Gareth Bale announces his retirement

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The Welsh footballer Gareth Baleannounced his retirement from professional football on Monday after 17 seasons in the elite.

The Briton, whose last club was Los Angeles FCleaves football at the age of 33, after a successful career in which he won five Champions Leagues and three Spanish leagues with the Real Madrid and led his team to the semifinals of the euro 2016 already his first world (Qatar 2022) since 1958.

“After careful consideration, I announce my immediate retirement from club and international football,” Bale said in a statement posted on social media.

“I feel incredibly lucky to have achieved the dream of dedicating myself to the sport that I love. It has given me some of the best moments of my life. Very good moments and bad moments in 17 seasons that are impossible to repeat, whatever comes my way. the future,” he stressed.

The race of bale took him from southamptonto the tottenham hotspurwho paid 15 million euros for him in 2007. At ‘Spurs’ he became one of the most important players in the world, playing on the left wing, both as a winger and as a winger, which aroused the interest of the Real Madridwhich in 2013 paid 100 million euros for him.

At the white club he reaped his greatest successes, with five titles of the Champions Leaguebeing decisive in two finals, in addition to three suspendersthree Club World Cupsthree European Super Cups and one Copa del Rey.

“From my first touch with the southampton to the last with The Angels, and everything that has happened in between, has resulted in a career that fills me with pride and gratitude. Playing for my country 111 times is a dream come true,” he said.

In his farewell letter, bale he remembered his clubs, the southamptonthe Tottenhamthe Real Madrid and the LAFCas well as his coaches, teammates, agents and family.

“Now I turn the page looking forward to the next chapter of my life. It is a time of change and transition, an opportunity for a new adventure,” said the Welshman.