Gareth Bale

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Gareth Bale
Bale with Wales in 2016
Personal information
Full name Gareth Frank Bale[1]
Date of birth (1989-07-16) 16 July 1989 (age 34)[2]
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.86 m)[3]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Cardiff Civil Service
1999–2006 Southampton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Southampton 40 (5)
2007–2013 Tottenham Hotspur 146 (42)
2013–2022 Real Madrid 176 (81)
2020–2021 → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) 20 (11)
2022–2023 Los Angeles FC 12 (2)
Total 394 (141)
National team
2005–2006 Wales U17 7 (1)
2006 Wales U19 1 (1)
2006–2008 Wales U21 4 (2)
2006–2022 Wales 111 (41)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Gareth Frank Bale (born 16 July 1989) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a winger, most notably for Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation and one of the greatest Welsh players of all time.[4][5][6][7]

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Southampton 2005–06[8] Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2006–07[9] Championship 38 5 1 0 3 0 — 1[c] 0 43 5
Total 40 5 1 0 3 0 — 1 0 45 5
Tottenham Hotspur 2007–08[10] Premier League 8 2 0 0 1 1 3[d] 0 — 12 3
2008–09[11] Premier League 16 0 2 0 5 0 7[d] 0 — 30 0
2009–10[12] Premier League 23 3 8 0 3 0 — — 34 3
2010–11[13] Premier League 30 7 0 0 0 0 11[e] 4 — 41 11
2011–12[14] Premier League 36 9 4 2 0 0 2[f] 1 — 42 12
2012–13[15] Premier League 33 21 2 1 1 1 8[f] 3 — 44 26
Total 146 42 16 3 10 2 31 8 — 203 55
Real Madrid 2013–14[16] La Liga 27 15 5 1 — 12[e] 6 — 44 22
2014–15[17] La Liga 31 13 2 0 — 10[e] 2 5[g] 2 48 17
2015–16[18] La Liga 23 19 0 0 — 8[e] 0 — 31 19
2016–17[19] La Liga 19 7 0 0 — 8[e] 2 0 0 27 9
2017–18[20] La Liga 26 16 2 1 — 7[e] 3 4[h] 1 39 21
2018–19[21] La Liga 29 8 3 0 — 7[e] 3 3[i] 3 42 14
2019–20[22] La Liga 16 2 1 1 — 3[e] 0 0 0 20 3
2021–22[23] La Liga 5 1 0 0 — 2[e] 0 0 0 7 1
Total 176 81 13 3 — 57 16 12 6 258 106
Tottenham Hotspur (loan) 2020–21[24] Premier League 20 11 2 1 2 1 10[f] 3 — 34 16
Los Angeles FC 2022 MLS 12 2 — — — 1[j] 1 13 3
Career total 394 141 32 7 15 3 98 27 14 7 553 185
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup, Copa del Rey
  2. ↑ Includes Football League/EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance in Championship play-offs
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two in Supercopa de España, two appearances and two goals in FIFA Club World Cup
  8. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one in Supercopa de España, two appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup
  9. ↑ One appearance in Supercopa de España, two appearances and three goals in FIFA Club World Cup
  10. ↑ Appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs

International[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[25]
National team Year Apps Goals
Wales 2006 4 1
2007 7 1
2008 5 0
2009 7 0
2010 4 1
2011 6 3
2012 5 3
2013 5 2
2014 5 3
2015 6 5
2016 11 7
2017 3 0
2018 6 5
2019 9 2
2020 4 0
2021 13 3
2022 11 5
Total 111 41

Honours[change | change source]

Tottenham Hotspur

Real Madrid

Los Angeles FC

Individual

Orders

References[change | change source]

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  3. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Wales" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2022. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 November 2022.
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  13. ↑ "Games played by Gareth Bale in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Gareth Bale in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Gareth Bale in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
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  17. ↑ "Bale: Matches: 2014–15". BDFutbol. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  18. ↑ "Bale: Matches: 2015–16". BDFutbol. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  19. ↑ "Bale: Matches: 2016–17". BDFutbol. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  20. ↑ "Bale: Matches: 2017–18". BDFutbol. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  21. ↑ "Bale: Matches: 2018–19". BDFutbol. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  22. ↑ "Bale: Matches: 2019–20". BDFutbol. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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  31. ↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 13 de agosto de 2017, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 13 August 2017, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
    "Acta del Partido celebrado el 16 de agosto de 2017, en Madrid" [Minutes of the Match held on 16 August 2017, in Madrid] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
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  35. ↑ McNulty, Phil (26 May 2018). "Real Madrid 3–1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
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  40. ↑ "Real Madrid 1–0 Grêmio". BBC Sport. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  41. ↑ "Real Madrid 4–1 Al Ain". BBC Sport. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
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