It has been a long time since Gareth Bale played football at the top level, for a while he was more dedicated to golf and it was known that the end of his career was near, but it was not expected that he would do it right now.
The greatest Welsh footballer in history decided to retire at the age of 34, he did it fifty days after his performance at the World Cup in Qatar.
Bale is the Welsh record holder with 111 games (he scored 41 goals, which is also a record), and even won the Champions League five times in his career. All in the Real Madrid jersey - in some of them, specifically in 2014 and 2018, he was the key man of the "royal club".
His goals in the finals against Atletico Madrid and Liverpool are remembered... Especially the one he scored with an overhead kick in the duel with the Reds in Kyiv.
"I'm incredibly happy because I've achieved a dream in the sport I love. Football has given me one of the best moments of my life. Over the course of 17 seasons I've been through it all, it will be impossible to repeat that no matter what the next chapter has in store when I'm in question," Bale wrote.
Gareth was born in Cardiff, the last club he played for was Los Angeles Galaxy (since last June). He started his career in Southampton, then announced great things in Tottenham and gained the status of one of the best players in the world.
Bale can also be proud of everything he has done in his representative career - with Wales he reached the semi-finals of the European Championship in 2016, he participated in the European Championship in 2020, and recently he played in Qatar at the World Cup, which the nation has been waiting for since 1958. .
"I have to show my gratitude to everyone who has played a part in this journey of mine. I feel I owe a lot to many people who have helped me change my life and shape my career in a way I could not have imagined when I was nine years old. Thank you to all the clubs I have played for , coaches and managers, backroom staff, teammates, fans, agents, amazing family and friends. The impact they all had on me is immeasurable," Bale said.
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Bale won 17 trophies in his career, 16 of them with Real. In addition to five titles in the Champions League, he also has three in La Liga, the same number in the World Club Championship... He was also happy in the United States, because he became a champion with the LA Galaxy this summer.
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