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- Seventeen years on - and five Champions League titles, two major international tournaments and a vast array of individual accolades later - Bale was the first man to captain Wales at a World Cup since 1958.
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Nov 11, 2021 · Why Gareth Bale is not only a Real Madrid superstar but a Welsh national hero who has taken his country to new heights.
Nov 15, 2021 · Schoolmates, room-mates, fellow players and former managers paid tribute to Gareth Bale as he prepared to win his 100th Wales cap.
Gareth Frank Bale MBE (born 16 July 1989) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a winger, most notably for Tottenham Hotspur, Real Madrid and the Wales national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest Welsh players of all time. [6]
- For Showing Mental Resilience Time and Time Again
- For Racking Up An Admirable Number of Goals and Assists
- For Being An Esteemed Member of Real Madrid’s Greatest-Ever Front Three
- For Stepping Up in Crucial Finals
- For Winning The Most Coveted Trophies
The Spanish media has always had little tolerance toward foreign footballers, with them often over-analyzing even their tiniest mistakes. Gareth Bale was frequently targeted by the press and even the Santiago Bernabeu faithful for the most ordinary slip-ups. He was also slammed time and again for his injuries, with many calling him a waste of resou...
Between 2013 and 2018, Gareth Bale was a force to be reckoned with for the All Whites. He dazzled onlookers with his breathtaking pace, scored excellent goals, and led from the front time and time again. Although the former Spurs man scored more goals in the 2013-14 season (22 vs 19), the 2015-16 season was easily Bale’s best in Los Merengues’ colo...
In the 2013-14 season, coach Carlo Ancelotti fielded Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, and Cristiano Ronaldotogether in attack, giving birth to one of the best footballing tridents in history. Ronaldo, the team’s undisputed talisman rained down from the left flank. Bale used his pace to tear through opponents down the right. Finally, there was Benzema, w...
Having joined from Tottenham Hotspurfor a record €101 million fee in 2013, Gareth Bale wasted very little time proving his mettle at Madrid. In his debut season, Bale scored two goals in two cup finals, first in the Copa del Rey and then in the UEFA Champions League. Real Madrid faced arch-rivals Barcelonain the 2013-14 Copa del Rey final at the Me...
Between 2013 and 2022, Gareth Bale established himself as an undisputed Real Madrid legend. He scored superb goals, did not let often-unjust criticism bring him down, linked up expertly with teammates, and proved to be clutch in big games. Inevitably, he won a plethora of trophies over the course of his stellar Madrid career. Gareth Bale won five U...
- Scores the Champions League's greatest ever goal (possibly) Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool, 26 May, 2018. While Bale had already won the Champions League three times, 2018 is the final for which he will be best remembered.
- 'Taxi for Maicon' Once Bale and Spurs started finding success under Redknapp, both pushed on. Bale's breakthrough moment - some stunning free-kicks aside - came in the Champions League, with unfancied Spurs drawn against holders Inter Milan in the group stage in 2010.
- Scores Copa del Rey wonder goal. What's the best way to announce yourself to your new fans? How about scoring a sensational solo goal to win a cup final against your biggest rivals?
- Lights up Euro 2016. Euro 2016: Gareth Bale's three goals for Wales. For a long time it seemed Bale was destined to sit alongside George Best and Ryan Giggs as an icon of British football who would never get to experience an international tournament.
Jan 9, 2024 · A year ago, the greatest sportsperson ever to hail from Wales (don’t @ me) Gareth Bale hung up his boots. Obviously there was a tidal wave of tributes from his homeland, with the gushing praise contrasting somewhat with the more subdued reaction coming out of England and (especially) Spain.
Sep 7, 2020 · When Wales compiled a patient 23-pass move that culminated in Neco Williams' injury-time winner against Bulgaria on Sunday, the only outfield player not to touch the ball was Gareth Bale.
