What is Gareth Bale?
{{Infobox football biography | name = Gareth Bale | image = AUT vs. WAL 2016-10-06 (155).jpg | image_size = | caption = Bale with [[Wales national football team|Wales]] in 2016 | fullname = Gareth Frank Bale<ref>{{cite web |url=http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpActa1?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=33786 |title=Acta del Partido celebrado el 20 de marzo de 2016, en Madrid |trans-title=Minutes of the Match held on 20 March 2016, in Madrid |publisher=Royal Spanish Football Federation |accessdate=15 June 2019 |language=Spanish }}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|7|16|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/77653/gareth-bale |title=Gareth Bale: Overview |publisher=ESPN |accessdate=25 May 2020}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Cardiff]], Wales | height = {{convert|1.86|m|order=flip}}<ref>{{cite web |date=29 November 2022 |title=FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Wales |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130184801/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=30 November 2022 |publisher=FIFA |page=32}}</ref> | position = [[Winger (association football)|Winger]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | 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