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Saturday’s defeat to Villarreal saw Carlo Ancelotti make the historic decision to field a line-up which did not include a single Spanish player. By selecting an XI that featured 11 players from abroad, it ended a 121-year streak which dates back across 4, 436 matches.

Over that spell, 182 different foreign players have made an appearance for Real Madrid, stretching across 43 different nationalities. They have made a total of 15, 125 appearances bewand scored 3, 133 goals.

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Here, we’ll turn to the numbers to break down which countries and nationalities have contributed the most to Real Madrid, including some of the most iconic figures ever to take to the field of the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu.

The nation with the most players at 30 registered and 26 to play in a Los Blancos shirt, Brazil and Real Madrid have long had a link. With almost 3, 000 appearances by Brazilians, including the current contingent of Vinícius Júnior, Éder Militão and Rodrygo Goes, that figure is set to climb even further after the signing of Endrick.

The first Brazilian to play for the club was Fernando Giudicelli, who made just one appearance. In terms of the most appearances, ironically, the two to lead the way share a position - Marcelo on 546 and Roberto Carlos on 527.

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Joining them are a talented bunch of players from Ronaldo Nazário to Kaká, though it must be said that the only Brazilian to take to the dugout, Vanderlei Luxemburgo, was less successful than his compatriots on the field.

Led by Karim Benzema and his over 600 appearances, French players have a rich history. The forward is not only the leading force in terms of goals with 332, but also one of only four non-Spanish captains to wear the armband on a regular basis for the club. He followed in the footsteps of Arthur Johnson (1901-02), Federico Revuelto (1903-04) and Marcelo (2021-22).

That immediately puts him in the history books alongside another legend, Raymond Kopa (pictured below), who won three European Cup titles in a row from 1957 to 1959 as he made 101 appearances for the club.

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Other French stars include the likes of Zinédine Zidane, who was even more decorated as a coach than he was as a player, Raphaël Varane, Claude Makelélé and any of the four players in Carlo Ancelotti’s current squad.

Only Brazil have had more different players wear the Real Madrid shirt than Argentina, with 25 different men doing so. Despite that, very few have gone down in history in the same way as their South American rivals.

Fernando Redondo and Santiago Solari are among the most memorable, racking up 436 appearances between them between 1994 and 2005, despite never playing together. Ángel Di María and Gonzalo Higuain join them in having made over 190 and 264 appearances respectively. Jorge Valdano is also a recognisable figure, though perhaps even more for his time in the offices of Valdebebas than on the field.

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Despite all that heritage, there are no current Argentine players on the Real Madrid books even in the wake of their World Cup victory in Qatar. The last Argentine to play for Los Blancos was Franchu in a Copa del Rey tie against Fuenlabrada in 2017, with the winger now on loan at Cartagena from Eibar in Segunda.

For many modern Real Madrid fans, thinking of Germans to wear the white shirt brings forth images of Toni Kroos. The midfield dynamo leads the way with 385 appearances and 26 goals, forming a pivotal part of the club’s golden era, but he’s not the only one.

Antonio Rüdiger is also in the 2023 Real Madrid squad and is only of only three Germans to have played for the club less than 100 times, alongside Christoph Metzelder and Bernd Schuster, who has the incredible feat of joining Real Madrid from Barcelona and leaving for Atlético Madrid.

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There are seven players to have made over 100 appearances, including Toni Kroos, Uli Steilike (pictured above), Mesut Özil and Sami Khedira. Steilike is an oft-forgotten figure who spent eight years with the club between 1977 and 1985, winning the LaLiga title three times.

No nation has scored more goals for Real Madrid than Portugal, thanks in large part to Cristiano Ronaldo’s contribution who counts for 85.56% of all Portuguese-scored goals for the club. Few players of any nationality can rival his stats with 450 goals in 438 games for the club.

The first Portuguese player to play for Real Madrid did not join until 1996 in the form of Secretário, who had a one-year stint in between moves to and from Porto. The next player to play for Los Blancos from across the Iberian border was Luis Figo, the very first Galáctico.

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All other Portuguese players actually coincided with Ronaldo during his nine-year stint at the Bernabéu, and they were all defenders, including Ricardo Carvalho, Pepe, Fábio Coentrão and Pedro Mendes.

Other leading nations include Croatia (5 players making 784 appearances), Netherlands (8, 616), Uruguay (9, 515), England (5, 438), Mexico (4, 399), Belgium (4, 274), Hungary (5, 262), Wales (1, 258), Italy (3, 243), Denmark (3, 214), Chile (1, 173), Costa Rica (1, 162) and Serbia (5, 150).

With less than 150 appearances, there are also Colombia (3 players making 146 appearances), Mali (1, 126), Montenegro (1, 118), Romania (1, 84), Cameroon (2, 83), Dominican Republic (3, 82), Paraguay (3, 76), Austria (2, 70), Slovakia (1, 45), Ghana (1, 35) Togo (1, 22), Turkey (2, 22), Bosnia-Herzegovina (1, 19), Morocco (1, 17), Equatorial Guinea (1, 15), Poland (1, 12), Ukraine (1, 12), Norway (1, 11), Czech Republic (1, 10), Russia (1, 7), Guatemala (1, 4) Cape Verde (1, 4), Sweden (1, 3), Martinique (1, 2) and Puerto Rico (1, 1).

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For those wondering, Eduardo Ordóñez was the Puerto Rican midfielder who made one appearance, a 4-2 defeat to Racing Santander in March 1933.The afternoon kick-off against Getafe was the first time the midfielder played at the club’s own stadium since his move, for up to £115 million, which already feels like a bargain, from Borussia Dortmund in the summer.

Building work at the Santiago Bernabéu has meant Madrid have had to play their first three league games away from home. They have won all three. Bellingham has scored in all three (four goals in total) before adding another against Getafe in spectacular fashion in the 95th minute. Earlier this week he won La Liga player of the month, in his first month in Spain, becoming the first Englishman ever to do so.

Already Bellingham is being referred to as “el jefe”, the boss, and the impact he has had at Madrid is, even this early, simply extraordinary – not least in the way that this assured young man from Stourbridge, near Birmingham, has embraced Spanish culture.

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“He’s out of the ordinary, ” Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said in that relaxed style of his and he meant it in more ways than one.

It was only ever going to be Real Madrid for Bellingham once they firmed up their interest. In June, at his unveiling following his signing, with his father Mark, mother Denise and brother Jobe, who recently joined Sunderland, in the front row Bellingham talked of it being “the best day of my life”. He meant it.

His press conference also revealed his personality. Bellingham is grounded, respectful, focused on his football but is also able to pitch what he says in the right way and has a rare understanding of football history.

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Bellingham also raised eyebrows by choosing the No 5 shirt, made iconic at Madrid by Zinedine Zidane. After all, Bellingham was not even born when Zidane scored that brilliant volley to win the Champions League against Bayer Leverkusen in 2002.

The England midfielder raised eyebrows by choosing the No 5 shirt made famous by his idol and Real Madrid legend Zinedine Zidane Credit : Getty Images/David S. Bustamante

The Zidane comparison has been made in Spain but it pre-dates Bellingham’s arrival. As he grew up he genuinely studied YouTube clips of the French midfielder and idolised him and the way he played, dreaming of emulating him one day at Madrid. That shirt meant everything and Bellingham nervously spoke to Zidane after the 2022 Champions League final when Madrid beat Liverpool.

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It also meant that, in truth, despite huge interest from the Premier League – led by Manchester City who were prepared to pay whatever it took to get Bellingham and would have sacrificed Bernardo Silva as well as Ilkay Gundogan to do so – Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea there was only one club for Bellingham once their interest was concrete 18 months ago.

Bellingham has also been smart. His move from Birmingham City to Borussia Dortmund before he had even turned 17 was astute but also brave. It took him to a