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With 33 La Liga titles, 19 Copa del Rey and 13 UEFA Champions League titles, Real Madrid are one of the most successful clubs ever in football. The club's popularity is spread across the world and is one of the most popular destinations for any footballer.
They broke the transfer records numerous times and signed the best players from all over the world. Kaka, Gareth Bale, Zinedine Zidane were all signed by Madrid when they showed their potential to the world.
The most famous player to ever play for the Spanish Giants is the Portuguese superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo who is one of the two most iconic players in the world today and also one of the best players to ever play for the club. That being said, there are many other Portuguese players who did remarkably well for Los Blancos and made their names in the league football.
Right on this note, let us look at the top five Portuguese players to play for Real Madrid.
#5 Fábio Coentrão
Rio Ave academy graduate, Fabio Coentrao joined Real Madrid in 2011 from Benfica for a reported transfer fee of £27 million.
He started his Madrid career decently and assisted two goals in 31 games during his first season at Bernabeu. However, injuries plagued his growth afterward and he failed to make the same amount of appearances in any of his other seasons at the club.
Coentrao played 58 times in La Liga for the Los Blancos and scored one goal. He won two La Liga titles, one Copa del Rey, two UEFA Champions League, two FIFA Club World Cups, and one UEFA Super Cups with the Spanish giants.
The Portuguese international left Real Madrid to Rio Ave in 2018 after spending last two seasons at loan with AS Monaco and Sporting CP.
#4 Ricardo Carvalho
FC Porto academy graduate joined Real Madrid from Chelsea in 2010 for a reported transfer fee of £6.7 million.
The Real Madrid board was criticised for signing Carvalho during his decline, but the defender repaid the faith of the board with his decent performances. He created a formidable partnership alongside Pepe in the middle of Madrid's defense and played 33 La Liga games during his first season at Bernabeu. He was nominated for the FIFA FIFPro World XI for his performances.
He played 50 La Liga games for Los Vikingos, scoring three goals. Carvalho won one La Liga title and one Copa del Rey trophy with the club.
Carvalho ran down his contract with Real Madrid and joined AS Monaco on a free transfer in 2013. He stayed for three seasons at Stade Louis II before finally hanging his boots with the Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG F.C. in 2017.
#3 Pepe
The Brazilian-born Portuguese defender joined Real Madrid from FC Porto in 2007 for a reported transfer fee of £32 million.
Pepe is one the best center-defenders to play for Los Blancos in the last 10 years and helped the club win three La Liga and three Champions League titles. He was part of the UEFA Champions League team of the 2013-14 and was also the regular part of ESM Team of the Year 2014.
Known for his hard-tackling, Pepe drew a lot of criticism for his unsportsmanlike. Nevertheless, he was a fan favorite and still remains to be a cult figure among the supporters. He played 229 La Liga games for the club, scoring 13 goals.
The Portuguese international decided to leave Bernabeu to join Besiktas in 2017 and is currently enjoying his football there.
#2 Luis Figo
One of the few players to play for both Real Madrid and Barcelona, Luis Figo joined Los Blancos in 2000 for a then-world record fee of £37.2 million.
Known for his creativity and dribbling abilities, Figo won the prestigious Ballon d'Or award in 2000 and was also awarded the FIFA World Player of the Year accolade in 2001.
The former Portuguese international played 164 La Liga games for Real Madrid, scoring 38 goals. He won two La Liga titles, two Supercopa de España, one UEFA Champions League, one intercontinental cup, and one UEFA Super Cups with the Spanish giants.
Figo left Real Madrid to join the Italian side, Inter Milan before hanging up his boots after spending four seasons with the club 2009.
#1 Cristiano Ronaldo
One of the greatest football players of all time, Cristiano Ronaldo is the best Portuguese player to play for Real Madrid.
The Sporting CP academy graduate joined Real Madrid from Manchester United in 2009 for then a world record fee of £80 million. He played 292 La Liga games for the club, scoring a whopping 311 goals.
The Portuguese international won 4 of his 5 Ballon d'Or trophies while playing for the Madrid side and is currently the club's record goalscorer in La Liga (311 goals) and as well as all competitions (450 goals). He also holds the record of scoring most number of goals (120) in the Champions League history.
Ronaldo won two La Liga titles, two Copa del Reys, four UEFA Champions League, three FIFA Club World Cups, three UEFA Super Cups and two Spanish Supercups with the Los Blancos.
The 33-year old left Real Madrid to join Juventus in the summer transfer window of 2018 and is currently playing for the Old Lady.
