MADRID, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Raul Gonzalez, who captains Spanish soccer league team Real Madrid, has gone more two years without a yellow card, without losing his competitive sprit and will to win, the club's web page said on Tuesday, calling him The Gentleman of Fair Play.

    Raul's last sporting sanction was a yellow card in the Oct. 23,2004 Madrid-Valencia game, and in Raul's 439 games during 13 seasons at Madrid he has only received 19 yellow cards: around once every 23 games.

    On average he commits a serious offense less than once in every1,900 playing minutes. Even in 1995-1996, his peak season for bad behavior, he received only four yellow cards.

    For many years Raul's sportsmanship has been a model for younger players, the club said. All the younger players look up the quality of his play, his facility for winning a position, his personality, his determined marking, his tenacity and his continual efforts, the club added.