Riaan 
Owayengumdlali weWales, Real Madrid kanye neTottenham uGareth Bale usethathe umhlalaphansi ebholeni.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-33 ubudala useqede umsebenzi oncomekayo njengomunye wabadlali abaphambili eBrithani – usenqobe izicoco ezinhlanu ze-Champion League futhi wadlalela iWales eQatar eNdebeni yoMhlaba.
Wayengumpetha wase-Europe neMadrid ngo-2014, ’16,’17, ’18, futhi ngonyaka odlule, ngaphambi kokuqeda umsebenzi wakhe wekilabhu ngokusiza i-Los Angeles FC ukuthi iwine isicoco se-Major League Soccer.
Lo mdlali waseWales udlale irekhodi lemidlalo engu-111 ezweni lakhe futhi washaya irekhodi izikhathi ezingu-41.
Wenze lesi simemezelo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, wathi lesi sinqumo ‘sinzima kakhulu’ emsebenzini wakhe.
“Uhambo lwami kweyamazwe ngamazwe lushintshile hhayi impilo yami kuphela kodwa engiyikho,” kusho uBale.
“Ngihloniphekile futhi ngithobekile ngokuthi ngikwazile ukubamba iqhaza emlandweni waleli zwe elimangalisayo, ukuzwa ukwesekwa nothando lodonga olubomvu, futhi ndawonye siye ezindaweni ezingalindelekile nezimangalisayo.”
UBale waqala njengomdlali wasemuva kwesokunxele kuSouthampton, wathuthela eTottenham ngo-2007 iminyaka eyisithupha, futhi waba nomunye unyaka kuSpurs ngesizini ka-2020-21 ebolekwe eMadrid.
Ushaye amagoli angama-53 kuPremier League nangama-81 kuLa Liga. Unqobe izicoco ezintathu zeligi yaseSpain, esisodwa seCopa del Rey, nesicoco esisodwa se-English League Cup.
Umdlali oyedwa kuphela – owayeyisihlabani seReal Madrid uPaco Gento – owine izicoco eziningi ze-European Cup/Champions League kunoBale.
IMadrid ibize uBale “ngenganekwane yekilabhu yethu nebhola lomhlaba.”
“U-Gareth Bale ube yingxenye yeqembu lethu kwesinye sezigaba eziphumelele kakhulu emlandweni wethu futhi umelela izikhathi eziningi eziqhakazile kule minyaka eyishumi edlule,” kusho iklabhu yaseSpain. I-Madrid ibhekise ngqo emigomeni yakhe yokudlulela phambili kowamanqamu we-Champions League ka-2014 kanye no-’18 kanye negoli lakhe eyedwa ebhekene neBarcelona kowamanqamu weCopa del Rey ngo-2014 ngesikhathi egijima ephikweni kwesokunxele, ngisho nangaphandle kwenkundla ngokusebenzisa izindawo zobuchwepheshe zabaqeqeshi. .
