Karim Benzema is from the great attacking caste. In the Madrid evening, Wednesday March 9, at the Santiago Bernabéu, the French international was sanctified. As a symbol of Real Madrid in his stronghold, the former Lyonnais carried his own with a high-flying hat-trick, against the Parisians. Conclusion: the Merengue spin in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The opportunity to come back to the staggering figures of Karim Benzema in 13 years at the highest level.
79
This is the number of goals scored by Karim Benzema in the Champions League. He finds himself fourth in the ranking of the best scorers in the history of the competition behind Cristiano Ronaldo (140), Lionel Messi (125) and Robert Lewandowski (85).
309
Or the number of goals scored by Karim Benzema at Real Madrid. He now has his sights set on Raùl and his 323 goals. The UFO Cristiano Ronaldo is still 142 units ahead of the French, the Portuguese having shaken the net 451 times in the Madrid jersey.
3rd
With his hat-trick against Paris Saint-Germain, Karim Benzema became the third top scorer in the history of Real Madrid. He thus surpasses the Hispano-Argentine legend Alfredo Di Stéfano. A long way has been covered since September 29, 2009, when the defector from Lyon scored his first goal in the “White House”.
️ MOUNT @REAL MADRID
1️⃣ @Cristiano: 451 ⚽
2️⃣ @RaulGonzalez: 323 ⚽
3️⃣ @Benzema: 309 ⚽
4️⃣ Alfredo Di Stéfano: 308 ⚽#RealFootball pic.twitter.com/o8lBvQ0TCp— Real Madrid CF (@realmadrid) March 9, 2022
42
That’s the number of Real Madrid goals Karim Benzema has been involved in this season in all competitions. With thirty achievements and twelve assists in just 33 games, the French international is having his best season after thirteen seasons at Real.
34 years old
This is the age of Karim Benzema, who became the oldest player to score a hat-trick in the competition against Paris in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
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28
This is the number of trophies won by the number nine since signing his first professional contract with Olympique Lyonnais in 2005. He has seven with his training club, twenty with his Merengue family and one with the team of France. He is, with these twenty-eight titles, the most successful French player in history.
137
This is the number of appearances of Karim Benzema in the Champions League. He is, with an uninterrupted participation since the 2005 season at OL, the most capped French player in the history of the competition ahead of Thierry Henry (115), Patrice Evra (111) and Claude Makélélé (96).
10
This is the number of nominations of Karim Benzema for the Ballon d’Or trophy since the very first in 2009. The Frenchman’s best ranking is a fourth place in the last edition in 2021. Which makes him the eighth player most nominated to win the trophy.
1st
“KB9” has almost all the most impressive records for a French club player. He is, among other things, the top tricolor scorer in history for a club ahead of Roger Courtois (309 against 281) and Thierry Henry (228), in the history of the Champions League still ahead of Henry (79 against 51), the history of La Liga ahead of Antoine Griezmann (212 against 159).
0
This is the number of red cards received by Karim Benzema throughout his 740 club matches and 94 selections for Blues. The Habs have never crossed the limit and even have a low number of yellow cards: 15 in club and only one in the France team.
2nd
Karim Benzema became against Paris the second most capped foreign player in the history of Merengue. With 500 appearances in the Merengue jersey, he is now on the heels of Roberto Carlos and his 524 games under the Madrid coat of arms.
500 – Karim Benzema will make his 500th start for Real Madrid in all competitions, becoming the second foreign player to reach this milestone in club history after Roberto Carlos (524). Legend. #RMAPSG pic.twitter.com/MbVP5f5Di9
— OptaJean (@OptaJean) March 9, 2022