At 33, Welsh football star Gareth Bale announced on Monday, January 9, on social networks, which he ended his career. Passed by Tottenham and Real Madrid, he also carried his national selection to the semi-finals of Euro 2016.
by Julien Rossignol
“The decision to retire as a footballer was, by far, the most difficult of my career.” A page turns for Gareth Bale. In a press release published on his social networks, the Welsh International said on Monday, January 9, that he hangs up the crampons in club and in selection. Sacred, in December 2022, Champion of Major Soccer League, the American championship, with the Los Angeles Football Club, he ended his professional career, started in 2006 in England with Southampton FC, then in the second division.
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Trained in the post of left side, he shines first on British lawns with the saints before joining Tottenham, in May 2007, with whom he won the League Cup in 2008. Replaced left winger, his heavy strikes marked the supporters of the Spurs and its opponents. He scored 55 goals in six seasons with the London club.
In 2013, Real Madrid recruited it for almost 100 million euros. An amount that made him, at the time, the most expensive player in history. Replaced on the right, the left -hander fills his wardrobe with trophies nine seasons. In total, Gareth Bale won five Champions League, three Spanish championships, a Spanish Cup, three Spanish Super Cups, three UEFA Super Cups and Four FIFA Clubs World Cups.
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On May 27, 2006, when he was only 16 years old and 315 days, Gareth Bale honors his first selection against Trinidad and Tobago (2-1 victory). He then became the youngest player to have worn the colors of Wales. He is also the youngest player to score for this selection at 17 years, 2 months and 22 days.
With his country, he brilliantly manages to climb into the semi-finals of Euro 2016, where the Welsh people lose against Portugal (2-0). During Euro 2021, the road had stopped in the round of 16 against Denmark (0-4).
Present in Qatar at the 2022 World Cup, he became, despite elimination in the group phase, the most capped player in the history of his selection for which he wore the jersey 111 times, scored 40 goals and distributed 22 assists.
Fans of the round ball remember his victorious acrobatic return against Liverpool in the 2018 Champions League final. But despite his sumptuous goals and the myriad of titles won with Real Madrid, everything was not Rose at the Merengue for Gareth Bale.
🏴 Gareth Bale retires at 33!
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A time excluded by Zinedine Zidane, Real coach at the time, the Welsh international preferred to laugh with his selection teammates. To celebrate the qualification for Euro 2021, the Madrid had brandished window A Welsh flag embroidered with a scathing “Wales. Golf. Madrid. In That Order”, translated by “Wales. Golf. Madrid. In this order”. An assumed gesture to show that his country and golf were importing him more than the great Spanish club.
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