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Bale playing for Wales in 2016

Gareth Bale is a Welsh professional footballer who has represented the Wales national football team as a forward since 2006. He made his debut appearance for Wales in May 2006, during a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago; Bale was the youngest ever player to represent the side at the time.[1] In October 2006, during his third appearance for Wales, he scored directly from a free-kick in a 5–1 defeat over Slovakia at a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier match and became the nation's youngest goal-scorer.[2] As of November 2019, he is the country's all-time top goalscorer with 33 goals in 83 appearances.[3]

On 13 October 2015, Bale scored his 19th international goal in a 2–0 victory over Andorra during Wales' final qualifying match for UEFA Euro 2016, helping secure the nation's first appearance at a major international tournament since the 1958 FIFA World Cup.[4] The goal was his seventh and final tally during the qualifying campaign; he finished the group stage as Wales' top goalscorer.[5] Bale scored in all three group matches at the tournament, with Wales defeating Slovakia, Russia, and England, to reach the semi-finals.[6] His goal in the opening game against Slovakia was the first goal at a major international tournament by a Welsh player since Terry Medwin's goal against Hungary in 1958.[7] He became the Welsh national team's all-time top goalscorer on 22 March 2018 after scoring a hat-trick in a friendly against China at the China Cup.[8] Bale entered the match on 26 goals, two short of fellow countryman Ian Rush's record tally, having not scored an international goal in 18 months since November 2016.[9] He scored twice in the first half of the game to equal Rush's record, before surpassing it with his third goal in the second half. He also became the first Welsh player to score a hat-trick at international level since Robert Earnshaw in 2004.[10]

Bale has played for Wales in the qualifying campaigns of every FIFA World Cup and European Championship since UEFA Euro 2008, and in the finals of one tournament: Euro 2016. The side reached the Euro 2016 semi-finals before being knocked out by eventual champions, Portugal.[11] Bale has scored more times in qualifying matches than in any other type with 22 goals. His other goals include six in friendly matches (including three in the China Cup), three in the Euro 2016 finals, and two in the UEFA Nations League.[6] He has scored more times against China and Andorra than any other opponent with three goals.[6]

Goals

As of match played 19 November 2019. Wales score listed first, score column indicates score after each Bale goal.[6][12]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 7 October 2006 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 3  Slovakia 1–2 1–5 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification [13]
2 28 March 2007 6  San Marino 2–0 3–0 [14]
3 12 October 2010 St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland 27   Switzerland 1–1 1–4 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification [15]
4 7 October 2011 Liberty Stadium, Swansea, Wales 31   Switzerland 2–0 2–0 [16]
5 11 October 2011 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria 32  Bulgaria 1–0 1–0 [17]
6 12 November 2011 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 33  Norway 1–0 4–1 Friendly [18]
7 11 September 2012 Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad, Serbia 36  Serbia 1–2 1–6 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [19]
8 12 October 2012 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 37  Scotland 1–1 2–1 [20]
9 2–1
10 6 February 2013 Liberty Stadium, Swansea, Wales 39  Austria 1–0 2–1 Friendly [21]
11 26 March 2013 41  Croatia 1–0 1–2 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [22]
12 5 March 2014 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 44  Iceland 3–1 3–1 Friendly [23]
13 9 September 2014 Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra 45  Andorra 1–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification [24]
14 2–1
15 28 March 2015 Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel 49  Israel 2–0 3–0 [25]
16 3–0
17 12 June 2015 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 50  Belgium 1–0 1–0 [26]
18 3 September 2015 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus 51  Cyprus 1–0 1–0 [27]
19 13 October 2015 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 54  Andorra 2–0 2–0 [28]
20 11 June 2016 Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France 56  Slovakia 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2016 [29]
21 16 June 2016 Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, France 57  England 1–0 1–2 [30]
22 20 June 2016 Stadium Municipal, Toulouse, France 58  Russia 3–0 3–0 [31]
23 5 September 2016 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 62  Moldova 3–0 4–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [32]
24 4–0
25 9 October 2016 64  Georgia 1–0 1–1 [33]
26 12 November 2016 65  Serbia 1–0 1–1 [34]
27 22 March 2018 Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning, China 69  China 1–0 6–0 2018 China Cup [8]
28 2–0
29 6–0
30 6 September 2018 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 71  Republic of Ireland 2–0 4–1 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B [35]
31 16 November 2018 73  Denmark 1–2 1–2 [36]
32 6 September 2019 78  Azerbaijan 2–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification [37]
33 13 October 2019 81  Croatia 1–1 1–1 [38]

Statistics

See also

References

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  3. ^ "Wales national football team statistics and records: top scorers". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  4. ^ Pritchard, Dafydd (13 October 2015). "Wales 2–0 Andorra". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  5. ^ Mayhew, Ben (8 June 2016). "Infographic: The top scorers in Euro 2016 qualifying". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d Mamrud, Roberto. "Gareth Bale – Goals in International Matches". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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  8. ^ a b "China PR v Wales". Soccerway. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
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  10. ^ Pritchard, Dafydd (22 March 2018). "China PR 0–6 Wales". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  11. ^ McNulty, Phil (6 July 2016). "Portugal 2–0 Wales". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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  13. ^ "UEFA Euro 2008 – Wales-Slovakia". UEFA.com. 7 October 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  14. ^ "UEFA Euro 2008 – Wales-San Marino". UEFA.com. 28 March 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  15. ^ "UEFA Euro 2012 – Switzerland-Wales". UEFA.com. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  16. ^ "UEFA Euro 2012 – Wales-Switzerland". UEFA.com. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  17. ^ "UEFA Euro 2012 – Bulgaria-Wales". UEFA.com. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  18. ^ Hughes, Dewi (12 November 2011). "International friendly: Wales 4–1 Norway". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  19. ^ "Serbia 6–1 Wales". UEFA.com. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  20. ^ Pope, Bruce (12 October 2012). "Wales 2–1 Scotland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  21. ^ "Wales 2–1 Austria". BBC Sport. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  22. ^ Pope, Bruce (26 March 2013). "Wales 1–2 Croatia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  23. ^ Pope, Bruce (5 March 2014). "International friendly: Wales 3–1 Iceland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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  30. ^ "UEFA Euro 2016 – England-Wales". UEFA.com. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  31. ^ "UEFA Euro 2016 – Russia-Wales". UEFA.com. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  32. ^ Pritchard, Dafydd (5 September 2016). "Wales 4–0 Moldova". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  33. ^ Pritchard, Dafydd (9 October 2016). "Wales 1–1Georgia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  34. ^ Pritchard, Dafydd (12 November 2016). "Wales 1–1 Serbia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  35. ^ "UEFA Nations League – Wales-Republic of Ireland". UEFA.com. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  36. ^ "UEFA Nations League – Wales-Denmark". UEFA.com. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  37. ^ Pritchard, Dafydd (6 September 2019). "Wales 2–1 Azerbaijan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  38. ^ Pearlman, Michael (13 October 2019). "Wales 1–1 Croatia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

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