Where are they now: Real Madrid's 2002 Champions League winning squad

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Real Madrid won the 2002 Champions League

ST: Raul Gonzalez

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Raul is Real Madrid's second highest goalscorer of all time

Before Cristiano Ronaldo arrived from Manchester and broke every Real Madrid goalscoring record possible, Raul was the undisputed goal machine in the Spanish capital.

Like Casillas, he came through the academy and spent a large chunk of his playing career at the Bernabeu. In 16 seasons, he scored 323 goals in 741 appearances in all competitions and is still considered one of the greatest Spanish forwards of all time.

It was Raul who opened the scoring in the final against Leverkusen in the eighth minute. That season, he was the top scorer for his team with 24 goals in 50 appearances.

After leaving Madrid, he had spells at Schalke, Al Sadd and New York Cosmos. He retired in 2015 after leading the Cosmos to the Soccer Bowl. Both his sons are also footballers, with one of them currently enrolled in the New York City FC academy.

ST: Fernando Morientes

Fernando Morientes
Morientes is underrated for his contributions to Real thanks to Raul and Ronaldo

Morientes started alongside Raul in Glasgow and formed a lethal partnership with his compatriot throughout that season. He ended the season as the second highest goalscorer in the La Liga with 18 goals.

He was instrumental in all three Champions League titles that Real won in the space of five years - he even scored in the 3-0 win over Valencia in the 2000 final.

His last couple of seasons were mostly spent playing second fiddle to Ronaldo, who arrived from Inter in 2002. In spite of being linked to both Barca and Tottenham, he chose to stay in Madrid.

He eventually ended up at Liverpool after a loan spell at Monaco, and then went on to play for Valencia and Marseille before retiring in 2010. He started his management career with Huracan Valencia CF, and then the Real Madrid youth team. He was appointed as manager of CF Fuenlabrada in 2015 but sacked in February 2016 with his team struggling in 11th place in the second division.

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Edited by Amit Mishra
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