Biography
Spaniard Raul Gonzalez Blanco - a former striker of the Football Club "Real Madrid" and the captain of the national national team. Three times won the UEFA Champions League Cup, the athlete took the third place on the list of the best tournament scorers after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo and entered the prestigious rating of outstanding FIFA-100 players.Childhood and youth
Raoul Gonzalez Blanco was born in Madrid in June 1977. An early biography was connected to the Colony-Marconi Colonia, designed for people with humble prosperity.
Father, Pedro Gonzalez, worked in his youth by electrician at Torrejon Air Basket, and in his free time he went to Borda to the Arena Las Ventas and football - to the Vicente Calderon Stadium. In adulthood, the man became the driver of a truck belonging to the Named Atletico Madrid Club. This fact influenced the future of the Son and defined his fate for decades ahead.
The head of the family saw in the heir of the vet. Raul agreed that this profession would provide a stable income. However, at the school age, the child, in the soul of loved animals, was interested in the green field, gate and leather ball.
With the basics of the game, the boy met in childhood, hitting the San Cristobal team, which was trained on a mediocre-equipped base in the district of Villaver. After three years of speeches of the young talented Spaniard, representatives of eminent clubs were noticed from the capital.
The guy was enrolled in Atletico Madrid Academy, which was the legend of Spain. In the "youth", the son of an electrician and driver scored 65 goals and won the title of the National Champion.
Unfortunately, President Jesus Hil did not think about the education of the younger generation, and Gonzalez, with the support of the former football player Fermin Gutierres, moved to the system of famous and titled "Real".
In the debut season, Raoul demonstrated a brilliant game in the attack. In 33 matches, he struck the gates of rivals 71 times. Conquered the Gold Medals of the Teenage Tournament, the young striker fell into the foundation of the youth team.
The results of a 2-year speech for the younger "Galaktikos" attracted the attention of the head of the adult team Jorge Waldano. The former Argentina striker believed in the talent of Gonzalez and entrusted him participation in a friendly match with Karlsruhe in October 1994.
Personal life
Raoul is married to the former Spanish model and TV presenter Mamen Sans. The myth about the happy personal life was born at that moment when after every goal of the goal the football player began kissing his wedding ring, as a sign of devotion to his beloved spouse.Soon after the wedding in the family of Gonzalez, the first-mentioned man appeared. Then the striker became the father of four more children: Hugo, Mary, twins of the ecto and Mateo.
In the Instagram account of the Spanish team player regularly published photos of the younger generation, as well as romantic pictures with the first and only wife.
In addition, on social networks, the information was slipped on the fact that the world football star likes to read the works of the poet Arturo Perez-Reverse and listen to national folklore and pop music. Giving tribute to the traditions of ancestors, the striker regularly visits bulls battles and walks with the older sons on hunting.
Football
After signing the official contract with the Madrid "Real" Gonzalez, whose growth was 180 cm, and the weight is about 75 kg, received the status of a professional. The coaches and fans of the famous club were appreciated by the new owner of the position of the "drawn striker". Soon it turned out that the striker who could hit the gates of rivals, prefers to work in a "risk" and giving passes to partners.
Over time, becoming a number one player in the club and the Spanish team, Raul received the status of the star "creamy". He entered the story as the vice-champion of the metropolitan squad in the number of scored heads.
Real Madrid, who was given 16 years of life, acquired important for the football player. He remained an unchanged leader, despite the change of coaches, presidents, governing staff and partners.
"Galaktikos" three times won gold medals of the National Championship and after a long break were able to get trophies of the Champions League in the late 1990s - early 2000s.
Now Gonzalez, who is called just Raul, is among the team records of the team in the number of played matches and goal scored. He is the owner of the titles "Best Player of the Spanish Championship", "Best Football Player of the Year", "The Best Forward of the European Season" and "The Best Bombardir of the UEFA Champions League". On the shelf of the Madrid, the honorary prizes of world and European associations and sports publications "Bronze Butsa", "Legend", "Silver Ball" and others are kept.
In mid-2010, a 33-year-old striker broke up with "Real" and moved to German Bundesliga. He contributed to the successful speeches of the Club "Schalke 04" at national and international tournaments. Under the leadership of the talented Spaniard, the team from Gelsenkirchen got into the semifinals of the Champions League and won the German Cup and Super Cup.
In the spring of 2012, there were talk about the fact that Raoul plans to join the Al-Ahley club from Qatar. At the end of the biennial contract, the striker left Schalke and moved to the Middle East.
Nutya T-shirt with number 7 and taking a midfielder position on the field, the Spaniard became the Vice-captain of the club from the city of Doha and won the tournament "League of Stars of Qatar".
In October 2014, Gonzalez again changed the deployment site and went to conquer the North American continent as a New York Cosmos team player. After 13 months, he announced the completion of a football career.
The last official match was a former striker of the Spanish national team in mid-November 2015. The leaders of the NASL League beat the Ottawa Fury club in the Final Playoff Competitions authorized by the US football federation.
Raoul Gonzalez now
Raoul could not finally leave the sport and from his native Spanish club. After a short break, he became a mentor of the Real-Madrid Castilla Real Madrid.With football players of different nationalities, training in the La Fabrica system and speakers at Alfredo Di Stefano, the legendary striker won the UEFA League's youth tournament in the summer of 2020.
After such a result, the president of "creamy" Florentino Perez thought about putting Gonzalez at the head of professionals.
Achievements
As a player:
- 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008 - Champion of Spain with Real Madrid
- 1995 - Best Young Spanish Championship Player
- 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 - the best football player of the year in Spain
- 1998, 2000, 2002 - Winner of UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid
- 1998, 2002 - The owner of the Intercontinental Cup with Real Madrid
- 1999, 2001 - The owner of the "bronze shoes" among the best bombards of Europe
- 2000, 2001 - UEFA Champions League Bombarer
- 2011 - the winner of the German Cup with Schalke 04
- 2013 - Qatar Champion with Al-Sadd
- 2015 - Champion of the North American Football League with New York Cosmos
As a coach:
- 2020 - Winner of the Youth League of UEFA Champions with "Real Madrid"