Gerard Pique Biography, Career, Net Worth, Salary, Awards, Personal Life, Family, Girlfriend, Son and Many More

Spanish footballer Gerard Pique Bernabéu currently plays as the centre-back for the La Liga side Barcelona, besides appearing regular for the Spanish national team. A product of Barcelona’s La Masia academy, Pique started his professional football journey with Premier League club Manchester United. After spending four seasons with the Red Devils, he moved back to Barcelona in 2008, and eventually became an integral part of the first squad of the Catalan club. He made his name for being one of the only four players to have won the UEFA Champions League twice consecutively with two different teams.

Gerard Pique Biography

He appeared in more than 270 matches for Barcelona as of 2018, and proved himself as one of the best defenders the football world has ever seen. Besides his club performances, he also represented the youth squad of Spain on many occasions before making his debut for the senior national team in 2009. He then represented his nation in several grand competitions and helped the squad to lift the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2012 UEFA Euro trophies. Besides being a great footballer, Pique is also known for being the husband of world-famous Colombian singer Shakira.

Gerard Piqué Full Biography and Career

Gerard Pique Youth Career

Pique started his football journey with the youth academy system of Barcelona in 1997, at the age of just 10. After a few seasons of training, he started playing for the youth team of the club as a defensive midfielder. He then took his transfer to join one of the Premier League champions Manchester United in 2004 without a fee. Red Devils couldn’t sign a contract with him as he was too young for a professional football deal. Since his joining, he proved his worth in the defensive segment of the club and became a regular member of the Manchester United squad the following seasons.

Gerard Pique Manchester United Career

Piqué made his debut for Manchester United in the League Cup final against Crewe Alexandra on 26^th October 2004. He made his Premier League debut against West Ham United at Old Trafford on 29^th March 2006. He signed his first professional contract with Manchester United in February 2005. The following year, La Liga side Real Zaragoza signed him on loan on 4^th August 2006. During his loan tenure, Pique made 22 appearances for the Aragonese club, mainly as a centre back. Upon his return to Old Trafford, after the loan term ends, Manchester United officials announced that Pique will stay at the club for the following season on 5^th May 2007. He scored his first UEFA Champions League goal for Manchester United against Dynamo Kyiv on 7^th November 2007.

Gerard Pique Barcelona Career

Pique signed a four-year contract having a buy-out clause of €5 million with Barcelona on 27^th May 2008. Shortly after, he scored his first goal for the club in the UEFA Champions League group-stage match against Sporting CP on 26^th November 2008. His first domestic goal came in the Copa del Rey match against Espanyol on 29^th January 2009. He scored his first El Clásico goal against their arch-rival Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium on 2^nd May 2009. Shortly after, he played a vital role in the Copa del Rey Final victory against Athletic Bilbao on 13^th May 2009.

Gerard Piqué Full Club career

He helped Barcelona to win the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final against his former club Manchester United on 27^th May 2009. The same year, he helped his side to defeat the Argentine club Estudiantes in the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup Final on 19^th December 2009. He signed a contract extension with Barcelona on 26^th February 2010, which kept him at the club till 2015. Shortly after, he scored a vital goal in the UEFA Champions League semi-final against Inter Milan on 26^th February 2010.

Gerard Pique Recent Career

Pique helped his club Barcelona to win the UEFA Champions League while again defeating Manchester United in the final at Wembley Stadium on 28^th May 2011. He signed his second contract extension with Barcelona on 20^th May 2014, which could keep him at the club till 2019. The following season, Piqué appeared third time for Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League Final and helped the club to win against Serie A club Juventus at Olympiastadion on 6^th June 2015. Recently on 18^th January 2018, he signed another contract extension with the Catalan club which could keep him at Camp Nou till 2022.

Gerard Pique International Career

The first international success of Pique came with the 2006 U-19 European Championship victory of the Spanish U-19 squad in Poland. The following year, he also represented his nation in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He earned his first call-up for the Spanish senior side on 6^th February 2009. He made his debut in a friendly against England in Seville on 11^th February 2009. Pique scored his first senior international goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Turkey at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on 28^th March 2009. The same year, he made his international championship debut for Spain at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Gerard Piqué Spain international career

Piqué lifted his first grand title, the 2010 FIFA World Cup trophy while defeating the Netherlands in the final on 11^th July 2010. He played alongside Sergio Ramos in every match of Spain’s UEFA Euro 2012 campaign. He helped his nation to secure the Euro title while defeating Italy in the final on 1^st July 2012.

Pique then helped Spain to achieve victory while scoring at the penalty shootout in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final against Italy. On that same campaign, he had to leave the ground for receiving a straight red card for a violent tackle on Neymar in the Confederations Cup final on 30^th June 2013. Pique scored from a brilliant header in the 2016 UEFA Euro group stage match against the Czech Republic on 13^th June 2016.

Gerard Pique Personal Life

Born in Catalonia, to his parents Joan Piqué and Montserrat Bernabeu, Gerard Piqué is of pure Spanish Descent. He grew up in Barcelona playing football with his younger brother Marc Piqué during their childhood days. His father, Joan Piqué, is a businessman. And his mother, Montserrat Bernabeu, is the current director of Barcelona’s spinal injuries hospital. As a surprising fact, Gerard Piqué is the grandson of ex-vice president of Barcelona, Amador Bernabeu. Known for his controversial comments and tweets, Gerard Piqué became one of the main public faces during the 2017 independence referendum in Catalonia. Besides, he is also famous for his twitter-feuds with their arch-rival Real Madrid’s squad members.

Gerard Pique Relationship with Shakira

During the music video shoot of the 2010 FIFA World Cup official theme song, “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)”, Pique met the world-famous Columbian sensation, Shakira. According to page-3 reports, they started dating since early 2011. The media caught them hand-in-hand for the first time at the 2011 FIFA Ballon d’Or Awards gala in Switzerland. Pique and Shakira share the same birthday, 2^nd February, but he is 10 years younger than his better-half. After a year of dating, the couple started living together since 2011.

The Pique-Shakira couple had their first son, Milan Piqué Mebarak, on 22^nd January 2013 in Barcelona. Two years later, they had their second son, Sasha Piqué Mebarak, on 29^th January 2015. Surprisingly, media went crazy for their splitting rumour during late-2016, which was later turned down by Gerard Pique.

Gerard Piqué’s relationship with Shakira

Gerard Pique Other Activities

Besides football, Pique is quite an educated man and has an IQ level of more than 140, which is considered to be as genius level. He graduated from the prestigious Harvard University in the field of business of Entertainment, Media and Sports. Pique was the brand ambassador of Mango’s men’s line ‘HE’ between 2011 and 2012, and appeared in four consecutive campaigns for them. He gave the voice of the Pirate King in the Catalan version of “The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!” in 2012.

Gerard Pique Net Worth

The current net worth of Gerard Pique is estimated to be around €35 Million as of 2018. His market value now stands at €50 Million as of the ongoing football season. He gets around €187,044 weekly wage from his current club Barcelona. Besides, he earns more than €12 Million per year from his football profession through salary and bonuses. He also made his fortune through his several endorsements deals with many global companies. Pique is currently associated with Nike and wears their Nike Tiempo Legend VII FG boot since March 2018.

Gerard Pique Individual Awards

With Manchester United, Pique won the FA Community Shield in 2008, and the UEFA Champions League in 2008. He also helped the side to become the English Premier League winner in the 2007-08 season. With Barcelona, Pique won the La Liga a record 7 times, and the Copa del Rey 6 times. He also achieved the UEFA Champions League title and the FIFA Club World Cup titles three times each. Besides his club success, he received several individual trophies till now. Some of the most notable awards that he achieved are as follows:

• La Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2009
• La Liga Best Defender: 2010
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016
• FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2016
• ESM Team of the Year: 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016
• Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit: 2011
• UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2012
• FIFA FIFPro World XI [2nd team]: 2013, 2015 and 2017
• FIFA FIFPro World XI [3rd team]: 2014
• La Liga Team of the Season: 2014–15 and 2015–16
• UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2014–15
• UEFA La Liga Team of the Season: 2016–17