- Grew up in a humble area of Madrid, at the Marconi housing scheme in San Cristóbal de los Ángeles. Don Pedro, his dad, was a very keen supporter of Atlético Madrid, where he started to play football after his short stay in San Cristóbal.
- Forward for Real Madrid (1994-2010), F.C. Schalke 04 (Germany, 2010-2012), Al Sadd (Qatar, 2012-2014) and New York Cosmos (USA, 2014-2015).
- Member of the Spain youth team who finished runner-up of the 1996 UEFA European U21 Championship.
- Honours with Real Madrid: 6 La Liga (1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008); 4 Supercopa de España (1997, 2001, 2003, 2008); 3 UEFA Champions League (1998, 2000, 2002); 2 Intercontinental Cup (1998, 2002); UEFA Super Cup (2002). Honours with F.C. Schalke 04: DFB-Pokal (2011); DFL-Supercup (2011). Honours with Al Sadd: Qatar Stars League (2013); Emir of Qatar Cup (2014). Honours with New York Cosmos: North American Soccer League (2015 Spring Season); North American Supporters' Trophy (2015); Soccer Bowl (2015).
- Won the Zarra Trophy four times (1996, 1999, 2001 and 2003).
- 102 appearances for Spain National Football Team (1996-2006); scored 44 goals. Member of the Euro 2000, 2004, and the France '98, Korea/Japan '02 and Germany '06 squads.
- Won the Don Balón Award as the Best Spanish Player five times (1997, 1999-2002).
- In December 1996 he scored his first international goal against Ygoslavia.
- Named in the European Sports Magazines Team of the Year three times (1997, 1999 and 2000).
- Top scorer of the La Liga (1999, 2001), UEFA Euro qualifying (2000) and UEFA Champions League (2000, 2001).
- Named the IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer in 1999.
- In April 2000 he scored his 100th goal in La Liga.
- Named the UEFA Club Forward of the Year three times (2000-2002).
- Named in the 2000 UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament.
- His team won the Champions League again in the year 2000 and Raul scored 10 goals in 15 games
- He scored his first Real Madrid goal against Atletico Madrid
- Father of, with Mamen Sanz, Jorge (b. 2000), Hugo (b. 2003), Mateo & Héctor (b. November 2005) and María (b. December 2009).
- Runner-up of the 2001 Ballon d'Or.
- Bronze award at the 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year.
- Top assist provider of the 2002/03 UEFA Champions League.
- 2004: One of FIFA 100 by Pelé.
- Captain of Spain National Football Team from 2004-2006.
- In March 2008 he scored his 200th goal in La Liga.
- Won the 2008 Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano.
- Played well over 500 games at La Liga.
- Won the 2009 Marca Leyenda.
- Former Real Madrid's all-time top scorer (with 323 goals). This record was broken by Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema.
- Captain of Real Madrid from 2003-2010.
- Played well over 700 games for Real Madrid.
- Former UEFA Champions League's all-time leading scorer (71 goals).
- Played well over 100 games at the UEFA Champions League.
- Captain of F.C. Schalke 04 from 2011-2012.
- Won the Qatar Stars League Fair Play Award in 2013.
- The most Spanish top scorer in UEFA club competitions with 77 goals.
- Retired from football at the age 38. (November 2015)
- Over his entire career, he officially scored 448 goals in 1,044 matches.
- Has not received a red card in entire career.
- Head coach of Real Madrid Castilla since 2019.
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