Gareth Bale plans to bring more than 200 career goals to the United States this summer after signing a deal with Los Angeles FC.
As the Welsh captain prepares to move to Major League Soccer, PA News Agency examines his career goal scoring record.
British
Cast: 282
Goal: 77
Beginning his career in Southampton in the championship, Bale moved to the Premier League Tottenham in 2007, establishing himself as a world-class talent.
Despite acting primarily as a left-back, he scored five goals in 45 Saints appearances. He also went into the wing and finally started his Spurs career before entering the forward line.
After scoring just six goals in the first three seasons in northern London, he scored double digits in the next two years and then the best 2012-13 campaign of his career before leaving a record for Real Madrid. Recorded 26, including 21 in the Premier League. He scored 56 goals in 203 Tottenham games.
He, of course, returned to the Spurs on loan for most of the 2020-21 season, scoring 11 league goals in all tournaments and 16 in 34 games, creating old-fashioned spells.
real madrid
Cast: 258
Goal: 106
Bale, who had established himself as an elite offensive talent by the time he moved to Spain, lost his favor after recording double-digit numbers in Liga in four of the first five seasons.
He scored 22 points in Real in 2013-14. This includes six points in the Champions League, the best return ever in Europe. All 19 club goals from 2015-16 were made in the league.
His 21 at all 2017-18 tournaments represents that he passed 20 goals during the season, and since then Real’s league goals have been only 11 and the temporary Spurs The same is true when returning.
He reached 14 in all 2018-19 tournaments, including the Club World Cup hat-trick against Kashima Antlers, but only 3 and 1 in his last two real seasons.
His 106 goals at the club featured three in the Champions League final, including an impressive brace against Liverpool in 2018.
Wales
Cast: 106
Goal: 39
Veil is his country’s captain, amulet, and record goal scorer, and in March 2018 he hat-tricked Ian Rush’s previous Wales record of 28 against China.
He made his debut in 2006 at the age of 16 and was the youngest player in history at the time. A record since being defeated by Harry Wilson, his longevity is only Chris Gunter’s 109 cap.
His first goal was to play against 17-year-old Slovakia, scoring many goals in a series of major tournament qualifying campaigns. Especially at Euro 2016, he won seven qualifying rounds, three more finals and the first major tournament in Wales. Since 1958.
Hat-trick against Belarus and playoff brace against Austria helped end the 64-year wait for Wales’ World Cup appearance, even if not credited with Andriy Yarmolenko’s own goal. November tournament in Qatar.
