi and Iniesta the top three players of the tournament. The FIFA Club World Cup was Barcelona's 20th international title, a record only matched by Egyptian club Al Ahly SC. By scoring 180 goals in 2015 in all competitions, Barcelona set the record for most goals scored in a calendar year, breaking Real Madrid's record of 178 goals scored in 2014.

paragraph_text: After his contract with the Galicians ended, Juanan joined another side in the third level, Real Madrid Castilla, appearing in 29 games (all starts) in his second year as the Real Madrid reserves fell short in the promotion playoffs. In late June 2011, he moved to Germany and signed for Fortuna Düsseldorf.

paragraph_text: Billy Smith of the New York Islanders became the first goaltender to score an NHL goal on November 28, 1979, when he was given credit following an own goal. Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers became the second goalkeeper to score, and the first to score by taking a shot. Martin Brodeur has scored the most NHL goals by a goaltender, with two in the regular season and one in the playoffs. The most recent goal credited to a goaltender was awarded to Mike Smith of the Phoenix Coyotes on October 19, 2013, scored via a shot on goal.

paragraph_text: As of 10 October 2017, a total of 59 male players have each scored fifty or more goals in official international association football matches. The only male player to score more than a hundred goals is Ali Daei, who scored 109 goals for Iran.

paragraph_text: Player Club La Liga Copa Super Cup League Cup Europe Total Lionel Messi Barcelona 18 -- 6 -- 26 Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid 14 -- -- 18 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 9 5 -- -- 18 Raúl Real Madrid 11 -- -- 15 César Barcelona 12 -- -- -- 14 Francisco Gento Real Madrid 10 -- -- 14 Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid 9 -- -- 14 Santillana Real Madrid 9 -- -- 12 Hugo Sánchez Real Madrid 8 -- -- -- 10 Juanito Real Madrid 8 -- -- -- 10 Josep Samitier Barca / Real 6 -- -- -- 10 Estanislao Basora Barcelona 8 -- -- -- 9 Jaime Lazcano Real Madrid 8 -- -- -- -- 8 Karim Benzema Real Madrid 6 -- -- 8 Iván Zamorano Real Madrid -- -- 8 Eulogio Martínez Barcelona 5 -- -- 8 Luis Suárez Barcelona -- -- 8 Santiago Bernabéu Real Madrid -- 8 -- -- -- 8

paragraph_text: Player Club La Liga Copa Super Cup League Cup Europe Total Lionel Messi Barcelona 17 -- 6 -- 25 Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid 14 -- -- 18 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 8 5 -- -- 17 Raúl Real Madrid 11 -- -- 15 César Barcelona 12 -- -- -- 14 Francisco Gento Real Madrid 10 -- -- 14 Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid 9 -- -- 14 Santillana Real Madrid 9 -- -- 12 Hugo Sánchez Real Madrid 8 -- -- -- 10 Juanito Real Madrid 8 -- -- -- 10 Josep Samitier Barca / Real 6 -- -- -- 10 Estanislao Basora Barcelona 8 -- -- -- 9 Jaime Lazcano Real Madrid 8 -- -- -- -- 8 Karim Benzema Real Madrid 6 -- -- 8 Iván Zamorano Real Madrid -- -- 8 Eulogio Martínez Barcelona 5 -- -- 8 Luis Suárez Barcelona -- -- 8 Santiago Bernabéu Real Madrid -- 8 -- -- -- 8

paragraph_text: Joe Malone, playing in the early days of the NHL, holds the overall record with five different five - or - more goal games, including the NHL record seven goals in a game, as well as a six - goal game and three five - goal games. Overall, seven different players have scored six goals in a game -- including brothers Corb and Cy Denneny, within a few weeks of each other in 1921. A total of 40 individual players have scored exactly five goals in a game, on one or more occasions. While five - goal games continue to occur from time to time, no player has scored six or more goals since Darryl Sittler scored six in February 1976.

paragraph_text: # Name Years League Cup Europe Other Total Ratio Cristiano Ronaldo 2009 -- 2018 311 (292) 22 (30) 105 (101) 12 (15) 450 (438) 1.03 Raúl 1994 -- 2010 228 (550) 18 (37) 66 (132) 11 (22) 323 (741) 0.44 Alfredo Di Stéfano 1953 -- 1964 216 (282) 40 (50) 49 (58) 3 (6) 308 (396) 0.78 Carlos Santillana 1971 -- 1988 186 (461) 49 (84) 47 (87) 8 (13) 290 (645) 0.45 5 Ferenc Puskás 1958 -- 1966 156 (180) 49 (41) 35 (39) 2 (2) 242 (262) 0.92 6 Hugo Sánchez 1985 -- 1992 164 (207) 19 (32) 23 (39) 2 (4) 208 (282) 0.74 7 Karim Benzema 2009 -- present 129 (278) 15 (35) 44 (85) 6 (18) 195 (415) 0.47 8 Francisco Gento 1952 -- 1970 126 (428) 22 (74) 30 (95) 4 (4) 182 (601) 0.3 9 Pirri 1964 -- 1979 123 (417) 25 (67) 23 (75) 1 (2) 172 (561) 0.31 10 Emilio Butragueño 1983 -- 1995 123 (341) 16 (39) 27 (75) 5 (8) 171 (463) 0.37

paragraph_text: La Liga Season 2017 -- 18 Dates 18 August 2017 -- 20 May 2018 Champions Barcelona 25th title Relegated Deportivo La Coruña Las Palmas Málaga Champions League Barcelona Atlético Madrid Real Madrid Valencia Europa League Villarreal Real Betis Sevilla Matches played 380 Goals scored 1,024 (2.69 per match) Top goalscorer Lionel Messi (34 goals) Best goalkeeper Jan Oblak (0.59 goals / match) Biggest home win Girona 6 -- 0 Las Palmas (13 January 2018) Real Madrid 7 -- 1 Deportivo La Coruña (21 January 2018) Real Madrid 6 -- 0 Celta Vigo (12 May 2018) Biggest away win Levante 0 -- 5 Atlético Madrid (25 November 2017) Real Betis 0 -- 5 Barcelona (21 January 2018) Highest scoring Real Betis 3 -- 6 Valencia (15 October 2017) Real Madrid 6 -- 3 Girona (18 March 2018) Levante 5 -- 4 Barcelona (13 May 2018) Longest winning run 8 matches Valencia Longest unbeaten run 36 matches Barcelona Longest winless run 16 matches Las Palmas Longest losing run 8 matches Las Palmas Highest attendance 97,939 Barcelona 2 -- 2 Real Madrid (6 May 2018) Lowest attendance 4,056 Eibar 1 -- 0 Villarreal (28 February 2018) Total attendance 10,221,182 Average attendance 26,968 ← 2016 -- 17 2018 -- 19 →

paragraph_text: On 22 May 2008, Deportivo de La Coruña announced an agreement between the club and Omar Bravo for the next three years. Omar Bravo left Guadalajara as a free agent. Bravo became the second Mexican on Deportivo's squad at that time, after Andrés Guardado. Omar Bravo made his debut on 31 August 2008 in a 2–1 victory over Real Madrid. On 8 December 2008 he scored his first league goal against Málaga in a 2–0 victory. With only nine league appearances (only two of them as a starter), it was evident that his stint at the Spanish club was not as successful as expected.

Question: Who is the highest goal scorer for Real Madrid?
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