Dani Carvajal 's quest to become the greatest footballer in the 61-year history of the European Cup and UEFA Champions League begins this week.

Not Lionel Messi , Cristiano Ronaldo , Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta, Clarence Seedorf, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Karim Benzema , Johan Cruyff, Gerd Müller, Sergio Ramos or Paolo Maldini.

No, Dani Carvajal; the locally born kid with the warrior nature, a cop father and the youth team "Mirlo" -- the nickname given to promising Real Madrid youth prospects -- who Florentino Pérez chose to lay the first brick of Madrid's Valdebebas Sports City (Training Complex) 21 years ago.

Carvajal is already tied with two of Los Blancos' finest-ever players -- Galician winger Paco Gento and Luka Modric -- as the only men ever to lift this famous, ico

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