One of the finest defenders to have ever played for Real Madrid, Sergio Ramos joined the Spanish giants from Sevilla in 2005.
He was the first Spanish player to be signed by the club during their Galacticos era and arguably one of the most successfuls signing from that period. Ramos made his debut for Real Madrid in the second match of their La Liga campaign against Celta Vigo on September 10, 2006
The Spaniard came on as a substitute replacing central defender Francisco Pavon in the 46th minute of the match. Real Madrid had lost the tie 3-2 where Ronaldo (Brazil) and Julio Baptista were on target for Los Blancos.
Since 2005, Ramos made 671 appearances in a Real Madrid shirt for the next 15 years and won every trophy including five La Ligas and four Champions League titles.
As Ramos left the club in 2021 for a new venture with PSG, let us take a look at the players who played alongside the defender on his debut.
The second most-capped Real Madrid player (725) after Raul Gonzalez and former club captain, Iker Casillas left the Spanish giants in 2016 and joined FC Porto. He is one of the greatest and most decorated footballers of all time in Real Madrid's history.
The World Cup-winning Spanish captain retired from professional football in August 2020 and returned to Real Madrid in December as a deputy to the general director of the Real Madrid Foundation.
Salgado joined Real Madrid in 1999 and played for 10 years at the club. He later moved to Blackburn Rovers where he ended his professional career in 2012.
In 2016, Salgado came out of retirement to play in India's Premier Futsal Tournament. He represented Kerala-based franchise Kochi 5s as their marquee player.
Salgado served as an assistant coach in the Egyptian national team from 2018 to 2019 under head coach Javier Aguirre. In 2019, he joined the Galicia national team as their head coach alongside former Spanish international Francisco Gonzalez.
The Spanish central defender played at Real Madrid for five seasons from 2002 to 2007. He then moved to Valencia for a season and retired from professional football in 2008. He represented the Spanish national team in 48 international matches between 1998 to 2004.
Ivan Helguera is currently the manager of Madrid-based club La Rozas who compete in the fourth tier of Spanish football.
One of the greatest defenders of all time, Roberto Carlos joined Real Madrid in 1996 and played for 11 seasons. Other than Spanish giants, he has played for clubs like Inter Milan and Fenerbahce. His career as a professional footballer ended in India at Delhi Dynamos where he had joined as a player-manager in 2015. After his Dynamos stint, he retired from professional football.
Carlos has won the World Cup twice (1994 and 2002) with Brazil. Before Delhi Dynamos, Carlos had worked as a manager at Russian club Anzi Makhachkala and Turkish clubs Sivasspor and Akhisarspor.
The former Spanish international played at Real Madrid for 15 years (1995-2010). In his final year as a professional footballer, he joined Turkish side Besiktas. He retired in 2011.
In 2013, he returned to Real Madrid as the coach of the club's Juvenil side for two seasons. In 2018, he joined Besiktas as their assistant coach. The next season he was appointed as the manager of Segunda Division club Almeria where he worked for one season. He left the club in 2020.
One of the greatest English footballers of all time, David Beckham joined Real Madrid from Manchester United in 2003 and played there for four seasons. In 2007, he moved to MLS side La Galaxy where he spent the next five seasons of his career. In between, he had two short loan spells at AC Milan in 2009 and 2010. He finally ended his career in 2013 after spending six months at PSG.
Beckham is currently the owner of MLS franchisee Inter Miami. The club made its debut in 2021.
The Brazilian attacker joined Real Madrid from Sevilla in 2005. He spent two seasons with the Spanish giants and was sent on loan to Arsenal during the 2006/07 season. Baptista later played for AS Roma, Malaga and Orlando City in the MLS.
The Brazilian retired from professional football in 2019 after spending a season with CFR Cluj. In the same year, he was appointed as a youth coach at Real Valladolid. In 2021, he was promoted as the head coach of the club's reserve side.
One of the greatest strikers to have graced the game, Ronaldo played for Real Madrid for five seasons, joining them in 2002. He has also played for European giants like Inter Milan, FC Barcelona and AC Milan. He retired from professional football in 2011. With Brazil, he won two World Cups (1994 and 2002).
In 2018, the legendary striker became the majority owner of Spanish second division side Real Valladolid in September 2018, after buying 51 per cent of the club’s shares for a total amount of €30m.
The Spanish midfielder was at Real Madrid for three seasons but spent two out of those three years at Celta Vigo and Murcia on loan. He retired from professional football in 2014.
In 2015 he joined Greek club PAOK FC's U19 team as an assistant coach and a year later became the team's head coach. In 2020 he was promoted as the head coach of the senior team for a brief period but he later moved back to the club's reserves side to lead them.
The legendary Spanish striker is the most-capped Real Madrid player (741) of all time. After spending 16 seasons at the club since 1995, he left in 2010. Thereafter he joined Schalke and then ended his career in the MLS playing for New York Cosmos.
Upon retirement, Raul returned to Real Madrid in 2018 as the head coach of the club's U15. A year later he became the coach of Real Madrid Castilla.
Sergio Ramos served Real Madrid for 15 years since 2005 and left the club at the end of the 2020/21 season. After Iker Casillas' departure from the club, Ramos became the club captain in 2015. He is the club's fourth most-capped player of all time with 671 appearances under his belt.
After ending his association with the La Liga giants, Ramos moved to PSG in 2021.