Raúl González Blanco

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Raúl González Blanco (born June 27, 1977 in Madrid, Spain), renowned simply as Raúl, is a Spanish association football striker. Raúl is currently the team captain for the famous European football club Real Madrid, and has been playing there professionally since the start of the 1992/1993 season. He has also played 102 games with Spain, and is the all-time top goal scorer on the national side, having attained 44 goals as of today.

Raúl has performed with the Spanish national team in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Euro 2004 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. "EL Angel del Madrid",as he has been nicknamed by his fans and the media alike, is presently the 7th highest goal marker in Spain's association football history, with 196 goals and 466 appearances. He is Real Madrid's all-time 2nd goal scorer.

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