Real Madrid Club de Fútbol Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

is a professional

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club based in

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, Spain, that plays in

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. The club was formed in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, and played its first competitive match on 13 May 1902, when it entered the final of the Campeonato de Copa de S.M. Alfonso XIII. Real Madrid was one of the founding members of La Liga in

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, and is one of three clubs, along with

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and

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, to have never been relegated from the league. Since then, the club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organized competitions. Real is the second most successful club in

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, having won 68 domestic titles; a record 35 La Liga titles, 19 Spanish Cups, 12 Spanish Super Cups, 1

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, and 1

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. Real is the most successful club in

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and international football, having won 28 official UEFA and FIFA trophies in total.

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holds the record for most overall appearances, having played 741 from 1994 to 2010, ahead of Iker Casillas, who made 725 appearances from 1999 to 2015. Manuel Sanchís, Jr is third with 710 appearances from 1983 to 2001 for the club.

Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Portugal national team. He is currently a free agent. Widely regarded as one of the greatest p ...

is the all-time top scorer with 450 goals in 438 appearances from 2009 to 2018. He holds the record for the most goals in a season in real madrid(Messi holds a record of 73 goals which is the highest goals to be scored in any season in football (Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 2011/12 – 73 Goals.)), Ronaldo scored 61 in all competitions during the 2014–15 season and also holds the record for second most league goals scored in a season in real madrid, with 48 goals in

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. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)scored – 50 Goals in 37 Games – 2011/12 surpassing ronaldo.

Karim Benzema Karim Mostafa Benzema (born 19 December 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for and captains La Liga club Real Madrid. A creative and prolific forward, Benzema is regarded as one of the best strikers of all time. ...

is the third-highest scorer with 341 goals, having overtaken Raúl, who is third with 323 goals, in August 2022. Real Madrid has employed numerous famous players, with four

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, eight

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, two

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, four

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and three

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Golden Ball winners among the previous and current club players. The list includes notable footballers who have played for Real Madrid. Generally, this means players that have played at least 50 official matches. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included if they are on Real's list of Legendary Players.

Key

*Players whose name is in ''italics'' currently play for the club. *The years are the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared in competitive first-team football for the club. *The total appearances and goals comprise those in

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and several now-defunct competitions, including the Campeonato Centro,

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and Intercontinental Cup.

List of players

''Information correct as of the match played on 14 August 2022.'' Raul Gonzalez 10mar2007 (cropped)

Team captains

The following players have been official Real Madrid captains. Vice captains are also listed. CSKA-RM18 (9)

Notes

For a full description of positions see

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. *d'Or. Won the

while at Real Madrid. *FIFA. Won the

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award while at Real Madrid. *FIFA d'Or. Won the

while at Real Madrid. *UEFA. Won the

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while at Real Madrid. *Pichichi. Won the

Pichichi Trophy In Spanish football, the Trofeo Pichichi is awarded by the sports newspaper '' Marca'' to the top goalscorer of each La Liga season. Named after the Athletic Bilbao striker Rafael "Pichichi" Moreno, the trophy has been awarded annually since the ...

while at Real Madrid. *Zamora. Won the

Zamora Trophy The Zamora Trophy ( es, Trofeo Ricardo Zamora, link=no) is a football award, established by Spanish newspaper '' MARCA'' in 1958. The award goes to the goalkeeper who has the lowest "goals-to-games" ratio.Similar to goals against average in ...

while at Real Madrid. *Golden Shoe. Won the

while at Real Madrid. *A.

Ricardo Zamora Ricardo Zamora Martínez (; 14 February 1901 – 8 September 1978) was a Spanish footballer and manager. He played as a goalkeeper for, among others, RCD Espanyol, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. As an international he played for both the Cata ...

has Real's record of Zamora trophies, with three trophies won (record shared with

José Vicente Train José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

). *B.

Alfredo Di Stéfano Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and a common Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name. People with the given name include: *Alfredo (born 1946), Brazilian footballer born as Alfredo Mostarda Filho ...

was the first Real Madrid player to win the

in 1957. *C. Puskás is record goalscorer in one match, with six goals (record shared with Benguría). *D. Santillana is Real's record goalscorer in the Spanish Cup, with 48. *E.

record appearances maker in all competitions and record appearances maker in

(with 550). *F.

holds the record of appearances for Real Madrid as a foreign player. *G. Iker Casillas has made the most international appearances for Real Madrid, with 156 games (as of 31 August 2014). *H.

Luís Figo Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo (; born 4 November 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team, a one-ti ...

was the first Real Madrid player to win the

award, in 2001. *I.

Ronaldo Ronaldo is a Portuguese given name equivalent to the English Ronald. It became a common name in all Portuguese-speaking countries, being also prevalent in Italy and Spanish-speaking countries. People Notable people known as Ronaldo include: As ...

scored the fastest goal in Real's history, scoring 14 seconds after the start of the game. *J.

is Real Madrid's record goalscorer in all competitions, record goalscorer in

(with 239), record goalscorer in Europe (with 75), including a record 73 goals in the UEFA Champions league, the club's record league scorer in a single season, with 48 goals, and record scorer in all competitions in one season, with 61 goals, player with the highest number of European Golden Shoes (3), player with the highest number of hat-tricks in Spain (33), including a record 28 in La Liga, first player to score five goals twice in La Liga games, player with the highest number of goals in a single UEFA Champions League season, with 17 goals, first player to score against all the opposition teams in La Liga and first player to win the FIFA Ballon d'Or twice (in 2013 and again in 2014). *K.

Eden Hazard Eden Michael Walter Hazard (born 7 January 1991) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid. Known for his creativity, dribbling, passing and vision, Hazard is considered o ...

is the club's record signing, with a total value of the transfer in excess of £130 million.

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