Ranking the top 10 strikers of the pre-Messi-Ronaldo Golden Age (1995-2005)

Christian Vieri & Marcelo Salas were among the world class strikers who did not make the list
Christian Vieri & Marcelo Salas were among the world-class strikers who did not make the list

#3 Raúl González Blanco

El Capitan was the embodiment of a dominant era for Los Merengues
El Capitan was the embodiment of a dominant era for Los Merengues

El Capitan himself, Raúl has been often misunderstood by some football fans (read unintelligent fans) who believed that he wasn't especially good at anything.

This is so far from the truth as to be laughable, Raúl was one of the greatest ever strikers to ever come out of Spain and Europe.

His style of play; harrying defenders, running the channels, finding space where none seems to exist and an innate ability to find the back of the net almost at will coupled with a vision and intelligence that is rare these days mark him out as one of the best in the Golden Age.

The greatest Number 7 in the history of Real Madrid (Cristiano Ronaldo will have a say in this when his Real Madrid career ends) embodied everything that was good about Real Madrid and won more medals than every other person on this list.

His records for goals for both Real Madrid & Spain may have been eclipsed by Cristiano Ronaldo and David Villa respectively but his legacy remains undiminished.

He scored 404 goals in 940 club matches and got 44 goals in 102 caps for La Furia Roja.

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