5 players who have scored the most goals against Real Madrid

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#3 Guillermo Gorostiza - 19 goals

Guillermo Gorostiza scored a lot of goals against Real Madrid. The late attacker netted 19 times in 28 games across competitions against the capital club.

Gorostiza won six La Liga titles - four with Athletic Club Bilbao and two with Valencia. He was part of the legendary Bilbao team that won three of the first five La Liga titles between 1930 and 1934.

The attacker scored a hat-trick in Bilbao's 4-1 home win over Los Blancos in the 1934-35 season.


#2 Telmo Zarra - 22 goals

Telmo Zarra is a legend of Spanish football, scoring 251 goals - third-most in the history of La Liga. He netted 22 goals in 23 games across competitions against Real Madrid.

The late centre-forward couldn't score a hat-trick, but netted six braces against the capital club. Zarra famously scored a brace and bagged a hat-trick of assists in Athletic Bilbao's 6-3 at the home of Los Blancos in a league game in 1946-47.

The 1942-43 La Liga winner (with Bilbao) also scored 16 goals against Barcelona.


#1 Lionel Messi - 26 goals

Lionel Messi scored a lot of goals against Real Madrid.
Lionel Messi scored a lot of goals against Real Madrid.

Lionel Messi has scored a lot of goals against Real Madrid. Widely regarded as one of the best players to have graced the game, the Barcelona legend has netted against Los Blancos in three different competitions.

With 26 goals, Messi is the all-time top scorer in El Clasico history. The 34-year-old has scored 18 league goals against the Merengues, six in the Spanish Super Cup and two in the Champions League. Surprisingly, Messi drew a blank in eight Copa Del Rey games against the capital club.

Messi announced himself by scoring all three goals in Barcelona's 3-3 La Liga draw at home in the 2006-07 season. Seven seasons later, he went one better, scoring another hat-trick - this time at the Santiago Bernabeu - in the Blaugrana's 4-3 win against Real Madrid.

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