Gareth Bale

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Gareth Bale
Gareth Bale RM.jpg
Bale durin his unveilin as a Real Madrid player in September 2013.
Personal information
Full name Gareth Frank Bale[1]
Date o birth (1989-07-16) 16 Julie 1989 (age 33)[1]
Place o birth Cairdiff, Wales
Hicht 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Playin poseetion Winger
Club information
Current team
 Real Madrid
Nummer 11
Youth career
– Cardiff Civil Service
2005–2006 Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Southampton 40 (5)
2007–2013 Tottenham Hotspur 146 (42)
2020-

Real Madrid

Hotspur F.C.		 126 (70)
– Tottenham Hotspur
Naitional team‡
2005–2006 Wales U17 7 (1)
2006 Wales U19 1 (1)
2006–2008 Wales U21 4 (2)
2006– Wales 70 (29)
* Senior club appearances an goals coontit for the domestic league anerly an correct as o 19:00, 18 Julie 2018 (UTC)
‡ Naitional team caps an goals correct as o 18 Julie 2018

Gareth Frank Bale (born 16 Julie 1989) is a Welsh fitbawer thit plays for the La Liga club Real Madrid an plays for the Wales naitional team as a winger. Bale plays as a richt winger.

Bale stairtit his profeesional career at Southampton, playin at left back an earnin acclaim as a free kick specialist. He muivit tae Tottenham Hotspur in 2007, for a eventual £7 million fee. Durin his time at Spurs, managerial an tactical shifts saw him transform intae a mair affensively-orientatit player. Frae the 2009–10 saison, Bale became a integral pairt o the team, risin tae internaitional attention durin the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League.[3][4][5] He wis namit PFA Players' Player of the Year in 2011 an 2013, an wis namit in the UEFA Team of the Year in 2011 an 2013.

Bale haes receivit plaudits frae his peers, thit hae descrieved him as a fitbawer wi "tremendous speed, great crossin abeelity, a great left fuit an exceptional pheesical qualities".[6] Durin the 2012–13 saison he wis awairdit the PFA Young Player of the Year, the PFA Players' Player of the Year an the FWA Footballer of the Year awairds.

Early an personal life[eedit | eedit soorce]

Bale wis born in Cairdiff, Wales, tae parents Frank, a schuil caretaker, an Debbie, an operations manager;[7] he attendit Eglwys Newydd Primary School at Whitchurch.[8] He is the nephew o umwhile Cardiff City fitbawer Chris Pike.[9] It wis while at this schuil he first came tae the attention o Southampton at age nine, when he wis playin in a sax-a-side tournament wi his first club, Cardiff Civil Service Football Club.[10] Growin up, his fitbaw hero wis fellae Welshman an Manchester United player Ryan Giggs.[11]

Bale attendit Whitchurch High School in Cairdiff.[12] He wis a keen athlete an played fitbaw alongside future Wales rugby captain Sam Warburton,[13] rugby, hockey an excelled at athletics.[14] As a 14-year-auld he says that he ran the 100 metre sprint in 11.4 seiconts.[11] Acause o his superior fitbawin skill, the schuil's PE teacher, Gwyn Morris, haed tae write special rules which restrictit Bale tae playin ane-touch fitbaw an no uisin his left fuit.[13] Whilst at Whitchurch, Bale trained at Southampton's satellite academy in Bath, awtho thare wis initially some dout if Southampton wad gie him a scholarship due tae his hicht.[7]

Despite bein anerly 16 at the time, he helpit the schuil's unner-18 side win the Cardiff & Vale Senior Cup. He left schuil in the simmer o 2005 wi a Grade A in PE amangst his ither GCSE results. In his feenal year at schuil, he wis awairdit the PE depairtment's prize for services tae sport. In the presentation, Morris commentit:

"Gareth has a fierce determination tae succeed and has the character and qualities tae achieve his personal goals. He is one of the most unselfish individuals that I have had the pleasure tae help educate."[15]

Bale lives in Madrid wi his pairtner Emma Rhys-Jones, his heich schuil sweethert.[16] Thair first bairn, born at the University Hospital of Wales, Cairdiff on 21 October 2012[17] wis namit Alba Violet.[18]

Career statistics[eedit | eedit soorce]

Club[eedit | eedit soorce]

As o 24 May 2014[19]
Club Saison League Cup League Cup Europe Ither1 Tot
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Southampton 2005–06 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2006–07 38 5 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 43 5
Tot 40 5 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 45 5
Tottenham Hotspur 2007–08 8 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 12 3
2008–09 16 0 2 0 5 0 7 0 0 0 30 0
2009–10 23 3 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 34 3
2010–11 30 7 0 0 0 0 11 4 0 0 41 11
2011–122 36 9 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 42 12
2012–13 33 21 2 1 1 1 8 3 0 0 44 26
Tot 146 42 16 3 10 2 31 8 0 0 203 55
Real Madrid 2013–14 27 15 5 1 — 12 6 0 0 44 22
Tot 27 15 5 1 — 12 6 0 0 44 22
Career tot 213 62 22 4 13 2 43 14 1 0 292 82

1 Includes Football League Championship play-affs
2 The Spurs goal tally excludes the goal scored against Fulham on 6 November 2011, later ruled as a awn goal[20]

Naitional team[eedit | eedit soorce]

Wales national team[21]
Year Apps Goals
2006 4 1
2007 7 1
2008 5 0
2009 7 0
2010 4 1
2011 6 3
2012 5 3
2013 5 2
2014 1 1
Tot 44 12

Internaitional goals[eedit | eedit soorce]

Scores and results list Wales' goal tally first.[21]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 October 2006 Millennium Stadium, Cairdiff, Wales  Slovakie 1–2 1–5 Euro 2008 qualifyin
2. 28 Mairch 2007 Millennium Stadium, Cairdiff, Wales  San Marino 2–0 3–0
3. 12 October 2010 St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Swisserland   Switzerland 1–1 1–4 Euro 2012 qualifyin
4. 7 October 2011 Liberty Stadium, Swansea, Wales   Switzerland 2–0 2–0
5. 11 October 2011 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgarie  Bulgarie 1–0 1–0
6. 12 November 2011 Cardiff City Stadium, Cairdiff, Wales  Norawa 1–0 4–1 Friendly
7. 11 September 2012 Stadion Karađorđe, Novi Sad, Serbie  Serbie 1–2 1–6 Warld Cup 2014 qualifyin
8. 12 October 2012 Cardiff City Stadium, Cairdiff, Wales  Scotland 1–1 2–1
9. 2–1
10. 6 Februar 2013 Liberty Stadium, Swansea, Wales  Austrick 1–0 2–1 Friendly
11. 26 Mairch 2013 Liberty Stadium, Swansea, Wales  Croatie 1–0 1–2 World Cup 2014 qualifying
12. 5 Mairch 2014 Cardiff City Stadium, Cairdiff, Wales  Iceland 3–1 3–1 Friendly

Honours[eedit | eedit soorce]

Club[eedit | eedit soorce]

Southampton Academy
Tottenham Hotspur

Real Madrid

Individual[eedit | eedit soorce]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. ↑ a b Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 31. ISBN 9781845966010.
  2. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Wales" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2022. p. 32. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 30 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Riise: Bale is world's best left winger". ESPN Soccernet. 10 November 2011. Archived frae the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Fabio – Bale is world's best". Sky Sports. 9 Mairch 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "Gareth Bale has everything says Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp". BBC Sport. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "Gareth Bale – Tottenham Hotspur's Speed King". Nasty Tackle. 2011. Archived frae the original on 20 Januar 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  7. ↑ a b Rollings, Grant. "Bale Model". The Sun. News Group Newspapers. Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  8. ↑ "Hall Of Fame". Eglwys Newydd Primary School. Archived frae the original on 5 Juin 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  9. ↑ "Bluebirds of a feather are flockin thegither". Wales Online. Media Wales. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
  10. ↑ "Mentor's advice tae Gareth could come tae fruition as foreign legion close in". Wales Online. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  11. ↑ a b Harvey, Chris (31 Januar 2011). "Gareth Bale interview: born tae run". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 31 Januar 2011.
  12. ↑ "Powerleague Official Opening". Whitchurch High School. Archived frae the original on 18 Julie 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  13. ↑ a b "Pride at Cardiff school that developed Sam Warburton and Gareth Bale". guardian.co.uk. Guardian News and Media. 13 October 2011.
  14. ↑ "Rugby World Cup 2011: Cardiff-born Gareth Bale and Sam Warburton were stars from the start, reflects coach". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. 14 October 2011.
  15. ↑ "Young Gareth made own rules". The Daily Echo. 13 Januar 2007.
  16. ↑ "Gareth Bale withdraws from Tottenham match as partner goes into labour". Wales Online. 20 October 2012.
  17. ↑ Neil Moxley (24 October 2012). "Daddy Bale stays at home as Tottenham face crucial test in Slovenia". Mail Online. Associated Newspapers. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  18. ↑ Williamson, Laura (7 Mairch 2013). "Bale's 'little AVB': Spurs star's daughter Alba Violet has Gareth 'buzzing'". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 Mey 2013.
  19. ↑ "Gareth Bale All time playing career". Soccerbase. Archived frae the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  20. ↑ "Twenty-five goals between 12 October tae 21 December are ruled on". Dubious Goals Panel rulings. Premier League. 12 Januar 2012. Archived frae the original on 16 Januar 2012. Retrieved 3 Februar 2012.
  21. ↑ a b "Gareth Bale International statistics". Int.soccerway.com. 9 Januar 2013. Retrieved 17 Apryle 2014.
  22. ↑ "17th Football Presentation Awards Evening". Football Association of Wales. 13 November 2007. Archived frae the original on 13 Mey 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  23. ↑ "Gareth, Daws scoop awards". Tottenham Hotspur FC. 3 Mey 2010. Retrieved 3 Mey 2010.
  24. ↑ "Gareth Bale | Tottenham Hotspur News and Supporters Forum". Tottenhamhotspurs.tv. 16 Julie 1989. Archived frae the original on 19 Apryle 2014. Retrieved 17 Apryle 2014.
  25. ↑ "Gareth Bale named Wales' player of the year". BBC Sport. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  26. ↑ "Gareth Bale retains FA of Wales player of the year award". BBC Sport. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  27. ↑ "Gareth Bale wins BBC Wales Sports Personality award". BBC Sport. 6 December 2010.
  28. ↑ "UEFA.com users' Team of the Year 2011 revealed". uefa.com. UEFA. 18 Januar 2012. Retrieved 1 Mairch 2013.
  29. ↑ "Bale scoops Player of the Month award". Premier League. 30 Apryle 2010. Archived frae the original on 6 Juin 2011. Retrieved 30 Apryle 2010.
  30. ↑ "Gareth Bale & Andre Villas-Boas earn player and manager awards". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 1 Mairch 2013. Retrieved 1 Mairch 2013.

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