Gerard Piqué (biography, personal life)

Gerard Piquet is a football player, whose fate carried away from his native city and club, but then allowed him to return to become one of the best players of our time. And now Piquet defends the colors of his native club, although at an early age he left him and managed to play for the other two teams. But this time the football player returned to his club for good and does not intend to leave.

Undervalued talent

Gerard Piquet was born in Barcelona in 1987, and he was born to become a football player, as his grandfather was a great and famous president of the local club Barcelona, which is at all times one of the strongest in Spain. And the young Piquet entered the football academy of the club, which grew into a young talent. But when the guy turned 17 years old, his abilities were seen abroad - "Manchester United" decided to buy Pique for a little more than 5 million euros. Then the leadership of the "Barcelona" did not know which mistake it made.

The heyday in "Manchester"

"Manchester United" was considered even more formidable force in the European arena, so Gerard Piquet was happy to become a part of such a club at such an early age. But it was too early to rejoice - of course, the young footballer did not get a place either in the base or in the reserve, and played only in reserve - after all, "MU" was one of the strongest clubs in Europe, so the 17-year-old boy on the field would look completely out of place. In 2006, when Piquet turned 19 years old, the leadership of the "red devils" decided not to pick up such a talent in the reserve team, and send him to gain experience back home, only not to "Barcelona", but to a smaller club so that he had a guaranteed Game practice.

Homecoming

Of course, Gerard Piquet did not want to leave the "Manchester" even on loan. He knew that this in fifty percent of cases meant further selling, so he had no desire even to leave the club for a year. But for his football development it was the best way out, so the next season he spent in "Zaragoza". There he constantly appeared in the starting line-up and demonstrated excellent playing qualities, but this was not enough to stay in Manchester. At the end of the lease, Gerard was given another chance to prove himself, but the player seemed to the management of the English club to be inappropriate. However, this year the Spaniard managed to win together with the club the Championship of England, the Super Bowl of England and even the Champions League, after which they decided to part with him. What was the happiness of Pique when he found out that he could return to his native club, because there it was not considered unsuitable at all. "Barcelona" paid those 5 million, which she 4 years ago listed "Manchester United" and got the rights to the still young defender. With confidence, we can say that the "red devils" are still biting their elbows from the realization that they have missed such a magnificent defender. Now, when they are experiencing a rather impressive crisis, a player like Piquet, they would be very useful. But the fate was different, and in fact, for a symbolic fee Piquet moved back to "Barcelona".

Armored Spaniard

From the very first season, from the very return to his native club, Gerard Piquet, whose biography was taking a new turn, got a place in the starting lineup and did not disappoint. He demonstrated and continues to demonstrate an incredibly reliable and confident game, and his defensive actions become one of the main reasons why "Barcelona" misses so few goals. Piqué holds the sixth consecutive season in the Catalan club, and during this time together with the team he won an incredible number of trophies: 3 national championships, 2 Spanish Cups, 4 Spanish Super Cups, he raised two Champions League cups and one Super Bowl over his head UEFA, and also added to his collection two titles of the club world champion. Thus, we can safely say that Gerard Piquet is a football player who found his home, after returning from a long trip to other clubs. And everyone is absolutely sure that he will never go on such a trip again, because "Barcelona" for him is the second family.

Champion is everywhere

But Piqué managed to achieve great results not only in the club, but also in the Spanish national team, for which he has been performing since 2008. It was in that year that he made his debut in the national team, but due to lack of experience he did not go to the European Championship. But together with his team in 2010 and 2012 he won both the World Championship and the European Championships, which became an extremely important achievement for him. Moreover, as compensation for non-participation in Euro 2008, he was taken to the Confederations Cup 2009, which the Spanish team successfully won. Total to his 27 years Gerard Piquet has 50 official matches for the Spanish team, in which he is an indispensable part of the team, however, as in Barcelona. Together with Carles Puyol, during the last five years, they aroused fear on all the attackers, speaking together as in "Barça", and in the Spanish national team. Such a player as Pique would be useful to any team, but his heart is now forever blue-pomegranate.

Star duo

However, the heart of a football player is not only occupied with football, because he has a favorite woman. And this is an unusual pair, because it consists of two stars - Shakira and Gerard Piquet. The son of the couple was born very recently, in January 2013. The kid got an unusual name - Milan. But at the same time there is a special twist in the relationship of the star couple, because they are not married. Since Shakira officially announced in 2011 that she was meeting with Gerard, the world public froze in anticipation of the wedding. But the wedding did not follow. The birth of Milan, it would seem, was to encourage the pair to create an official family, but this is not considered by Shakira and Gerard Piquet. The wedding, in their opinion, is optional, and marriage - rather boring and household surplus. Therefore, the couple continues to live in the soul together with their little son, they look incredibly happy in the photos, so they have nowhere to hurry. Especially considering that both Shakira and Pique lead an active star life - Shakira constantly gives concerts, while Pique almost every day has training sessions, and every week - one or even two important matches.