Is Mbappé the quickest Real Madrid player to 50 goals? Not even close

Two goals from Kylian Mbappé saw Real Madrid claw their mode backmost from a extremity down to bushed Marseille successful the Champions League connected Tuesday, contempt having to play with 10 men for the second stages of the game.

Demonstrating erstwhile again wherefore they are the astir palmy squad successful European Cup history, Real shook disconnected an aboriginal Tim Weah opener and the 72nd-minute dismissal of Dani Carvajal to triumph 2-1 astatine the Bernabéu, with Mbappé converting doubly from the punishment spot to seal the deal.

The 2nd of the France forward's spot kicks was his sixth extremity successful 5 games for Madrid this season, and was besides his 50th since his marquee accomplishment astatine the nine successful July 2024. Despite reaching that milestone successful conscionable 64 appearances, Mbappé is not adjacent adjacent to being the quickest subordinate to scope their half-century for the club.

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While a just region down those hot-shots astatine the apical of the tree, the 26-year-old has successfully pipped the likes of Ronaldo Nazário (who took 73 games to scope 50 goals for Madrid), Hugo Sánchez (77) and adjacent 2 of the club's apical 3 all-time extremity scorers: Karim Benzema (106) and Raúl González (114). Mbappé has besides outstripped onslaught spouse Vinícius Júnior by a sizeable margin, with the Brazil guardant taking 202 games to scope the 50-goal mark.

However, determination are inactive 8 players who managed to scope 50 goals for Real successful less games than Mbappé implicit the people of the club's agelong and vaunted history, with Manuel Alday (57 games), Pahiño (61) and Pruden (62) instantly up of him. Here we absorption connected the 5 players who were quickest to execute that sizeable feat.

T-4. Alfredo Di Stéfano (50 goals successful 56 games)

A sanction synonymous with Real Madrid and successful peculiar their imperious glory years of the 1950s and '60s, Di Stéfano is inactive placed 4th among the club's all-time apical extremity scorers. He rattled distant 308 goals successful 396 games successful full portion winning 17 large titles during his 10-year stint astatine the Bernabéu. After scoring 27 goals successful 28 games successful 1953-54 (his debut campaign), Di Stéfano maintained that formidable signifier and passed the 50-goal people earlier the adjacent of the 1954-55 season.

T-4. Ferenc Puskás (56 games)

After joining Madrid astatine the property of 31, Puskas scored nary less than 4 chapeau tricks successful his debut play successful La Liga (1958-59), playing alongside Di Stéfano successful Los Blancos' all-conquering side. After pitching successful with a comparatively meagre 25 goals successful his maiden campaign, the Galloping Major upped the ante the pursuing play erstwhile helium powered done 47 goals successful 36 games. He passed his half-century on the mode to winning his 2nd European Cup successful arsenic galore years, scoring 4 goals successful the epic 7-3 triumph implicit

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