11 of the best quotes on Raúl: ‘He walks on the turf and astounds’

Raúl won six league titles, four Spanish Cups and three Champions Leagues with Real Madrid and will go down as one of the greatest footballers to ever play for the club.
The striker is Real’s all-time record appearance holder, and in his 16-year career in the Spanish capital he scored 323 goals in 741 games.
He played with some of the best players in the world, and under some of the best coaches in the world. Obviously, they were all full of praise for the great man…
Michel Salgado
“Raul is the soul of Real Madrid.”
Alfredo Di Stefano
“Raul does something that few players dare to try: he walks into a stadium with 100,000 people watching him and he plays as if he was playing in his neighbourhood.”
Zinedine Zidane
“He is a role model for anyone who sets foot on the field of play.”
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Angel Cappa
“Raúl was a surprise to us, but not to himself. Raúl carries the ball badly, he dribbles badly, he can’t head the ball, he strikes it badly… and then the game starts. When the game starts, he carries the ball well, he dribbles phenomenally well, he can head it, he scores a thousand different types of goal.
“He is suddenly perfect. Raúl is a born competitor. He’s unique.”
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