The highest standard for evaluating a man is probably "tall, rich, handsome" Gerard Peake occupies all three points, and he also has a smart mind.
In fact, before 2021, the labels about Gerard Pique are life winners, he was born in Youhao, his family is Barça genes, as a defensive stalwart in the dream two and three periods, he helped Barcelona win trophies again and again, and he was also the main force in the most glorious period of the Spanish national team, lifting the European Cup and the World Cup... He is also married to the famous singer Shakira.
But no one would have thought that he would have fewer and fewer opportunities in the team in 2022, and every time he appeared at Camp Nou accompanied by a continuous stream of boos, as a team legend, why is he hated by the fans of the home team?
Pique couldn't wait for his retirement ceremony, and he hurriedly said goodbye with a video, which seemed to announce the end of an era.
Just a few hours after Pique was born on 2 February 1987, his family registered him as a Barcelona life member, making him the youngest member in the club's history, and his name has been inseparable from this great club ever since.
His maternal grandfather, Armando Bernabeu, was Barça's vice-president for 20 years, his father John, a well-known local lawyer, and his mother, who owned a local hospital.
In the 1994 World Cup, when the 7-year-old Pique saw Luis Enrique on TV, he was determined to become a footballer and play for his country.
At the age of 10, he entered the lowest echelon of Barça at that time, and since then the red and blue jersey has become his beauty and sorrow, achieving an all-powerful "Chairman Pi" and a ridiculed "Pi See".
Over the course of a few years, he followed the path of all the professional players, where he met Cesc Fabregas and Messi, who were known as the "Three Masters of La Masia" at the time, and 1987 was a lucky year for La Masia, and finally the group of teenagers would start a new era in 2009.
At the age of 17, his contract with Barca was deadlocked, a year ago his friend Fabregas had just gone to Arsenal, at this time Pique was still restless, the generous family made him not have to use football as a monetization tool, he played football just to be happy, compared to Messi and Xiaofa he was not sure whether he was capable of becoming a professional footballer, after rejecting Barca's long contract, he needed a more definite future, fortunately the people who chased him at that time, Ferguson and Arsene Wenger were excellent life coaches.
In fact, both Lord and Wenger tried to contact Messi, but had to give up because of the Premier League labor certificate.
"I thought I was almost finished. If Sir Alex Ferguson hadn't promoted me, my career would have been completely different. Eventually he came to the Theater of Dreams.
His first game at Manchester United was so nervous that "at 18 I sat in front of my little locker and put on socks, with Ruud van Nistelrooy, Giggs and Ferdinand next to me. I really want to be invisible. ”
A fledgling hairy boy has come to the world's top football hall, there are so many shining names here, he is not sure that he can be a part of this shine in the future, in the central back position of the team also includes Ferdinand, Sylvester, Brown, O'Shea and others, Pique has a chance but not much.
'The manager doesn't trust me, and the others are too strong, I'm too fragile. Teenager Pique doubted himself again and again, and at the same time had the loneliness of being unaccompanied, he was loaned back to Zaragoza, La Liga at the age of 20, he already had the strength to establish himself in La Liga, but the results in La Masia Sanjieri were indeed "the most ordinary".
In the same period, Xiaofa has become the captain of Arsenal, Messi has become Barca's most promising star, and Pique has returned to Manchester United to make a mistake.
In that game against Bolton, his chances of playing were diminishing since that game because his rise led to a defeat, and the 25 appearances that Ferguson had promised ended up playing only 12 of Pique games, "The moment I made a mistake, I actually thought that I might lose the trust of Sir Alex Ferguson and the whole Manchester United fans. ”
In the 07-08 season, Manchester United became the Premier League and Champions League double, Pique scored two goals in 12 appearances and was crowned with the team, and the winner of life started his own championship mode.
"Barça is asking if you're interested in going back." When his agent told him Barca wanted to sign him, Pique looked incredulous, "It doesn't make sense at all, I didn't get a foothold at Manchester United, why would they want me?" ”
The agent said: "Because they know you, they believe in you." ”
May 27, 2008, 5 million euros, the child who misses his hometown, Gerrard Pique returned to Camp Nou, from 17-year-old ignorance to 21-year-old sharp, Pique football road is actually far from superstar, Guardiola recommended to sign Pique In addition to his La Masia genes, more important is his 192 cm size, the two main central defenders Puyol and Milito are short, signing Pique at the price of cabbage is a supplement.
No one expected that Pique had become a workhorse in the second half of the season, and in that unprecedented six-crown season, he and Puyol became the core of the defense, and this combination was also replicated in the Spanish national team.
In the 2009 Champions League final, Barca played Manchester United, and for Pique he had mixed feelings, a year ago in Moscow he could not even squeeze into the squad, and a year later in Rome, the universe Barca set sail, and Pique was the vital helmsman.
The 2010 World Cup, the 2012 European Cup, that was a victory for Spain, a victory for Barcelona at a deeper level, and if you go closer to a victory for La Masia, or even further in, the "La Masia 87 generation" has written great history.
Messi, Busquets, Pedro's return to Pique, everyone is waiting for another La Masia traveler - Fabregas, Xiaofa was put on a Barça shirt by Pique and Puyol and others at the South African World Cup victory celebration, the friendship between the two has long begun, when Pique retired, Xiaofa posted: "Dear Pique , there are 1 million photos of us together, but the first one is the one that touches me the most, I want to give you a hug to thank you for accompanying me on this special journey." ”
Pique 's life winner script benefited from the peak of Barça's Dream II and Dream III, two great eras when there were only a few people whose names could be called throughout, and Pique was one of them.
Maybe there should also be a Messi name.
The two met when they were 13, and Pique said he felt like an alien at the time, but 20 years later, Pique was the last straw to drive Messi away.
In the soap opera where Messi left Barca last year, Pique was taken as the culprit, he proposed to Laporta to release Messi, because his salary has overwhelmed Barca, but Messi's departure is accompanied by reliable business income, Messi has not been able to fill the vacancy after that, and the team's salary problem still exists, in the summer of 2022, the team will not hesitate to pry three levers in order to buy reinforcements, but each lever is invisible to the abyss under the opportunity.
Pique was lucky enough that from 2008 to 2022 he experienced so many accolades belonging to Barça that when the team was in deep trouble, he gave up about 80 million euros of salary to choose to leave it, and he became a burden to the team one day, he had no choice, in glory and not behind, a dashing background may not be indebted to the love of his life.
Pique watched Barça and Spain rise high, banquet guests, and watched them disintegrate step by step, the embarrassing 1:5 in Brazil in 2014 almost pronounced the "death" of Barça's gene bullfighter, Pique played the full 90 minutes, but all he could do was sigh crossed over, a generation will eventually grow old, in 2018 in Russia with a penalty to end his national team years, 102 appearances, 73 victories, 5 goals, 2 championships...
Back in the summer of 2010, the biggest winner of the World Cup that year may not have been the Spanish national team but Pique, after all, in addition to having a World Cup trophy, he also met Shakira.
As Latin diva Shakira is the singer of the World Cup theme song, Pique is one of the guests of that song, the two are 10 years apart, but this does not affect Pique to feel love coming, he asked Shakira for contact information, "I will win the World Cup, just to see you again." ”
The two agreed to meet again on the day of the final.
Their romance was very high-profile, and the media once touted that they were the next Bei and Victoria, but such a high profile annoyed Guardiola, and he excluded Pique from the starting list, Pique once thought that his Barca career was over, but after the season, Pep Guardiola became the first to go.
Shakira has been supportive of Pique throughout the process, and his signature celebratory gesture is to draw two crossed "2s" on his chest, what does that mean? It's not just victory, he and Shakira's birthday is February 2, and these two 2s are their love signals.
In 2013, his son Milan was born, and two years later, a second son, Sasha, was born.
Rich and beautiful and married a beautiful wife, people know which window God closed for Pike, and the aura of life winners even spread outward from the football field, and it was actually Pique who sponsored Barça in the middle of Rakuten.
However, with his cheating, his relationship with Shakira officially broke down, and this love that lasted for 12 years finally failed to fight time, and his new love was only 23 years old and looked like Shakira when he was young.
At the age of 19, he had just signed a professional contract with Manchester United, opened a burger restaurant with his salary, and then moved his business tentacles into the real estate industry, and in 2011 founded a game company to develop a game that even attracted the cooperation of Nike, Coca-Cola and other companies.
In addition, he has his own esports club, and Sorare, a new format company in the standard blockchain industry, is currently valued at more than $3.8 billion, and he has invested in food, real estate, sports drinks, sunglasses, esports and more.
In football, in 2019 he acquired Andorra FC, a club that is still in the Spanish 5th division, and after a few years of development this team has been promoted to the second division, and the goal of Pique in the future is to return to Barca, as for what status, perhaps many people have to call "Chairman Pi".
"You know me, soon, I will be back, we will see you at Camp Nou" When he waved goodbye, perhaps many people who like Barça are also saying goodbye to their youth, many of them may have loved this team in the most glorious period of Barça, and they must have a special place in their memories about Pique , that winner in life, that guard with a knife... With 37 trophies in 666 club appearances, his life was exciting enough, and the second half after retirement was still a "full start" for Pique .