EThe number 9 is a number reserved for goals, both in the world of football and in Real Madrid. The history of footballers who have worn it for the white team makes it clear that this is a shirt for the chosen ones, for players who were born with goals in their veins. And now it’s up to Kylian Mbappé maintain and honor that tradition.
The last footballer to sit at the box office with Real Madrid’s number 9 has been Karim Benzema, compatriot of Kylian Mbappé, who will now maintain that French legacy at the Bernabéu. Before Karim he wore it for a season Cristiano Ronaldogreat idol of the Bondy striker, in his first year in the team, when Raúl He was still in the team and the Portuguese could not wear the number 7 that has accompanied him throughout his career.
Other illustrious Madrid strikers have defended the number 9, from Alfredo di Stéfano to Ronaldo Nazario, passing through Santillana, Morientes, Suker, Zamorano or Hugo Sánchez. He is a number with great tradition in the white club and that the best scorers have wanted to show off and defend in the Santiago Bernabeu.
Complete list of players who have worn the 9
According to the Transfermarkt portal, this is the complete list of footballers who have worn the number 9 of the Real Madrid shirt since the shirts have numbers on the back: Karim Benzema (10/11 – 22/23), Cristiano Ronaldo (09 /10), Javier Saviola (08/09), Roberto Soldado (07/08), Ronaldo (03/04 – 06/07), Fernando Morientes (99/00 – 03/04), Davor Suker (96/97 – 98/99), Luis Enrique (95/96), José Amavisca (94/95), Alfonso (93/94), Iván Zamorano (92/93 – 95/96), Fernando Hierro (91/92), Luis Enrique (91/92), Rafael Gordillo (91/92), Adolfo Aldana (90/91), Sebastián Losada (90/91), Hugo Sánchez (85/86 – 91/92), Emilio Butragueño (84/85), Isidro Díaz (84/85), Francisco Pineda (84/85), Laurie Cunningham (81/82), Santillana (79/80 – 87/88), Santillana (76/77), Vicente del Bosque (75/76) , Pirri (72/73), Santillana (71/72 – 72/73), Juan Planelles (70/71), Ramón Grosso (67/68), Amancio (66/67), Ramón Grosso (65/66), Alfredo di Stéfano (63/64), Alfredo di Stéfano (61/62), Raymond Kopa (58/59), Alfredo di Stéfano (55/56 – 59/60), Roque Olsen (50/51 – 52/53) , Pachichu (50/51), Luis Molowny (50/51 – 51/52), Sabino Barinaga (49/50), Javier Marcet (48/49 – 49/50), Pahiño (48/49 – 52/53) , Pruden Sánchez (46/47), Manuel Alday (39/40 – 40/41), Fernando Sañudo (35/36), Josep Samitier (33/34), Manuel Olivares (32/33).
In what season did you start wearing a fixed number?
Although the numbers on the jerseys, in order to better identify the players, have been worn since the 1930s, Until the 95-96 season in the First Division, those numbers were not fixed. From that campaign onwards, a rule was implemented in Spanish football so that footballers would wear a fixed number during all matches and their name on their shirts. So Real Madrid’s first 9 in that modern era can be considered Luis Enriqueprecisely Mbappé’s coach in his last season at PSG.
