KARIM BENZEMA STARTED HIS REAL MADRID JOURNEY IN WHEN HIS PREVIOUS CLUB OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH REAL MADRID TO TRANSFER HIM FOR 35 MILLION EUROS
BENZEMA MADE HIS REAL MADRID DEBUT IN THE CLUB'S OPENING PRE-SEASON AGAINST SHARMROCK ROVERS. HE SCORED A LONE GOAL IN 87TH MINUTE OF THE GAME IN THE CLUB'S 1-0 WIN
BENZEMA SCORED HIS FIRST LEAGUE GOAL FOR THE CLUB IN A 5-0 VICTORY AGAINST XEREZ IN 2009
THE STRIKER HAS SINCE A PROMINENT PLAYER FOR REAL MADRID, MAKING 648 APPEARANCES WITH 354 GOALS TO HIS NAME. THE VETERAN ALSO HAS 165 ASSISTS
BENZEMA HAD A DREAM RUN FOR MADRID IN 2021-22, WHERE HE SCORED 44 GOALS IN THE SEASON. HE SCORED 27 GOALS IN LA LIGA, 15 GOALS IN UCL AND A COUPLE IN SUPERCOPA
THE FRENCHMAN HAD A GREAT OUTING FOR THE SPANISH SIDE LIFTING A RECORD 25 TROPHIES, INCLUDING 5 UCL TROPHY, 4 LA LIGA AND 3 COPA DEL REY TITLES.
KARIM BENZEMA IS THE CURRENT HOLDER OF BALLON D'OR FOR THE WORLD'S BEST PLAYER
WITH THE DEPARTURE OF MARCELO, AFTER A BRIEF STINT OF VICE-CAPTAINCY, BENZEMA WAS PROMOTED TO CAPTAINCY
AS A SKIPPER HE SCORED A HAT-TRICK IN 4-0 WAY VICTORY AGAINST BARCELONA IN THE COPA DEL REY SEMI-FINAL AND BECOME THE SECOND REAL MADRID PLAYER TO ACHIEVE THIS IN EL CLASICO AFTER IVAN ZAMORANO