Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh professional footballer. He plays as a winger for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Wales national team. He is a left-footed player and has been praised for his tremendous pace, strike from distance and his crossing ability. He is considered one of the fastest footballers in the world. He wears shirt number 11 for Real Madrid and Wales National Team.
Gareth Bale is famous for a football player. He plays as a winger for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Wales national team. He began his professional career at Southampton, playing at left-back and earning acclaim as a free-kick specialist. He moved to Tottenham Hotspur in 2007, for an eventual 7 million euro fee. In 2011 and 2013, he was named PFA Players' Player of the Year and was named in the UEFA Team of the Year. In 2013, he was also named PFA Young Player of the Year, the FWA Footballer of the Year and the Premier League Player of the Season. He was nominated to the PFA Team of the Year three times in a row between 2011 and 2013.
On September 1, 2013, he transferred to Real Madrid for an undisclosed fee. His transfer value at figures between 91 million euro and 100 million euro. The transfer was leaked which confirmed a then-world record transfer fee of 100.8 million euro, eclipsing the previous record fee of 80 million pounds the club paid for Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009. He won the UEFA Super Cup and scored in a third major final to help the club win the FIFA Club World Cup. Two years later, he was a key player in another Champions League run, winning the 2015-16 title and being elected to the UEFA Squad of the Season. He was also a finalist in the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. ESPN ranked Bale twelfth on its list of the world's most famous athletes. He has earned over 70 caps and scored 31 international goals, making him Wales highest scorer of all time. He has been named Welsh Footballer of the Year a record six times.
Gareth Bale was born on July 16, 1989, in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. He holds Welsh nationality and Belongs to White ethnicity. His birth sign is Cancer. He was born to a father named Frank and a mother named Debbie Bale. He is the nephew of Chris Pike, former Cardiff City player. He attended Eglwys Newydd Primary School at Whitchurch. He used to play for Cardiff Civil Service Football Club during his early childhood. He attended Whitchurch High School in Cardiff Bale trained at Southampton's satellite academy in Bath. He helped his school's under-18 team to win the Cardiff & Vale Senior Cup.
Gareth Bale height of 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and body weight of 75 kg. He has an athletic body build. He has brown hair and blue eyes. There is no information about his body measurements.
Gareth Bale is an unmarried man but engaged to Emma Rhys-Jones. They have two children and they are expecting their third child, first child Alba Violet, and Nava Valentina. Bale announced that they are engaged a day after his 27th birthday on July 17, 2016.
Gareth Bale estimated net worth of $125 million and his annual salary of $25 million-plus $9 million from endorsements. He endorsed several companies like Adidas, EA Sports, Lucozade, and BT Sport. He earns a good amount of money from his profession.
1. He became Wale's youngest player at that time to represent the nation.
2. He has been named Welsh Footballer of the Year a record six times.
3. He is Wales' all-time top scorer for Wales National Team with 31 goals.
4. He scored four goals in a single match against Rayo Vallecano.