The goal scored against Eintracht allowed him to become the club’s second all-time top scorer
The Frenchman has 324 goals as a target and is only ahead of Cristiano, with 451 goals
The French Karim Benzema lived another night for history in Helsinki (Finland)where Real Madrid won a European Super Cup (2-0 against eintracht frankfurt) that he himself raised when making his debut as first captain of the white team and that he helped achieve thanks to his goal in the 65th minute that made him beat Raul Gonzalez Blanco as the second highest scorer in the club’s history (324).
Ahead of this classification only has the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, still far away with 451 points; a figure that if he wants to surpass and assuming that he maintains the great scoring rhythm of last season -44 goals- he will have to wait more than two seasons at his already 34 years old, for 35 on December 19.
On an individual level, Benzema has another closer record to beat: the 645 official matches as a madridista for Santillana. With 606 in the white shirt and in a season in which Real Madrid still has five competitions ahead of him, it seems easier to achieve than that of the Portuguese striker; which would make him be among the five players who have worn the shirt of the recent European Super Cup champion on the most occasions.
In addition to the challenge of getting your first Ballon d’Orsomething that it seems nobody can take away from him after the great campaign that Benzema signed in 2021/22, the other record that he touches with the tips of his fingers is that of the player with the most titles in the history -120 years- of the real Madrid.
With the one achieved in Helsinki this Wednesday, which he will surely keep in great memories since it is the first time he has raised a trophy to heaven as captain of Real Madrid, the Frenchman has already won 23 titles, one of Paco Gento and two behind the Brazilian Marcelo.
And it is that according to club sources pointed out to EFE after Gento’s death on January 18, their own records place him as the second most successful footballer in the history of Real Madrid, with one more title (24) than they have registered other external databases.
This Wednesday he took the first step this season to equal Marcelo and he still has five to go to continue writing his name in the Real Madrid history books.