Fourth top scorer in Real Madrid history, Karim Benzema is only seven goals away from legend Alfredo di Stéfano (308 goals). Benzema first transformed a penalty obtained by Casemiro just before the break (43rd), then he crowned the success merengue (4-1) with a pivotal goal at the very end of the match (88th), his 301st in 584 matches at Real.
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.
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.
“It’s a pride to put these numbers there in this club, it makes me very happy. This club is the best in the world for me. We had a great match after the defeat against Getafe (1-0 last weekend, editor’s note), we won the Cup and there we played a great match in front of our audience, it was important ”declared Karim Benzema, wide winner 4-1 of Valencia CF on Saturday for the 20th day of La Liga, on Movistar +.
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.
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.