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1 Iker Casillas | G | 11 Arjen Robben | M | |
25 Dudek | G | 14 Guti | M | |
2 Michel Salgado | D | 15 Drenthe | M | |
3 Pepe | D | 17 Parejo | M | |
4 Sergio Ramos | D | 23 Rafael Van der Vaart | M | |
12 Marcelo | D | 28 Tébar | M | |
16 Gabriel Iván Heinze | D | 35 Palanca | M | |
18 Albiol | D | - Negredo | F | |
21 Cristoph Metzelder | D | - Bueno | F | |
24 Javi García | D | - Karim Benzema | F | |
36 Gary | D | 7 Raúl | F | |
- Cristiano Ronaldo | M | 17 Ruud Van Nistelrooy | F | |
5 Fernando Gago | M | 19 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | F | |
6 Lassana Diarra | M | 20 Higuaín | F | |
8 Kaká | M | - Manuel Pellegrini | C | |
10 Wesley Sneijder | M |
Player | Goals | Penalties | ||
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Higuaín Real Madrid | A | 23 | 3 | |
Raúl Real Madrid | A | 21 | 0 | |
R. Van Nistelrooy Real Madrid | A | 10 | 1 | |
K. Huntelaar Real Madrid | A | 8 | 0 | |
Arjen Robben Real Madrid | A | 8 | 0 |
Player | To | From |
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Osasuna - Real Madrid | 2 - 1 |
Real Madrid - Mallorca | 1 - 3 |
Villarreal - Real Madrid | 3 - 2 |
Valencia - Real Madrid | 3 - 0 |
Real Madrid - Barcelona | 2 - 6 |
Sevilla - Real Madrid | 2 - 4 |
Real Madrid - Getafe | 3 - 2 |
Recreativo - Real Madrid | 0 - 1 |
Real Madrid - L.D.U. | 26/07/2009 |
Real Madrid - Al Ittihad | 28/07/2009 |
D.C. United - Real Madrid | 09/08/2009 |
Borussia - Real Madrid | 19/08/2009 |