Gareth Bale: career, achievements, personal life

Gareth Bale is one of the leaders of Wales and the Spanish club Real Madrid. Performs at the position of the extreme striker. The player has leadership qualities, delivered with a kick and an excellent starting speed.

Biography Gareth Bale

Born future footballer July 16, 1989 in Cardiff, Wales. From an early age, the boy dreamed about the career of a professional football player, imitating the style of the leading players in sports fields and collecting autographs of famous athletes. Once the guy managed to get the signature of Cristiano Ronaldo himself. The future player could not even imagine that eventually he would be in the same team with one of the main stars of world football.

From the age of 16, Gareth Bale was in favor of the national team. After a while, his outstanding skills were noticed by the scouts of the Southampton club. Soon the talented guy was in the sports academy of the team.

In 2007, Gareth Bale was invited to another well-known team of the top English division - "Tottenham Hotspur". However, the damage received in one of the debut games for the youth squad did not allow the young striker to demonstrate abilities in the adult team.

Only in 2010, Gareth Bale managed to eliminate the recurrence of old injuries and get into the main part of "Tottenham". During four seasons of performances for the team from London in the Premier League, the talented player acquired the status of one of the most successful attackers of the tournament.

Soon the striker demonstrated his bombing abilities not only in the championship of England, but also in the most prestigious tournament in Europe. In the fight, "Tottenham" against "Twente" the player scored his first goal in the Champions League.

Transfer to Real Madrid

After the successful performances of Bale in Tottenham, the player wished to see one of the Spanish grandees in his ranks. The official transfer of Gareth to Real Madrid took place on September 1, 2013. For the Welsh striker, the leadership of the English team received a record amount of 100 million euros.

Hammered the ball for the "royal" club, Gareth Bale was already in the opening match in the Spanish championship, striking the gate "Villarreal". Soon the striker got a little damage and missed a few matches of the new team.

Upon returning to the field, Bail made the first double for Real Madrid and performed several assists in a meeting with the Sevilla club, which took place on September 30, 2013 as part of the regular national championship. Two months later, Gareth celebrated a Hittite-trick, scoring 3 goals at the gates of Valladolid.

The real success came to the player in the final of the Champions League. In the decisive match of "Real" for the title, Bale managed to hit the gates of another team from Madrid - "Atletico", and get the title of the best team in Europe for their own club.

Season 2014/2015 as part of the Spanish champion started for the striker with a victory in the UEFA Super Cup, where the "royal" club beat Sevilla. Gareth played a full fight, marking with two assists.

In the season 2015/2016 Bale already in the second round of the Spanish football championship scored a goal against the "Betis". In the 16th round of the championship the Welshman designed the first poker in his career, signing with four balls at the gates of "Rayo Vallecano".

National team appearances

In the national team of Wales, Gareth Bale made his debut in 2006 as part of the qualifying matches for the 2008 European Championships. The first fight for the national team striker held against Slovakia before his native audience at the stadium in Cardiff. However, the match was formed extremely unsuccessfully for the Welsh. The fight ended in a crushing defeat with a score of 1: 5. In the following, the Welsh team pursued a number of setbacks in the selections for the world's largest football forums.

A star hour for Gareth Bale in the national team was the tournament Euro-2016. Under the guidance of the new coach Chris Coleman, the Welsh managed not only to reach the final stage of the competition in France, but also to go to the playoff series. In turn, Bale played for the national team all the matches of the tournament and managed to sign 7 times at the gate of the opponent.

Personal life

What is Bail Gareth's marital status? Wife football player Emma Rhys Jones is a friend of the football player's youth. Today, the couple has two daughters, named Violet and Valentine. The Welsh player treats his relatives with trepidation. The football player dedicates almost every goal scored to his wife and children, showing a "man-made heart" on the camera.

Football talents

The main ability that Bail Gareth boasts is speed. It was thanks to the skill to quickly move around the field, at the start of a career player was transferred from the defensive line to the attacking position.

Gareth Bale has good ball control and perfected dribbling. The striker is also a recognized master of free and free kick. This is confirmed by the magnificent actions of the player on Euro-2016, where he managed to hit the gate of the national team of Slovakia and England from the standard positions.

The individual style of the game Beyle admired the leading coaches and former stars of world football, in particular, Luis Figo and Jose Mourinho. Since the performances in the club "Real Madrid" his game has changed for the better. Gareth became even more focused on the attack, and also acquired the skills of a real playmaker.