Gareth Bale

**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.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Continental|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=3|Southampton|2005–06|Championship|2|0|0|0|0|0|—|—|2|0|||
|2006–07|Championship|38|5|1|0|3|0|—|1|0|43|5||||
|rowspan=7|Tottenham Hotspur|2007–08|Premier League|8|2|0|0|1|1|3|0|—|12|3||
|2008–09|Premier League|16|0|2|0|5|0|7|0|—|30|0||||
|2009–10|Premier League|23|3|8|0|3|0|—|—|34|3|||||
|2010–11|Premier League|30|7|0|0|0|0|11|4|—|41|11||||
|2011–12|Premier League|36|9|4|2|0|0|2|1|—|42|12||||
|2012–13|Premier League|33|21|2|1|1|1|8|3|—|44|26||||
|rowspan=9|Real Madrid|2013–14|La Liga|27|15|5|1|—|12|6|—|44|22|||
|2014–15|La Liga|31|13|2|0|—|10|2|5|2|48|17||||
|2015–16|La Liga|23|19|0|0|—|8|0|—|31|19|||||
|2016–17|La Liga|19|7|0|0|—|8|2|0|0|27|9||||
|2017–18|La Liga|26|16|2|1|—|7|3|4|1|39|21||||
|2018–19|La Liga|29|8|3|0|—|7|3|3|3|42|14||||
|2019–20|La Liga|16|2|1|1|—|3|0|0|0|20|3||||
|2021–22|La Liga|5|1|0|0|—|2|0|0|0|7|1||||
|Tottenham Hotspur (loan)|2020–21|Premier League|20|11|2|1|2|1|10|3|—|34|16|||
|Los Angeles FC|2022|MLS|12|2|—|—|—|1|1|13|3|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="17"|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|||

## Honours

**Tottenham Hotspur**
- Football League Cup: 2007–08

**Real Madrid**
- La Liga: 2016–17, 2019–20, 2021–22
- Copa del Rey: 2013–14
- Supercopa de España: 2017
- UEFA Champions League: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22
- UEFA Super Cup: 2014, 2017
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2014, 2017, 2018

**Los Angeles FC**
- MLS Cup: 2022
- Supporters' Shield: 2022

**Individual**
- Tottenham Hotspur Young Player of the Year: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13
- Tottenham Hotspur Player of the Year: 2012–13
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2011, 2013
- UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2015–16
- Welsh Footballer of the Year: 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
- ESM Team of the Year: 2012–13
- The Football League Team of the Decade
- PFA Team of the Year: 2006–07 Championship, 2010–11 Premier League, 2011–12 Premier League, 2012–13 Premier League
- PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2010–11, 2012–13
- PFA Young Player of the Year: 2012–13
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 2012–13
- Premier League Player of the Season: 2012–13
- FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2018
- BBC Wales Carwyn James Junior Sportsman of the Year: 2006
- Football Association of Wales Young Player of the Year: 2007
- BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year: 2010

**Orders**
- Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE): 2022

## Other websites

- Real Madrid profile
- Premier League profile

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Gareth Bale
- **image**: AUT vs. WAL 2016-10-06 (155).jpg
- **caption**: Bale with Wales national football team, Wales in 2016
- **fullname**: Gareth Frank Bale
- **birth place**: Cardiff, Wales
- **position**: Winger (association football), Winger
- **youthclubs1**: Cardiff Civil Service F.C., Cardiff Civil Service
- **youthyears2**: 1999–2006
- **youthclubs2**: Southampton F.C. Under-23s and Academy, Southampton
- **years1**: 2006–2007
- **clubs1**: Southampton F.C., Southampton
- **caps1**: 40
- **goals1**: 5
- **years2**: 2007–2013
- **clubs2**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **caps2**: 146
- **goals2**: 42
- **years3**: 2013–2022
- **clubs3**: Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid
- **caps3**: 176
- **goals3**: 81
- **years4**: 2020–2021
- **clubs4**: → Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur (loan)
- **caps4**: 20
- **goals4**: 11
- **years5**: 2022–2023
- **clubs5**: Los Angeles FC
- **caps5**: 12
- **goals5**: 2
- **totalcaps**: 394
- **totalgoals**: 141
- **nationalyears1**: 2005–2006
- **nationalteam1**: Wales national under-17 football team, Wales U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 7
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2006
- **nationalteam2**: Wales national under-19 football team, Wales U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 1
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2006–2008
- **nationalteam3**: Wales national under-21 football team, Wales U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 4
- **nationalgoals3**: 2
- **nationalyears4**: 2006–2022
- **nationalteam4**: Wales national football team, Wales
- **nationalcaps4**: 111
- **nationalgoals4**: 41