Gerard Pique Age, Height, Wife (Shakira), Children, Gay, Net Worth

Publish date: 2024-06-25

A product of Barcelona’s famed La MasiaAcademy, Gerard Pique is part of the golden generation of Spanish footballers who have established themselves on the world stage and won virtually every laurel on offer. Pique is a centre-back who plays his club football for Spanish Giants Barcelona.

Biography (Age)

It’s not often you find a modern footballer born into affluence, the usual narrative is that of rags to riches. But Gerard Pique is easily an exception in this regard. Gerard was born on the 2nd of February 1987 in North Dakota. His father, Joan Pique, is a well-known businessman and lawyer, while his grandfather, Amador Bernabeu, was a former vice-president of FC Barcelona. His mother, Montserrat, is a doctor and director of a health facility specializing in spinal trauma in Barcelona.

Pique was barely two years old when he suffered his first football injury, as a toddler he fell off his grandparents’ patio to play football. Young Gerard fell into a coma for two days but luckily he recovered without any health problems.

In 1997, at the age of 10, Gerard joined Barcelona Youth Team playing as a defensive midfielder and central defender. After successfully moving through all age categories at La Masia, in 2004 Pique joined English Premier League side Manchester United.

Used sparingly as a player in his own right, his breakthrough into the Manchester United first team was a long way off, On May 27th 2008, Barca resigned from Pique for £5million. Pique was delighted to reunite with his new teammates, who were mostly his contemporaries from his time at the Barca Youth team.

Pique and club icon Carlos Puyol formed a formidable defensive partnership, the basis on which Barca would build their greatest team ever. With Andres Iniesta, Xavi and the irresistible Lionel Messi, Barcelona dominated world football with an exciting brand of possession-based football, Tiki-Taka.

Under club legend Pep Guardiola, they won three La Liga titles in 2009, 2010 and 2011; two championship titles in 2009 and 2011; Copa del Rey in 2009 and 2012; Supercopa de España in 2009, 2010, 2011, the UEFA Super Cup in 2009, 2011 and the FIFA Club World Cup in 2009 and 2011.

Pique is still part of Barca’s successes during the post-Guardiola years, he won 4 more La Liga titles and another UEFA Champions League in 2015. On the international stage, Pique was part of the Spanish team that won the Cup of the World in 2010 and the European Championship in 2012.

Sleek in possession and blessed with the perfect physique for the modern art of defending, Pique has developed into one of football’s finest centre-backs in the world. His similarities to German legend Franz Beckenbauer earned him the nickname Piquenbauer

In 2017, Pique faced intense criticism from Spain for his support for demanding a referendum over Catalonia’s independence agitations. Pique, a Catalan was abused by other parts of Spain, a fiasco that almost led to him resigning from the Spanish national team.

Net value

The Catalan-born player remains one of the Although before the fall of his career, Pique earns £165,000 a week. ($220,000) which results in an annual base salary of $11.5 million. His bonuses are put at $3.2 million.

Gerard Pique is a fan of fast cars, his car collection includes an Aston Martin DB9, a 2014 Audi Q7 in black and white, a Porsche Cayenne, a Mercedes SLK, a Mercedes SL550 in black and gray and three Audi sports cars – (Audi A7 Sportback, Audi Q7 2016 and Audi S5)

Over the years, Pique has amassed a net worth of $40 million.

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Relationship with Shakira (wife), Kids

During the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Pique met Colombian singer Shakira, who featured on the World Cup theme song. WakaWaka. After a simple chat about the weather, they struck up a friendship and the rest is history.

Shakira is 10 years older than Pique, a fact that doesn’t seem to bother the lovebirds. The couple don’t seem interested in getting married just yet, with Shakira revealing in an interview that they have everything they want.

In January 2013, the couple welcomed a son – Milan, two years later they had their second son Sasha.

the size

The Barcelona/Spanish defender and fearsome centre-back guards the last line of defense with a height of 6ft 4in which is around 1.94m. Pique is one of the greatest defenders in modern football.

Is Gerard Pique gay?

In 2010, a photo of Pique and his teammate Zlatan Ibrahimovic had rumors regarding Pique’s sexual orientation. The photo was taken at Barcelona’s training ground after Zlatan went to congratulate Gerard on the release of his autobiography.

A visibly frustrated Pique clears the air later saying it was a media ploy to distract him and his teammates during the La Liga title race in 2010. The rumor has since died down. Gerard Pique is definitely not gay.