Benzema enters Spanish League greats list, overtakes Ronaldo

French striker Karim Benzema made his debut on Sunday night for Real Madrid, the club of the ten top scorers in the history of the Spanish “La Liga” football league.

Benzema scored three hat-trick goals against Celta Vigo in the game that brought them together in the fourth round of the league.

According to Spanish radio “Cadena Cuba”, Benzema increased his score to 197 League goals, to climb to tenth place on the League’s all-time scorers list.

Here is the ranking of the top 10 scorers in the history of the Spanish Football League:

1- Argentinian Lionel Messi 472 goals

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2- Cristiano Ronaldo 311 goals

3- Spaniard Telmo Zarra, 251 goals

4- Mexican Hugo Sanchez – 234 goals

5- Raul Gonzalez, 228 goals

6- Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina-Spain) 227 goals

7- Spaniard Cesar 222 goals

8- Spaniard Quini 219 goals

9- Spanish Bahino 212 goals

10- Frenchman Karim Benzema 197 goals.

According to the statistics network “Squaka”, Benzema has helped score 9 goals for Real Madrid in the first 4 league games this season (he has scored 5 goals and assisted 4 others).

Karim Benzema became the best player in the ranks of Real Madrid after 4 games since the start of the League, overtaking Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo in the 2015-2016 season (he scored 5 goals and made one goal).

Source: agencies

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