Stats: Say goodbye to Gareth Bale, one of the greatest wingers of his generation

Former Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid star Gareth Bale has announced his retirement from football. Bale had captained Wales at the World Cup in Qatar.

Gareth Bale, Wales' all-time top scorer, has won more European Cup / Champions League titles than any other British player in football history.

Gareth Bale scored nine Premier League goals from outside the box during the 2012/13 season, the most ever recorded in a single PL campaign.

Only three men in the awards' 49-year history have won the PFA Players' Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year award in the same season: Andy Gray (1976/77), Cristiano Ronaldo (2007/08), Gareth Bale (2012/13).

And Bale won the 2007 EFL Young Player of the Year.

In 2013, Gareth Bale became the first player in football history to be signed for €100m when he joined Real Madrid from Tottenham Hotspur - 258 games, 106 goals & 16 trophies.

He scored more goals for Los Blancos than R9 and Zizou.

Gareth Bale is the only player in European Cup / Champions League history to score a hat-trick against Internazionale. The first Spurs player to score a hat-trick in the competition.

Let's say goodbye to Gareth Bale, one of the greatest wingers of his generation.