Bale’s top Teammates: Gareth Bale recently announced his retirement from football which brought an end to his 17-year glittering career.
From being an icon and one of the PL’s best players for Tottenham to a UCL winner at Real Madrid, Bale is recognized as one of the best British players to play in Europe.
Gareth Bale represented 3 clubs in Europe before making a move to Los Angeles FC for one season.
He captained Wales in their first World Cup since 1958, where they crashed out at the group stage.
🚨 Gareth Bale’s official retirement statements..
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— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) January 9, 2023
Bale shared some of his top games with certain team-mates where he excelled and helped his team reach greater heights and achieve glory.
Today, we look at Bale’s top teammates who shared the club stage with him for majority of his career.
Marcelo
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Marcelo was Bale’s teammate during his 9-year stay at Real Madrid. Bale joined Real Madrid in the summer of 2013 as the most expensive British transfer to play in the La Liga.
As Bale won 16 titles with the white half of Madrid, Marcelo was a part of all these triumphs and shared a special relation with him.
Bale, Marcelo and Isco have all been added to Real Madrid’s legends section on their website 🏆👏 pic.twitter.com/4WbPq5Mmpj
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) June 16, 2022
Marcelo played with Gareth Bale in 183 total games for the club.
Dani Carvajal
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Dani Carvajal also was a part of the team in Real Madrid, where Bale spent his 9-years. Carvajal and Bale played 186 matches together for Los Blancos.
The right-back was a part of the Real Madrid youth team before making a move to Bayer Leverkusen for one season.
Real Madrid exercised the buy-back option on the right-back and since 2013, he has been part of Los Blancos.
Sergio Ramos
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The former-Real Madrid captain played in 187 matches alongside Bale during his time with the Spanish club.
Ramos congratulated Bale on a stellar career when the latter announced his retirement, which showed the immense respect the two players had.
Sergio Ramos ended his 16-year stay in 2021 with Real Madrid when he signed a deal with French champions, PSG where he plays with ex-rival, Messi.
Karim Benzema
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The Frenchman formed 2/3rds of the BBC trio when he was teammates with Gareth Bale at Real Madrid.
Bale, Benzema and Cristiano formed a dangerous trio to accelerate Real Madrid’s domination in Europe and back-home.
Cristiano the greatest of all time, Benzema the greatest striker of this generation and Gareth Bale the best English player ever.
Greatest Trio Ever.🤍 pic.twitter.com/04u6wsmdIv
— TCR. (@TeamCRonaldo) January 9, 2023
Benzema played 202 games with Gareth Bale in his club career, proving to be one of the Welshman’s top team-mates.
Luka Modric
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The mid-fielder holds the top spot having played with Gareth Bale in a record 301 matches.
Modric and Bale were team-mates at Tottenham for 4 seasons before the Croatian made the move to Real Madrid a season earlier than Bale.
They continued the partnership in the Spanish club once Bale arrived in 2013 and since both became a part of various title winning teams.
Like Bale, Modric was part of the 5 UCL title winning and 3 La Liga campaigns.
