Gerard Piqué Football player

Gerard Piqué i Bernabeu (Catalan: [ʒəˈɾar piˈke j βərnəˈβew], Spanish: [ʝeˈɾar piˈke i βernaˈβeu]; born 2 February 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for FC Barcelona and the Spain national team.A product of Barça's cantera, La Masia, he initially left the club for Manchester United in 2004, where he remained for four years, before returning to Barça under Pep Guardiola's leadership, helping the club win a treble in 2008-09 and a quadruple in 2009-10. Piqué is one of four players to have won the UEFA Champions League two years in a row with different teams, the others being Marcel Desailly, Paulo Sousa and Samuel Eto'o.Piqué has also represented Spain, making his debut on 11 February 2009. He played an integral role in the Spain team that won the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012.

Personal facts

Gerard Piqué
Birth dateFebruary 02, 1987
Birth place
Barcelona , Spain national football team
Height (meters)1.92

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Football player

position
Defender (association football)
teams
Manchester United F.C.
FC Barcelona
Real Zaragoza
Spain national under-17 football team
Spain national under-16 football team
Spain national under-19 football team

Gerard Piqué on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/profile?id=45931&cc=5739
  2. http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j944.html
  3. http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/j944.html?cat=SEL
  4. http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/staff/players/pique
  5. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/players/player=216973/index.html
  6. http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/playermenu/pique.html