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The France international has, at 34 years old, been named the best player in the world for 2022 after netting 44 goals across LaLiga and Champions League-winning campaigns during the 2021/22 season.
Benzema has spent 13 trophy-laden years at the Santiago Bernabeu, and is now club captain, but concedes that he will never eclipse the efforts of legendary figures that he played alongside and has been coached by such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane.
"I'm not above Zizou and Ronaldo, we're different. They're role models and I can't do what they did on the pitch, but they help me try to do it. I'm never going to reach their level," he told Real Madrid's official website.
"They won the Ballon d'Or and I've just done that. But it's difficult to reach their level."
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Los Blancos striker Benzema sees no reason to compare himself with icons of the past as he is more than happy with his own achievements.
"I've fulfilled the three dreams I had in my life: to buy a house for my mother, to sign for Real Madrid because it's the greatest club in the world and the third was the Ballon d'Or," he added.
"I'm really proud of my work."
The Lyon native will undoubtedly go down as one of the greatest Madridista's to ever play given what he has been able to do at the club, after becoming the club's second all-time top goalscorer and becoming the oldest winner of the Golden Ball since 1956.
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