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Piqué in 2011, photo by Maxisports /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Gerard Piqué Bernabeu
Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Date of Birth: 2 February, 1987
Ethnicity: Catalan
Gerard Piqué is a Catalan professional footballer. A centre-back, he played for Manchester United, Zaragoza, and Barcelona, and for the Spain national team and the Catalonia national team. He is 6′4″.
He is the son of Joan Piqué Rovira and Montserrat Bernabeu Guitart. Gerard has two children, Milan Piqué and Sasha Piqué , with his former partner, Colombian singer and entertainer Shakira .
Gerard’s paternal grandfather had the surname Piqué.
Gerard’s paternal grandmother had the surname Rovira/Rovina.
Gerard’s maternal grandfather is named Amador Bernabéu Bosch (the son of a father surnamed Bernabeu, and of Paquita Bosch).
Gerard’s maternal grandmother is Mària Montserrat Guitart i Calafell (the daughter of Pere Guitart i Poblet and Montserrat Calafell i Solé). Pere was the son of Josep Guitart i Solà and Mària Poblet i Altimís. Gerard’s great-grandmother Montserrat was the daughter of Antonio Calafell i Montagut and Rosa Solé i Vila.
Piqué with his then-partner Shakira and her parents in 2013, photo by Prphotos
Sources: Genealogy of Gerard Piqué – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Gerard Piqué (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.myheritage.com