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Real Madrid around the world

Real Madrid are a HUGE club. They have 32 La Liga's, 3 Intercontinental cups and a record 10 Champions Leagues/European Cups. Stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Sergio Ramos, James Rodriguez, Isco all play for the club and are paid thousands in just a week. They not just a great club but an international club, In a recent game vs. Las Palmas(2-1 to Real Madrid) the starting 11 had 6 different nationalities:

• Spain(5)
• Portugal(2)
• Wales(1)
• Brazil(1)
• Costa Rica(1)
• Croatia(1)

And in the full 22 player squad there is:

• 9 Spanish players
• 3 Brazilian players
• 2 Portuguese players
• 2 French players
• 2 Croatian players
• 1 Colombian player
• 1 Welsh player
• 1 Costa Rican player
• and 1 German player

9 different nationalities!!!


Real Madrid's training camp is located in Valdebebas outside of Madrid near Barajas Airport. It is known as Ciudad Real Madrid (Real Madrid city), it has two full sized natural grass pitches for both the first team and youth team, three full sized synthetic turf fields, and the youth team (Real Madrid Castilla) stadium, Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium.

As you can see Real Madrid is a very international team.....

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2012/mar/28/real-madrid-global-domination