#5 His weird connection to Arnold Schwarzenegger
While this connection may seem a bit forced, it still has reasonable credence considering how Gareth Bale’s national career has panned out over the last decade and how his debut is arguably one of the more important events in the Welsh football team’s recent history.
The 27-year-old made his first appearance for Wales on May 27, 2006 as a substitute against Trinidad and Tobago. He made a telling impact in the match after replacing midfielder, David Vaughan, assisting the second goal as the Dragons claimed a 2-1 victory.
What’s not widely known is that the match was held at the Liebherr GAK Stadium in Graz, Austria as part of Trinidad and Tobago’s World Cup warm-up campaign and that the venue, with a total capacity of around 15,400, had previously been known as the Arnold Schwarzenegger stadium.
