#3 Hugo Sanchez
Hugo Sanchez was part of a Real Madrid team consisting of the likes of Emilio Butragueno, Manuel Sanchis, Martin Vasquez, Michel and Miguel Pardeza, infamously dubbed as the “Vulture’s Cohort.” They won 5 consecutive league titles between 1985/86 – 1989/90 along with a Copa Del Rey and a UEFA Cup.
During those five years, Sanchez won 4 consecutive Pichichi trophies, in the process becoming the only player in Spanish football history to do so without having to share it with any other player in any season. He was also among an elite group to win 5 Pichichi’s (along with Alfredo Di Stefano and Quini) and scored 208 goals in 283 appearances for Madrid.
In the 1989/90 season, he scored 38 goals in the league, equaling Telmo Zarra’s record for most goals in a league season and earning the European Golden Boot award.
But before he wrote himself into Real Madrid’s history books, he was initially plying his trade for the Los Rojiblancos, where he spent four years scoring 82 goals in 152 appearances and winning the Supercopa de Espana and the Copa Del Rey.
He undoubtedly experienced his best years for Real but took his initial strides to stardom at Atletico Madrid.
