Milestones for Real strikers
A night to remember for Karim Benzema: After Real Madrid’s 3-0 win at RCD Mallorca, the 34-year-old top striker set several milestones. With two more goals and an assist in LaLiga, not only has the three-time Spanish champions and four-time Champions League winners set a new personal scorer record in one season, Benzema has also become the Frenchman with the most goals overall in the history of the club professional football. Compatriot Thierry Henry (44) is finally dethroned.
Benzema ousts Henry: Frenchman with most goals in all competitions
According to a calculation in the TM database, Benzema has already had the most goals by a French player at club level (all professional competitions). The attacker had scored 377 times in all competitions for Real Madrid and before that Olympique Lyon (until 2009). With 36 international goals, Benzema now has 413 professional goals, two ahead of 1998 world champion Henry (360 professional goals across five clubs + 51 for France).
Most scorer points and assists in a season: More milestones for Benzema
In the 3-0 win in Mallorca, Benzema had scored his 21st and 22nd goals of the season in LaLiga, and also made it 1-0 for Vinicius Junior. Not only has he already equaled his own record for assists in a season, ten games before the end of the season, with his eleventh assist, he even surpassed himself in terms of the total number of his scorer points. 33 direct goals – Benzema has never collected so many within a championship round.
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Top scorers per seasonTo the TM statistics
Whether Benzema will be able to continue his goal streak (at least one goal in each of the last five competitive games) in the upcoming “Clasico” against FC Barcelona is still in the stars. The striker limped off the pitch in Monday’s win. Coach Carlo Ancelotti did not have the impression of a serious injury in his press conference after the game. However, he has not yet been able to make a prediction as to whether it will be enough for Benzema to play next Sunday (9 p.m.).
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