Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid have both been fixtures in the top arena of world football for years, and as a result, some of the best players in the world have played in this prestigious cross-city derby. Here are some players that have really stood out over the past few decades.
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Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, 2009-2018)
Real Madrid’s all-time top scorer, the talismanic Portuguese captain has always been up against Atlético Madrid. He has haunted Atletico defense time time and again as he has scored a massive 25 goals in 35 games in his career. He has taken four hat-tricks against Los Colconeros and also scored in Real Madrid’s Champions League final victory against cross-city rivals. After his move to Juventus he returned to tinkering with reds and whites as he netted three times in a second-leg Champions League match and sent Diego Simeone’s men out of UCL in dramatic fashion, when Atletico had seized the two-goal advantage in the first leg.
Raul (Real Madrid, 1994–2010)
He may have been at Atlético de Madrid’s academy as a child, but Ral traversed the capital city divisions as a teenager and completed his football education at Real Madrid, for more than a decade and a half. Haunted your former team in the derby. By the time Cristiano Ronaldo came along and extended the goalscoring record to 22 times, Ral was the Derby’s joint top scorer with the great Ferenc Puskas with 11 goals. A derby of the 1996/97 season was also named after him. After scoring twice and providing two assists in a 4–1 victory, it was nicknamed ‘La Noche de Raul’ – ‘The Knight of Raul’ in English.
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, 2009–present)
The French number ‘9’ is one of Real Madrid’s all-time greats: the highest performing overseas player and the second top goalscorer in the club’s history. He made his mark on Madrid derby history with an iconic play in the last derby played at Vicente Calderón in the 2017 Champions League semi-final (2-1). Real Madrid booked their place in the final after Benzema dribbled three world-class defenders in Godin, Savic and Jimenez into just an inch into the byline. An unforgettable moment in the last European game at Atleti’s coveted longtime home.
Paulo Futre (Atlético de Madrid, 1987–1993 and 1997–1998)
Signed in 1987, Ballon d’Or runner-up became Futre Atlético Legend. It looked like Derby would bring out the best of them. He not only scored in his first Madrid derby in a 4–0 win at the Santiago Bernabéu, but also scored in a 2–0 victory. los blancos Wearing the captain’s armband at the 1992 Copa del Rey final.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwOUaZcvSBU" width="942″ height="530″ frameborder="0″ allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <p><strong>Miranda (Atlético de Madrid, 2011–2015)</strong></p> <p>Atlético de Madrid did not win a single derby between 1999 and 2013. Kicking off your demons at the 2013 Copa del Rey final, appropriately, held at the Santiago Bernabéu. In extra time, with the score stalemate at 1–1, <em>atleti</em> Centre-back Miranda immediately became a legend of the Capital City Derby, led by the winner. He dedicated Lakshya to his son, whom he said would no longer be teased about the 14-year drought in the school!</p> <p><strong>Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid, 2005-2021)</strong>< /p> <p>Another goal-scoring centre-back, Ramos in Lisbon <em>atleti</em> Hearts were broken and these teams contested in Milan in the final of the Champions League in 2014 and 2016. In the first, he equalized stoppage time with a header to give extra time, after which <em>los blancos</em> won 4-1. Two years later, he made his scoring debut in a match that Real Madrid won in a penalty shootout … in which he also scored. In the final final between the two, in the 2019/20 Spanish Super Cup, he once again scored the deciding goal in a penalty shootout to guide Real Madrid to the title.</p> <p>read allLatest sports news And today’s fresh news Here