Spanish football has always had a remarkable performance in world football, and the birth of one football star after another is a topic that people talk about, do you know about Spanish football? Who are the Spanish football stars you know? This article brings you the list of the top ten superstars in the history of Spanish football, such as Stefano nicknamed "Golden Arrow", a generation of football superstars Hento, One of the five Eagles of Real Madrid, Emilio Butragueño, etc., who are your favorite Spanish stars?
Alfredo di Stefano (born 4 July 1926 – 7 July 2014) was an Argentine/Spanish professional footballer who played as a striker for Real Madrid in La Liga.
In 1945, Stefano began his career with River Plate, Argentina, in 1947, Stefano helped the Argentine national team win the Copa America with 6 games and 6 goals, transferred to Bogota Millionaires in Colombia in 1949, joined Real Madrid FC in 1953, led Real Madrid to win the European Champions League for five consecutive years from 1956 to 1960, scored in all five Champions League finals, won the Champions League top scorer twice, and won the Spanish Football League eight times. Winner of la Liga's top scorer five times, Stéfano scored 308 goals in 396 official matches for Real Madrid.
In 1966, Stefano announced his retirement. As head coach, he led Boca Juniors and River Plate to the Argentine First Division, coached Valencia to the 1971 La Liga title and the 1980 European Cup Winners' Cup.
Stéfano won the European Ballon d'Or twice in 1957 and 1959, the "Super Ballon d'Or" from previous Ballon d'Or winners in 1989, the second most player of the century in the FIFA Experts' Selection in 2000, Stefano was elected honorary president of Real Madrid in November 2000, the best player in real madrid's 100-year history in 2008, and the first fifa hall of fame inductee in 2011.
On July 7, 2014, Stefano died of a heart attack in Madrid, Spain, at the age of 88.
Francisco Gento López (Francisco Gento López), nicknamed "Paco Gento", born 21 October 1933 in the Community of Cantabria, Spain, is a former Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger and nicknamed "Fireball" and played for Real Madrid F.C.
Hento debuted at Atlético Santander, joined Real Madrid in 1953, and then created the glory era of the Real Madrid Champions League with Stefano and Puskas, scoring 182 goals in 601 appearances for Real Madrid in his 18 years of service for Real Madrid, helping the team win 6 European Champions Leagues and 12 La Liga titles, and Hento also became the player with the most Champions League and La Liga titles in history.
In 1971 Hento announced his retirement and in 2016 was elected Honorary President of real Madrid.
Luis Alberto Suarez (born 24 January 1987 in Salto) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for FC Barcelona.
Suarez began his career with Uruguayan National Football Club. In 2006, he moved to FC Groningen in the Eredivisie. In 2007, he joined Ajax F.C. in the Eredivisie, where he won the Eredivisie Golden Boot and Dutch Footballer of the Year in the following three and a half years. In the same year, he was selected for the Uruguayan national team for the first time. In 2010, he made his debut at the World Cup in South Africa and scored three goals, helping Uruguay reach the final four. In 2011, he joined Liverpool Football Club in the Premier League. In the same year, he led Uruguay to the 43rd Copa America and was elected player of the year. In 2013, Suarez won the Premier League Golden Boot and the European Golden Boot. In July 2014, he joined FC Barcelona. In 2015, he won the Treble with Barca. On 14 May 2016, Suarez won the Golden Boot on the 2015/16 La Liga top scorers list, while Barca won the 24th league title in the team's history. On December 16, Barca and Suarez reached an agreement to extend their contract until 2021.
In August 2017, he was shortlisted for the 2017 World Footballer of the Year. On September 13, he was shortlisted for the 2017 Golden Foot Award. On September 20, he was selected as a candidate for the 2017 World Team. On October 9, he was shortlisted for the 2017 Golden Globe Awards. In June 2018, he represented Uruguay in the World Cup in Russia.
Emilio butragueño (born 22 July 1963 in Madrid, Spain) is a former Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker and nicknamed the Vultures, who plays for Real Madrid F.C., one of the Five Eagles of Real Madrid, and is currently the Public Relations Minister of Real Madrid.
In 1984, Butragueño made his debut for Real Madrid and has since helped the team win six La Liga titles, two UEFA Cups and two Copa del Rey titles. In 1986, he competed with the Spanish national team in the World Cup, and in the quarter-final against Denmark, Butragueño scored four goals in a single game and won the World Cup Silver Boot Award. He left Real Madrid in 1995 to join Atlético Celaya, Mexico, announcing his retirement in 1998.
Butrague has won the European Rookie Award for two consecutive years, third in the European Ballon d'Or awards in 1986 and 1987, La Liga top scorer in 1991 and the fifa Hall of Fame in 2012.
After retiring from the military, Butragueño studied business management, obtained a degree in sports management and economics at UCLA University in the United States, and successively served as the general manager, vice chairman and public relations director of Real Madrid Club.
Fernando Hierro (born 1968) is a Spanish footballer who first played as a centre forward and later moved to the defender line. He played in 89 matches for the national team, scoring 29 goals, participating in the 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups and the 1996 and 2000 European Championships. He has made more than 600 appearances for Real Madrid, scoring 127 goals for Real Madrid, 102 goals in the league and 29 goals for the Spanish national team, making him the third top scorer in the history of the national team.
On 13 June 2018, the Spanish national team sporting director Hierro became the interim manager of Spain. On 8 July, Hierro ceased to be Spain's acting manager and led the Spanish national team to only four games.
Raul Gonzalez Blanco (born 27 June 1977) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker and captain of real Madrid and the Spanish national team, currently playing for the New York Universe in the North American Football League.
Raúl played for Real Madrid for 16 years from 1994 to 2010, helping the team win 6 La Liga titles, 3 UEFA Champions League titles and 2 Toyota Cup titles, scoring 323 goals in 741 official matches for Real Madrid, the player with the most appearances and goals in Real Madrid's history (as of August 2014); in 2010, Raúl bid farewell to Real Madrid to join Bundesliga side Schalke 04 FC. In the 2010/2011 season, he led Schalke to the final four of the Champions League for the first time in its history and won the German Cup, and in 2012 Raúl joined Al Sadh F.C. in Qatar.
In 2014, Raul joined the Major League New York Universe. Raul scored 71 goals in 142 appearances (including 144 qualifying matches) and is the third top scorer in Champions League history. Raúl scored 44 goals in 102 appearances for the Spanish national team and is the second-highest scorer in the history of the Spanish national team, scoring five goals in three World Cups. Raúl has twice won La Liga's Top Scorer, twice won the Champions League Top Scorer, was voted UEFA Club Striker of the Year for three consecutive years, the Spanish Footballer of the Year five times, the European Footballer of the Year Silver Ball Award and the World Footballer of the Year Bronze Ball Award in 2001.
On November 16, 2015, Raúl Gonzalez officially announced his retirement. Raúl has won 23 trophies in his 21-year football career, scoring 432 goals in 1,034 appearances for clubs and national teams.
David Villa Sanchez (born 3 December 1981 in Langreå, Asturias region) is a Spanish footballer.
He began playing for Atlético Gijón in 1992 and won the 2004 Spanish Super Cup after joining Real Zaragoza in 2003. After 5 years of playing for Valencia FC, he moved to FC Barcelona in 2010 and won the 2011 Champions League while at Barcelona. After transferring to Atletico Madrid in 2013, he won the La Liga title of that season.
In February and November 2005, Villa made his national team debut and his national team debut, respectively. In 2008, Villa won euro 2008 and world cups with Spain, and in 2008 won the Golden Boot.
On 1 June 2014, he moved to Major League Soccer New York FC, where Villa was loaned to Melbourne City in the Australian Premier League. On 1 December 2018, Villa joined the J-League Kobe Victory Ship.
Fernando Jose Torres Sanz (born 20 March 1984 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker.
In 2001, Torres debuted at Atletico Madrid, joined Premier League giants Liverpool in 2007, moved to Chelsea in 2011, helped the team win the 2012 Champions League title, then joined ac Milan on loan, and in December 2014, Torres announced his return to Atletico Madrid. In July 2018, Torres announced his joining Japan's Tosu Sandstone Football Club.
At Euro 2004, Torres represented the national team for the first time in international competitions, won the European Championship with Spain twice in 2008 and 2012, won the World Cup with the team in 2010, and won the European Cup final mvp in 2008, the European Cup Golden Boot in 2012 and the Confederations Cup Golden Boot in 2013.
On June 21, 2019, it was announced that it would retire.
Luis Enrique (born 8 May 1970 in Gijón, Spain) is a former Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder as a striker and currently coaches FC Barcelona in La Liga.
Enrique debuted at Gijón Athletic Football Club. In 1991, Enrique joined Real Madrid. In the 1994–95 season, Enrique helped Real Madrid win the La Liga title. In 1996, Enrique moved to Barcelona, where he helped win two La Liga titles, two Copa del Rey titles, and one European Cup Winners' Cup, where he captained the club. In 2004, Enrique announced his official retirement.
From 1991 to 2002, Enrique made 62 appearances for the Spanish national team, scoring 12 goals, participating in three World Cups, including 1994-2002, and the 1996 European Championships in England.
In 2008, Enrique began his coaching career with Barcelona B. From 2011 to 2014, Enrique taught in Serie A Roma and La Liga in Celta. In 2014, Enrique became head coach of FC Barcelona. In December 2015, Enrique led Barcelona to the five-time crown of the year, and he was personally named FIFA Men's Head Coach of the Year. In July 2018, he became the head coach of the Spanish national team.
iker casillas fernández (born 20 May 1981 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for FC Porto.
In 1999, Casillas debuted at Real Madrid. In 2000, he won the European Champions Cup with the team. In 2002, he won the European Champions Cup again with the team. He was awarded the Zamora Prize in 2008. In 2009, he was named to the FIFA Team of the Year. In 2014, he led Real Madrid to the European Champions Cup, the tenth time in the history of the team and the third time in individual history. In 2000, Casillas was selected for the Spanish national team. He played for the national team at the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Cups and in Euro 2004, 2008 and 2012. He became the captain of the national team in 2008. On 12 July 2015, Casillas moved to Porto. In the early morning of November 8, 2017, he won the 2017 Gold Foot Award, becoming the second goalkeeper in history to win the Gold Foot Award after Buffon.
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