Gareth Bale in Champions League Finals:
- 4 games
- 3 goals
- 1 assist
- 1 penalty shootout goal
- Goal or assist in three finals
- 8.1 average match rating
The only player in history to score the winning goal in two UCL finals 🐐
20/21 Gareth Bale in the Prem - 11 non penalty goals in 20 games “washed”
22/23 Bukayo Saka in the Prem - 12 non penalty goals in 38 games “world class”
Gareth Bale’s goalscoring peak for Wales (2011-16):
- 35 games
- 23 goals
- Scored 50% of team goals
- 20 goals in 29 competitive games
- 12 goals to put the team ahead
- 3 winning goals in the 80th+ minute
- 5 free kicks
Gareth Bale for Wales in Euro 2016 + qualifiers:
- 16 matches
- 10 goals
- 3 assists
- Directly involved in 62% of team goals
- 6 goals to put the team ahead/equalise
- Goal or assist in 9/10 wins
- 4 free kick goals
One of the greatest international peaks of all time 🏴
Gareth Bale vs top 10 Premier League teams in 12/13:
- 14 matches
- 10 goals (0 pens)
- 7 assists
- 10 game changing g/a
- Involved in 61% of team goals
One of the greatest individual PL seasons.
Gareth Bale for Wales:
🥇 Most caps (111)
🥇 Most goals (41)
🥇 Most assists (24)
🥇 Most hat tricks (2)
🥇 Most braces (5)
🥇 Most free kick goals (8)
🥇 Most goals in Euros/World Cup (4)
🥇 Most G/A in Euros/World Cup (7)
🥇 Most goals in Euro/WC qualifying (28)
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Gareth Bale’s match ratings in Euro 2016 according to WhoScored:
Group stage:
Slovakia - 8.4 ⚽️
England - 8 ⚽️
Russia - 10 ⚽️
KO stage:
N. Ireland - 7 🅰️ (without counting the assist)
Belgium - 8.7
Portugal - 7.3
All-timer tournament ⭐️
August 2011 - Wales falls to its lowest ever ranking (117)
October 2015 - Wales reaches its highest ever ranking (8)
Gareth Bale in that time:
27 games
16 goals
7 assists
Goal or assist in 13 out of 14 wins
Involved in 74% of team goals (23/31)
Unreal influence 🏴🐐
Minutes taken for Gareth Bale to score his first goal in each competition:
Champions League - 175
Premier League - 151
La Liga - 39
Championship - 62
MLS - 36
Euros - 10
World Cup - 82
one thing i love about international football is the country's best player almost always has license and responsibility to do EVERYTHING. alaba at the euros was jokes
Gareth Bale in 2018 for club and country:
- 54 games (41 90s)
- 32 goals
- 2 hat tricks
Goals by competition:
- La Liga: 18 goals in 34 games
- UCL: 5 goals in 10 games
- International: 5 goals in 6 games
- Club World Cup: 3 goals in 2 games
- Other: 1 goal in 2 games
😭😭😭 because of some good performances against England and Russia? Did absolutely nothing in the KOs. Got carried against Belgium by Ramsey and was non-existent against Portugal
When Bale returned to the Prem he scored 11 non-penalty goals in just 20 games.
To put that into perspective, Saka last season scored 12 non-penalty goals in 38 games.
Yet the English media still called him a flop 🤔
Bale’s first season with Spurs: won the EFL cup
Bale’s first season with Madrid: won the UCL + Copa del Rey
Bale’s first season with LAFC:
won the MLS cup + league
Instant impact 🏆