Career
He has also represented Spain up to under-21 level Born in Parla, Madrid, Mayoral joined Real Madrid"s youth setup in 2007, after starting out at his hometown club AD Parla. On 22 August 2015, Mayoral opened the 2015-2016 season with a brace in a 5–1 home routing of Civil Defense Ebro.
On 31 October he finally made his first team debut, replacing Toni Kroos in the last minutes of a 3–1 home success over UD Las Palmas.
Returning to the reserves, on the following 16 January he scored his first senior hat-trick in a 4–0 home rout of CF Rayo Majadahonda. Mayoral scored in each of Spain"s three qualification matches for the 2015 European Under-19 Championship: two in a 5–0 rout of Turkey and other goals in victories over rivals Portugal and hosts Georgia.
On 7 October 2015, Mayoral made his debut for the under-21 team in a qualification match away to Georgia for the 2017 European Championship. He replaced Samu Castillejo with an hour played, and nine minutes later converted Saúl Ñíguez"s assist in a 5–2 comeback victory.
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network writer Rob Train predicted in August 2015 that Mayoral could become the new Raúl, another forward produced at Real Madrid"s academy.
Richard Martin of Union of European Football Associations.com described Mayoral as "an unapologetic scavenger". Zinedine Zidane complimented Mayoral as well, when he said, that "Mayoral"s a striker who scores every time he has a shot". Mayoral himself has cited Raúl and Benzema as his inspirations.