played from the start on the team's visit to Málaga to move into the all-time top 10 of madridista appearances inwas playing his 378th game in the competition to move level withhas reached the milestone towards the end of his 13th season at the club.Despite playing as a defender, the Seville-born star has made a name for himself with his goal-scoring exploits (52), having found the net in every campaign he's been involved in. His first goal came at none other than La Rosaleda andhas gone on to winwithon four occasions.As for, he played his 387 matches in the national championship between the 1995/96 season and the 2009/10 campaign. He scored 46 goals and got his hands on the title on five occasions. The next madridista on the all-time appearance list in this competition is(404), while the top three are(550),(523) and(510).