Gerard Piqué Bernabeu (an haife shi a ranar 2 ga watan Fabrairun shekara ta 1987) tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na ƙasar Spain wanda ya yi wasa a matsayin mai tsakiya. An dauke shi daya daga cikin masu karewa mafi kyau na ƙarni. Da farko ya Pique kasance dan wasan dalibi mai basira a makarantar La Masia ta Barcelona, Piqué ya fara aikin kwallon kafa tare da Manchester United a shekara ta 2004. Ya koma Barcelona a shekara ta 2008 kuma ya taimaka wa kulob dinwajen lashe kofi sau uku a 2008-09 da 2014-15. Ya bayyana a wasanni 616 na kulob din kuma ya lashe manyan lambobin kulob din 31, ciki har da lambobin La Liga guda tara da lambobin UEFA Champions League guda uku. Yana daya daga cikin 'yan wasa hudu da suka lashe gasar zakarun Turai shekaru biyu a jere tare da kungiyoyi daban-daban, sauran su ne Marcel Desailly, Paulo Sousa da Samuel Eto'o .[1][2]

Gerard Piqué
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2017 -
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Barcelona, 2 ga Faburairu, 1987 (37 shekaru)
ƙasa Ispaniya
Mazauni Barcelona
Harshen uwa Catalan (en) Fassara
Ƴan uwa
Mahaifiya Montserrat Bernabeu i Guitart
Ma'aurata Shakira
Clara Chia Martí (en) Fassara
Yara
Karatu
Makaranta La Salle Bonanova (en) Fassara
Ashton-on-Mersey School (en) Fassara
Harsuna Yaren Sifen
Catalan (en) Fassara
Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa da ɗan kasuwa
Hanya
Ƙungiyoyi Shekaru Wasanni da ya/ta buga Ƙwallaye
  FC Barcelona1997-2004
  Spain national under-16 association football team (en) Fassara2002-200372
  Manchester United F.C.2004-2008120
  Manchester United F.C.2004-2006
  Catalonia national football team (en) Fassara2004-2019100
  Spain national under-17 football team (en) Fassara2004-200483
  Real Zaragoza (en) Fassara2006-2007222
  Spain national under-21 association football team (en) Fassara2006-2008121
  Spain national under-19 football team (en) Fassara2006-200683
  Spain national under-20 football team (en) Fassara2007-200751
  FC Barcelona27 Mayu 2008-5 Nuwamba, 202239729
  Spain men's national football team (en) Fassara2009-20181025
 
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Piqué ya kuma wakilci Spain sau 102, inda ya fara bugawa a ranar 11 ga Fabrairu 2009.[3]

Gerard Piqué
Ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a kungiyoyin Mutanen Espanya da suka lashe gasar cin Kofin Duniya na FIFA na 2010 da UEFA Euro 2012. Ya yi ritaya daga tawagar kasa bayan gasar cin Kofin Duniya na FIFA na 2018.[4] 

Aikin Kulob

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Rayuwar Farko

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An haifi Gerard Piqué Bernabeu a ranar 2 ga Fabrairu 1987 a Barcelona, Catalonia. [5] Ya fara aikinsa yana wasa a kungiyar matasa ta FC Barcelona a matsayin dan wasan tsakiya, amma kafin ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar sana'arsa ta farko tare da kulob din, ya yanke shawarar shiga Manchester United. Kungiyar Premier League ba ta biya Piqué ba saboda yana da ƙuruciya don samun kwangilar ƙwararru.[6]

Manchester United

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Piqué ya fara bugawa Manchester United wasa a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2004, a matsayin dan wasan tsakiya, wanda ya maye gurbin John O'Shea a minti na 67 a gasar cin Kofin League 3-0 a Crewe Alexandra . Ya fara bugawa a watan Janairun shekara ta 2005 a gasar cin Kofin FA 0-0 tare da Exeter City . Piqué ya fara buga Gasar Firimiya a ranar 15 ga Oktoba 2005, kuma a matsayin mai maye gurbin O'Shea, a cikin nasarar 3-1 a kan Sunderland . Farkon wasansa na farko ya zo ne a ranar 29 ga watan Maris na shekara ta 2006 a kan West Ham United a Old Trafford, yana wasa a hannun dama, yayin da Gary Neville ba shi da shi saboda rauni.[7]

 
Gerard Piqué

Ayyukansa, musamman a cikin ƙungiyar ajiya, ya ba shi sabon kwangila, wanda ya sanya hannu a watan Fabrairun 2005, don gudana har zuwa lokacin rani na shekara ta 2009. A ranar 4 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 2006, duk da haka, Ƙungiyar La Liga Real Zaragoza ta sami Piqué a kan rancen lokaci. Sharuɗɗan rancen sun buƙaci Piqué ya fito a cikin akalla wasanni 20 ga kulob din Aragonese, wanda ya yi, yayin da ya buga wasanni 22 na farko a cikin nasarar da ya samu, tare da ɗan Argentina Gabriel Milito, ko dai a matsayin mai tsakiya ko kuma mai tsakiya..[8] A ranar 5 ga Mayu 2007, an sanar da cewa Piqué zai zauna a Old Trafford don kakar wasa mai zuwa. Manajan Alex Ferguson ya yi niyyar tantance yanayin Piqué a La Romareda a ranar 6 ga Mayu, kafin taron inda bangarorin biyu za su tattauna abubuwan da Piqué zai fuskanta a nan gaba tare da kulob din. Koyaya, Ferguson bai iya halarta ba saboda matsalolin jirgin sama..[9] Komawar Piqué zuwa Old Trafford ya gan shi ya buga wasanni tara a lokacin kakar 2007-08. A farkonsa a Gasar Zakarun Turai ta UEFA, nasarar da ya samu a gida 4-0 a kan Dynamo Kyiv a ranar 7 ga Nuwamba 2007, Piqué ya zira kwallaye hudu na Manchester United a wannan wasan. Ta yin haka, ya zama dan wasa na 450 da ya zira kwallaye aƙalla daya ga kulob din. Goal dinsa na biyu ga kulob din ya zo ne a gasar zakarun Turai, a wasan da ya yi da Roma a ranar 12 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 2007.[10]

Dawowarsa Barcelona

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A ranar 27 ga Mayu 2008, Piqué ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar shekaru hudu tare da Barcelona, tare da sashi na sayen Yuro miliyan 5.  Barcelona ta biya kudin fam miliyan 5 ga dan wasan.  Ya bayyana farin cikinsa na sake sanya hannu tare da kulob dinsa na yaro, kodayake ya yarda cewa ya ji daɗin aikinsa a Manchester United..[11]

Goal na farko da Piqué ya zura a Barcelona ya zo ne a wasan da kulob din ya ci 5-2 na gasar zakarun Turai ta 2008-09 a Sporting CP a ranar 26 ga Nuwamba. Goal dinsa na farko na cikin gida ga kulob din ya biyo bayan watanni biyu, a ranar 29 ga watan Janairun 2009, a wasan Copa del Rey da abokan hamayyar Espanyol. Goal din, wanda ya fito ne daga kusurwa a minti na 57, ya zama wanda ya lashe wasan a cikin nasarar 3-2 ga Barcelona. A ranar 2 ga Mayu, Piqué ya zira kwallaye na shida na Barcelona a nasarar 6-2 El Clásico a kan Real Madrid a Santiago Bernabéu ..[12]

A ranar 13 ga Mayu, ya karbi kofin farko na aikinsa na Barcelona yayin da ya taimaka wa kulob dinsa zuwa nasarar 4-1 a kan Athletic Bilbao a Copa del Rey Final . Kwanaki uku bayan haka, Barcelona ta lashe gasar La Liga ta 2008-09 bayan Real Madrid ta sha kashi 3-2 a hannun Villarreal, tare da wasanni biyu da suka rage a kakar. A ranar 27 ga watan Mayu, Piqué ya buga wa tsohon kulob dinsa Manchester United wasa a wasan karshe na gasar zakarun Turai na 2009, wanda Barcelona ta ci 2-0 a Roma, inda ta kammala wasan tarihi kuma ta zama kulob din Mutanen Espanya na farko da ya cimma wannan nasarar.[13]

 
Gerard Piqué tare da yan wasa

A ranar 19 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 2009, Piqué ya kasance a cikin tawagar Barcelona wacce ta doke kulob din Argentina Estudiantes 2-1 a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta FIFA ta 2009 a Abu Dhabi don kammala wasan da ba a taɓa gani ba. Piqué ya taimako wa Pedro a minti na 89 wanda ya kai wasan zuwa karin lokaci. A ranar 26 ga watan Fabrairun shekara ta 2010, Piqué ya sanya hannu kan karin kwangila don ci gaba da shi a Barcelona har zuwa aƙalla lokacin rani na shekara ta 2015. A ranar 28 ga watan Afrilu, Piqué ya zira kwallaye a wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar zakarun Turai na 1-0 da ya yi da Inter Milan, kodayake tawagarsa ta fita 3-2 a jimillar[14][15]

A ranar 7 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 2010, Piqué ya jagoranci wasan farko da ya yi wa Barcelona, nasarar 5-0 a kan kulob din Rasha Rubin Kazan a Camp Nou a wasan karshe na gasar zakarun Turai, ba tare da kyaftin din Carles Puyol da mataimakin kyaftin din Xavi ba. A ranar 28 ga Mayu 2011, Piqué ya taka leda a wasan karshe na gasar zakarun Turai na biyu. Barcelona ta doke Manchester United 3-1 a Filin wasa na Wembley don ɗaga Gasar Zakarun Turai ta UEFA a karo na biyu a cikin yanayi uku.[16]

A ranar 18 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 2011, Piqué ya fara ne a nasarar da Barcelona ta samu 4-0 a kan kulob din Brazil Santos a gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 2011 a Yokohama [17].

A ranar 6 ga watan Yunin 2015, Piqué ya fara buga wa Barcelona wasa a gasar zakarun Turai ta 2015, yayin da kulob din ya lashe kofin Turai na biyar / gasar zakaruna ta hanyar doke Juventus 3-1 a Olympiastadion na Berlin. Wannan ya sanya Barcelona kulob na farko a tarihi da ya lashe gasar zakarun gida, kofin gida, da Kofin Turai sau biyu. Piqué, Xavi, Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Dani Alves, da Pedro su ne kawai 'yan wasan da suka kasance wani ɓangare na ƙungiyoyin biyu da suka ci nasara sau uku.

Hotunan aikin Kulob

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Hotunan aikin Kasa

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Ayyukan kasa da kasa

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Ƙungiyoyin matasa

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Piqué ya kasance memba na tawagar Spain ta kasa da shekaru 19 da ta lashe gasar zakarun Turai ta kasa da shekara 19 ta 2006 a Poland . A cikin nasarar karshe 2-1 a kan Scotland, Piqué ya yi aiki mai karfi a cikin tsaro kuma ya ba da gudummawa a harin, ya buga crossbar tare da kai kuma ya ba dan wasan gaba Alberto Bueno taimako don zira kwallaye na biyu na Spain.[18]

Daga baya, ya taka leda a gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA U-20 ta 2007, inda ya fara dukkan wasannin Spain guda shida kuma ya zira kwallaye a wasan da kungiyar ta samu daga baya 4-2 a kan Brazil a zagaye na 16. Koyaya, Piqué ya rasa hukuncin yanke shawara a harbi da aka yi da Jamhuriyar Czech, kuma an kawar da Spain a matakin kwata-kwata.[19]

Bangaren Manya

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A ranar 6 ga watan Fabrairun shekara ta 2009, [20] an kira Piqué zuwa babbar tawagar don wasan sada zumunci da Ingila a ranar 11 ga watan Fabraniru. Ya buga dukkan wasan a nasarar 2-0, a Seville. A wasansa na biyu a matsayin dan kasa da kasa a ranar 28 ga watan Maris na shekara ta 2009, an kira shi a matsayin mai maye gurbin abokin wasan da ya ji rauni Carles Puyol kuma ya zira kwallaye guda daya a nasarar Spain a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2010 da Turkiyya a filin wasa na Santiago Bernabéu a Madrid. Kwanaki hudu bayan haka, ya fara a Istanbul a cikin nasara 2-1 kuma a matakin rukuni. Piqué ya fara buga wasan farko na Spain a gasar cin kofin FIFA Confederations ta 2009, ya fara a wasanni hudu daga cikin wasanni biyar na kungiyar yayin da La Roja ta gama a matsayi na uku.[21] Piqué ya kasance dan wasan tsakiya na farko na Spain a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2010 a Afirka ta Kudu, yana wasa tare da Puyol . Ya fara dukkan wasannin bakwai yayin da Spain ta lashe gasar, inda ta doke Netherlands 1-0 a wasan karshe. Haɗin gwiwar Piqué tare da Puyol ya ga Spain ta ba da sau biyu kawai a wasanni bakwai na gasar cin kofin duniya kuma ta ci gaba da kasancewa mai tsabta hudu a jere a matakin knockout. A cikin kashi na rukuni na 1-0 na Spain ga Switzerland, kafin Gelson Fernandes ya zira kwallaye guda daya na wasan, dan wasan Switzerland Eren Derdiyok ya fadi a kan mai tsaron gidan Spain Iker Casillas kuma ba da gangan ya kori Piqué a fuska, ya buge shi kuma ya bar shi da yanke mai zurfi kusa da idonsa na dama.[22]


Piqué ya buga kowane minti na yakin neman zabe na UEFA Euro 2012 na Spain, tare da Sergio Ramos a tsakiyar tsaro. Ya samu nasarar canza hukuncin na uku na tawagar a wasan kusa da na karshe da ya yi a kan Portugal. A wasan karshe, Spain ta yi rikodin takarda mai tsabta na biyar a jere a cikin nasara 4-0 a kan Italiya. [23] Piqué na ɗaya daga cikin masu tsaron Spain guda uku da aka haɗa a cikin Team of the Tournament na UEFA yayin da La Roja ta ba da kwallo ɗaya kawai a wasanni shida.[24]

A gasar cin kofin FIFA ta 2013, Piqué ta kasance ta uku daga cikin 'yan wasan Spain bakwai da suka ci nasara a wasan 7-6 a kan Italiya a matakin kusa da na karshe. A ranar 30 ga watan Yunin shekara ta 2013, an kori Piqué a lokacin wasan ƙarshe da Brazil. Ya sami jan katin kai tsaye a minti na 68 don tashin hankali a kan abokin wasan Barcelona da ya sanya hannu kwanan nan Neymar. Wasan ya ƙare 3-0 zuwa Brazil, ya kawo karshen rikodin duniya na Spain 29 wanda ba a ci nasara ba a gasar cin kofin duniya.[25] Four days later, he started in Istanbul in a 2–1 win, also in the group stage.[26]

Tsarin Wasa

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Piqué ya kasance mai tsaron gida na zamani wanda ya ke haɗa da ƙarfi da ƙwarewa tare da fasaha mai kyau wajen karbar kwallo.[27] Saboda tsayinsa da halayensa na jiki, yana da kyau a cikin iska. Kodayake an tura shi da farko a matsayin mai tsakiya, ya kasance dan wasa ne mai amfani da dabarun da ya iya taka leda a matsayin mai kare tsakiya, matsayin da aka fara tura shi tun yana saurayi; an kuma tura shi a matsayin mai yanka a wani lokaci, yana nuna kamanceceniya da masanin Jamus Franz Beckenbauer, don haka ya sami lakabi "Piquénbauer". [28] Har ila yau, an san shi a wasu lokuta don amfani da tsayinsa a matsayin ƙarin barazanar kai hari ta hanyar mai gaba zuwa matsayi mai banƙyama, sau da yawa yana aiki a matsayin mai ba da gudummawa, musamman idan tawagarsa tana bin marigayi yayin wasanni.[3] Ikonsa na wasan kwallon da iyawarsa na karanta wasan ya ba shi damar samar da haɗin gwiwa na tsakiya tare da Carles Puyol, tare da Barcelona da Spain. Duk da baiwarsa a lokacin ƙuruciyarsa, wasu masana sun zarge shi da farko da kasancewa mai saurin kuskure a karewa, kuma an soki shi a wasu lokuta saboda rashin daidaituwa da rashin saurinsa. An dauke shi daya daga cikin masu karewa mafi kyau a kwallon kafa ta duniya ta hanyar masana, a cikin 2018, tsohon abokin kare Piqué Puyol ya bayyana shi a matsayin "mafi kyawun tsakiya a duniya" saboda ci gaban kansa a matsayin dan wasa dangane da basirarsa, jagoranci, matsayi, kwanciyar hankali, da tsammanin.[29]

Rayuwarsa ta Gida

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Piqué ya girma ne a cikin iyalan Catalan. Mahaifinsa, Joan, ɗan kasuwa ne, kuma mahaifiyarsa, Montserrat, ita ce darektan asibitin raunin kashin baya a Barcelona. Yana da ƙaramin ɗan'uwa, Marc . Kakansa, Amador Bernabeu, tsohon mataimakin shugaban FC Barcelona ne. A lokacin raba gardama na 'yancin kai na Catalonia na 2017, mutane da yawa sun gan shi a matsayin daya daga cikin fuskokin jama'a na ƙungiyar neman' yancin kai, yana jeKatalan'a da kuma yin amfani da goyon bayansa a cikin Catalan. Daga baya ya fuskanci rashin amincewa daga wasu magoya bayan Mutanen Espanya saboda goyon bayansa ga raba gardama na 'yancin kai na Catalonia.

Daga 2011 zuwa 2022, Piqué yana cikin dangantaka da mawaƙiyar Colombia Shakira. Sun hadu ne lokacin da ya bayyana a cikin bidiyon kiɗa na "Waka Waka (Wannan Lokaci don Afirka) ", waƙar hukuma ta gasar cin Kofin Duniya na FIFA na 2010. Piqué da Shakira suna da ranar haihuwar guda ɗaya, shekaru goma da suka rabu. Suna da 'ya'ya maza biyu tare, mai suna Milan (an haife shi a ranar 22 ga Janairun 2013) da Sasha (an haifi shi a ranar 29 ga Janairu 2015). Bayan an bayyana cewa Piqué yana da wani al'amari, ma'auratan sun tabbatar a cikin wata sanarwa ta hadin gwiwa cewa suna rabuwa a watan Yunin 2022. Piqué yana cikin dangantaka da Clara Chía Martí tun daga 2022.[30]

Kafofin Yada Labarai da Kasuwanci

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Piqué shine wanda ya kafa kuma shugaban Kosmos Holding (Kosmos Global Holding S.L.), ƙungiyar saka hannun jari ta wasanni da kafofin watsa labarai da ya kafa tare da Hiroshi Mikitani (wanda ya kafa kuma ya zama shugaban kamfanin e-commerce na Japan Rakuten, Inc.), Edmund Chu, Nullah Sarker, da Mike Evans . Kosmos ta kulla yarjejeniya tare da Tarayyar Tennis ta Duniya don haɗin gwiwar shekaru 25, dala biliyan 3 don canza Kofin Davis da samar da kudaden shiga masu yawa don ci gaban wasan tennis na duniya.  A watan Agustan 2018, mashahurin Amurka Larry Ellison ya bayyana goyon bayansa ga Kosmos da niyyarsa na saka hannun jari a cikin haɗin gwiwar Kosmos-ITF. A watan Janairun 2023 duk da haka, Ƙungiyar Tennis ta Duniya ta cire Piqué da Kosmos daga haɗin gwiwa.[31]

Piqué shi ne mai mallakar kungiyar kwallon kafa ta biyu ta Spain FC Andorra, wanda ya sayi a watan Disamba na 2018 ta hanyar kamfaninsa Kosmos Holding.[32] A ranar 21 ga Mayu 2022, an ci gaba da kungiyar zuwa Segunda División bayan da ta doke UCAM Murcia 1-0 a gida, don haka ta hau zuwa matsayi na biyu a karo na farko a tarihin su. A watan Yulin 2019, Piqué ya karɓi rinjaye a wani kulob din ƙwallon ƙafa na Spain - Gimnàstic Manresa . An kammala sayen ta hanyar Kosmos[33].

A watan Disamba na 2020, Piqué ya saka hannun jari a wasan kwallon kafa na Sorare. Kosmos ya sayi haƙƙin watsa shirye-shiryen Mutanen Espanya don Copa América ta 2021 a cikin haɗin gwiwa tare da mai kunnawa Ibai Llanos, kuma a cikin 2021 shi da Ibai sun kafa kuma sun zama masu haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyar KOI. Kungiyar wasannin esports daga baya ta sami rinjaye a Rogue, wanda ya haifar da tawagar Piqué ta fafata a gasar zakarun Turai ta League of Legends . Ya zuwa 11 ga Nuwamba 2022, shi ne shugaban kasa kuma mai mallakar Kings League, sabuwar ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa a Barcelona, wacce ta ƙunshi ƙungiyoyi waɗanda masu mallakar su ne masu kirkirar abun ciki daga Twitch, YouTube, TikTok da Instagram.

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