About Raúl

Raúl González Blanco (born June 27, 1977), usually referred to simply as Raúl, is a Spanish football forward. He has been playing for Real Madrid at senior level since 1994, where he is the team captain. He has played more than 100 games for the Spanish national team, and is its all-time leading goal scorer with 47 goals. He represented Spain in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2004 and 2006 FIFA World Cup tournaments.

Raúl is also currently 12th highest goalscorer in the history of Spain's top flight, with 194 goals in 449 games. All of these goals were for Real Madrid, making Raúl the club's third highest goalscorer of all time.

When playing, he wears jersey number 7 for both club and country (prior to World Cup 2002 he wore 10 for Spain).