Mon, Jul 26 10 06:18 PM
Factbox on striker Raul, who announced his decision to leave Real Madrid on Monday 16 years after making his debut at the Spanish club:
* Born: June 27, 1977 in Madrid
EARLY CAREER
* Raul joined Real in 1992 after city rivals Atletico closed down their youth team programme.
* In October 1994, at the age of 17, he made his first-team debut against Real Zaragoza and scored his first goal a week later against Atletico.
SUCCESS WITH REAL
* He won league titles with Real in 1995 and 1997.
* Raul helped Real to their first European Cup success for 32 years in 1998, playing in the final victory over Juventus in Amsterdam.
* He finished the 1998-99 season as La Liga's top scorer, with 25 goals and in 2000 won the Champions League for the second time, scoring the third goal in a 3-0 victory over Valencia in the final.
* In 2001 he won a third league title and the following year helped Real to another Champions League trophy, scoring the opener in Real's 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen.
* In 2003 he won a fourth league title but the following season was less successful. He scored only 11 goals as Real ended the campaign without a trophy for the first time in five years.
* Equalled Alfredo Di Stefano's all-time record of 49 goals in the European Cup in November 2004 but ended the season with just nine league goals, his worst scoring record for the first team.
* In 2009 he equalled German Gerd Mueller's record of 66 goals in the three main European club competitions when he scored against AC Milan in the Champions League.
* He ends his Real career having netted 323 times in 741 appearances in all competitions, according to the club's website (www.realmadrid.com).
INTERNATIONAL GOALS
* In Euro 2000, Raul scored once, in a 2-1 win over Slovenia, but he missed a penalty in the final minute of quarter-final against France, consigning Spain to a 2-1 defeat.
* He scored three goals in the 2002 World Cup group stages but injury against Ireland ruled him out of a quarter-final defeat by South Korea.
* Raul had a disappointing Euro 2004, failing to score as Spain went out in the first round.
* Raul is Spain's leading all-time scorer with 44 goals in 102 games.
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