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Top 10 Real Madrid players of all time - #4

Sports Mole's countdown of the top 10 Real Madrid players of all time continues with number four - Raul.

Raul (1994-2010)

Raul in action for Real Madrid in 2009© Reuters

Real Madrid's highest appearance-maker and, until Cristiano Ronaldo came along, their highest goalscorer of all time too, Raul is considered one of the most important players in the club's history.

Only four men have scored more than him in La Liga, while only two - Ronaldo and Lionel Messi - have found the back of the net more often in the Champions League, becoming the only player to have been named the UEFA Club Forward of the Year three times - in 2000, 2001 and 2002.

After joining from city rivals Atletico Madrid as a youth player in 1992, Raul broke into the first team as a teenager just two years later and went on to make 741 appearances for the club, scoring 323 goals.

A two-time Pichichi Trophy winner and runner-up in the 2001 Ballon d'Or voting, 'El Capitan' eventually left Madrid in 2010 to join Schalke 04 having won 16 trophies in the Spanish capital.

That silverware haul includes six La Liga titles and three Champions League crowns, with Raul maintaining his importance to the team even after the influx of 'Galacticos' at the start of the century.

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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Barcelona11100137102730
2Real Madrid1173121111024
3Villarreal116322019121
4Atletico MadridAtletico11551167920
5Athletic Bilbao115331711618
6Real BetisBetis11533119218
7Mallorca12534109118
8Osasuna115331616018
9Rayo Vallecano114431210216
10Sevilla114341215-315
11Celta Vigo114161720-313
12AlavesAlaves124171419-513
13Real Sociedad11335810-212
14GironaGirona113351114-312
15Leganes11254912-311
16Getafe1117389-110
17Espanyol113171019-910
18Las PalmasLas Palmas112361319-69
19Real ValladolidValladolid11227923-148
20Valencia11146817-97


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