The Spain defender took to Twitter to reveal some of the shirts he has swapped with fellow players during his time with Spain, Barcelona and Manchester United, posting a picture that resembles a who’s who of modern-day footballers.
The material mosaic, accompanied by the caption: ‘I’m tidying my wardrobe, here we have some shirts that I’ve encountered. Which do you like the most?’, includes the shirts of Francesco Totti, Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho to mention just a few.
Gerard Pique posted a picture of his shirt collection on Twitter – it resembles a who’s who? of footballers
GERARD PIQUE’S SHIRT COLLECTION IS LIKE A WHO’S WHO OF FOOTBALL
The entire roll call of shirts from Pique’s main collection reads (L-R):
Row 1: Francesco Totti, Thierry Henry, Radamel Falcao, John Terry, Patrick Vieira, Rio Ferdinand
Row 2: Andriy Shevchenko, Marik Hamsik, Samir Nasri, Carlos Tevez, Diego Forlan, Ruud van Nistelrooy
Row 3: Karim Benzema, Danny Welbeck, Lionel Messi, Raul, Diego Milito, Franck Ribery
Row 4: Frank Lampard, Segio Aguero, Clarence Seedorf, Neymar, Gianluigi Buffon, Samuel Eto’o
Row 5: Alexandre Pato, David Silva, David Beckham, Stephan El Shaarawy, Yaya Toure, Ronaldinho,
Row 6: Luis Suarez, Cesc Fabregas, Mario Gotze, Daley Blind, Landon Donovan and Andrea Pirlo
The defender has amassed the impressive collection during his time with Spain, Barcelona and Man United
Pique has swapped shirts with one-time team-mates Rio Ferdinand and Cesc Fabregas (right)
Pique has also collected shirts from Spain’s victims en route to winning the 2010 World Cup
Pique reserves special praise for former Spain and Barcelona defensive partner Carles Puyol’s shirt
Pique and Puyol (left) leave the pitch topless after swapping shirts at the end of a Barcelona game
Pique has also collected shirts from each of the countries that Spain defeated during their 2010 World Cup winning campaign, explaining that he swapped shirts with Klaas-Jan Huntelaar after the final, only to frame his own shirt.
The 26-year-old reserves individual acclaim for a few shirts , including that of his former partner in defence at the Nou Camp, Carles Puyol, which is captioned: ‘Finally, a shirt that I have special affection for. He gave me a great friend.’
