Fourth top scorer in Real Madrid history, Karim Benzema is only eight goals away from legend Alfredo di Stéfano (308 goals).
The French international center forward has indeed reached the bar of 300 goals scored for the Spanish club this Saturday, after converting a penalty in the 43rd minute of the match against Valencia counting for the twentieth day of La Liga.
The first two places are occupied by Raul (323 goals) and Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, now at Manchester United, who sits on this ranking with a total of 451 goals.
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The native of Bron, a suburb of Lyon, has long been criticized for his lack of goals at Real Madrid, but has now won the hearts of “Madrid” supporters.
The first goal of "KB9" to Real dates back to September 29, 2009, during the third day of La Liga against Jerez, when the French had just landed in the Spanish capital from Olympique Lyonnais.
21 goals this season
This season, Benzema has 21 goals and 12 assists in 25 games in all competitions, far ahead of 12 goals from Vinicius or 7 from Marco Asensio, Real's two other top scorers this season behind him.
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The current top scorer in Liga (16 goals in 20 games) is in the race to glean his first “Pichichi” trophy in Spain, after the one won in 2007-2008 in Ligue 1 with Lyon (with twenty goals in L1 and 31 in all competitions. confused that season).
His best La Liga total dates from the 2015-2016 season, when the Frenchman reached the 24-goal mark.