Raúl González Blanco (born June 27, 1977), usually referred to simply as Raúl, is a Spanish football forward. He has been playing for Real Madrid at senior level since 1994, where he is the team captain. He has played more than 100 games for the Spanish national team, and is its all-time leading goal scorer with 47 goals. He represented Spain in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2004 and 2006 FIFA World Cup tournaments. He is the UEFA Champions League all-time leading scorer with 57 goals.

Raúl is also currently 8th highest goalscorer in the history of Spain’s top flight, with 203 goals in 524 games. All of these goals were for Real Madrid, making Raúl the club’s third highest goalscorer of all time. He is also called ‘The Angel Of Madrid’ by fans and pundits etc.

When playing, he wears jersey number 7 for both club and country (until Euro 2000 he wore 10 for Spain). He has been wearing the number 7 shirt for Real Madrid since he was 19.

His current contract with Real Madrid runs until 2012(extended to 2 more years).