Top 5 footballers who may retire at the end of the season

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Raul will go down as one of the greatest footballers in history

Raul will go down as one of the greatest footballers in history

4. Raul- The prolific Spaniard will go down in history as one of the greatest strikers to ever grace the game of football when he finally decides to hang up his enormous boots. The legendary Spaniard has won a room full of awards with his club and country and will be fondly remembered by Real Madrid faithful for years to come.

The 36-year-old had won 6 La Liga‘s, 4 UEFA Super Cups, 2 Intercontinental Cups and 3 Champions Leagues(becoming the competitions all time top scorer on the way) with Los Blancos. The legendary number 7 scored a breathtaking 323 goals for Real Madrid becoming their top scorer ahead of Alferdo Di Stefano who scored 307 goals. The incredible forward also scored 44 goals for the Spanish national team and held the record for being La Rojas top scorer for many years before his tally was surpassed by David Villa on 25th March 2011.

The Spaniard moved to Bundesliga club Schalke 04 in 2010, calling time on his glittering career at Real Madrid. Raul showed Schalke that he hadn’t lost his touch when he scored 19 goals in his first season with the club and 21 in his second.

The former Spanish international won the DFB Pokal and the DFL Supercup with Schalke and even managed to score 5 Champions League goals while at the club before departing for Qatari outfit Al Sadd.

The striker still has a few good performances left in him but should he decide to quit the game he can always find a place back at his beloved Real Madrid as a coach. After all who wouldn’t want to develop their skills under one of Spain’s greatest ever players?

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