| Full name | Gareth Frank Bale[1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 July 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Left wingback/Left winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2007 | Southampton | 40 | (5) |
| 2007– | Tottenham Hotspur | 58 | (7) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006– | Wales U21 | 13 | (3) |
| 2006– | Wales | 27 | (3) |
Gareth Frank Bale (born 16 July 1989) is a Welsh footballer who currently plays forPremier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. He is a left wingback who can also play as a left winger. Bale began his professional career withChampionship side Southampton in 2005 and transferred to Tottenham Hotspur two years later.Bale was born in Cardiff, the younger of two children, and attended Eglwys Newydd Primary School[citation needed] at Whitchurch. He is the nephew of former Cardiff Cityfootballer Chris Pike.[2] It was while at this school he first came to the attention ofSouthampton at nine-years-old, when he was playing in a 5-a-side tournament with his first club, Cardiff Civil Service Football Club.[citation needed]
Bale then attended Whitchurch High School in Cardiff,[3] where, as well as football, he played rugby and hockey and was a distance runner. Because of his superior skills, the school's PE teacher, Gwyn Morris, had to write special rules. These restricted Bale to playing one-touch football and not using his left foot. Whilst at Whitchurch, Bale trained at Southampton's satellite academy in Bath, although there was initially some doubt if Southampton would give him a scholarship due to his height.[citation needed]
Despite being only 16 at the time, he helped the school's under-18 side win the Cardiff & Vale Senior Cup. He left school in the summer of 2005 with a Grade A in PE amongst his GCSE results. In his final year at school, he was awarded the PE department's prize for services to sport. In the presentation, Morris commented:
"Gareth has a fierce determination to succeed and has the character and qualities to achieve his personal goals. He is one of the most unselfish individuals that I have had the pleasure to help educate."[4]
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