David Beckham

David Beckham ( Pronunciation in English: /ˈDeɪvɪd ˈbɛkəm/ ; London, May 2, 1975) is an English former soccer player, whose professional career covered more than twenty years (1992-2013). Likewise, he is a celebrity beyond the sports field, with a lucrative advertising activity that follows today. He was awarded with the order of the British Empire, receiving the rank of officer (OBE) in it.

Beckham developed the first eleven years of his sports career at Manchester United, where he made his debut with the first team in 1992, with 17 years. With United, Beckham won the Premier League six times, the FA Cup twice, and the UEFA Champions League in 1999. Then it became part of Real Madrid, where he won the league in his last season with the club, forming Part of the Galactic era of Real Madrid. In July 2007 Beckham signed a five -year contract with the Major League Soccer Club, Los Angeles Galaxy. While he was a Galaxy player, he spent two years given in Italy with Milan, in 2009 and 2010. He retired from football at the Paris Saint-Germain of Ligue 1 of France in 2013.

stood out for his scoring capacity in England and his free throws, which have an effect known as devilish . In addition, he was considered by many as the best free throw pitcher in the world due to his great precision and power precision.

In international football, Beckham made his debut with the England's soccer team on September 1, 1996, at the age of 21. He was captain for six years and played a total of 58 times. He made 115 appearances in his career, appeared in three World Football Cups (1998, 2002 and 2006) and in two Eurocups (2000 and 2004).

Beckham has been runner takes into account salary and advertising offers. When joining the MLS in 2007 he was given the highest salary for a player in the history of the US League, of 6.5 million dollars per year.

has been married since 1999 with Victoria Beckham, one of the members of the Spice Girls musical group; Following this marriage, his public image transcended the sports field, becoming an advertising star and a reference in the fashion world. The couple has four children and in 2009, their joint wealth was estimated at 125 million pounds.

Biography

David Robert Joseph Beckham was born on May 2 at the Whipps Cross University Hospital in Leytonstone, London, England; Son of David Edward Alan " Ted " Beckham (born in Edmonton, London, July-September 1948), an employee of a kitchen material, and his wife (m. London Borough of Hackney, 1969) Sandra Georgina West (b.1949), a hairdresser of Jewish origin, who had married to the London District of Hackney in 1969.

When I was a child, David regularly played football in Ridgeway Park, Chingford. He went to the Primary College of Chase Lane and the College of the Foundation of Chingford. In a 2007 interview, Beckham said that “at school whenever the teacher asked him: ' What do you want to do when you are older? I replied: ' I want to be a footballer '. And they told me: ' no, what do you really want to do, for a job? ' But that was the only thing I've always wanted to do.

His mother comes from a Jewish family and Beckham refers to himself as " Jewish medium " And he commented: "I have probably had more contact with Judaism than with any other religion," although it is not known that he practices Judaism or other religion. In his book Both Feet on the Ground , he indicates that while he grew up, he always went to the church with his parents and his two sisters, Joanne and Lynne.

His father was a follower of Manchester United and used to go to the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester to see the team matches. David inherited the paternal fans for the club, and his main sports passion was football. He went to the Bobby Charlton Soccer School in Manchester and won the opportunity to participate in a training session of Fútbol Club Barcelona, as part of his talent for the competition. When he was minor, he played in the local Ridgeway Rovers team, trained by his father, Stuart Underwood and Steve Kirby.

was the Manchester United pet in a match against the West Ham United in 1986. Little Beckham had evidence with the Leyon Orient, Norwich City and Newcastle United local club, which was the first club in which he played. For a period of two years he played for the Brimsdown Rovers F.C. children 14, and subsequently signed to enter a youth training program on July 8, 1991.

has played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, Los Angeles Galaxy and the England team, in which the record of matches played has. Beckham's professional career began with Manchester United, debuting in 1992 with 17 years in the first team. With Manchester, Beckham won the title of the Premier League six times, the FA Cup twice, the UEFA Champions League in 1999 and the Intercontinental Cup in that year. He left Manchester United, signing for Real Madrid in 2003, where he remained for four seasons, winning the Spanish League in his last season with the club. In January 2007, it was announced that Beckham could leave Real Madrid to go to the Major League Soccer team, Los Angeles Galaxy, signing on July 1, 2007 a contract for five years. While he was a member of Los Angeles Galaxy, he was ceded twice in Italy, in Milan, in 2009 and 2010. On November 20, 2011 he joined the select group of players who have won three league titles in three different countries, when Los Angeles won their third MLS Cup. His last club was the Paris Saint-Germain, of Ligue 1 of France.

In international football, Beckham made his debut in England on September 1, 1996, at the age of 21. He was appointed captain on November 15, 2000 to the 2006 World Cup, having played 58 games. He won his 100th match against France on March 26, 2008, and became the top player of all time to play more games on March 28, 2009, when he exceeded 108 total Bobby Moore games. With 115 appearances in his career to date, he has declared that he has no intention of retiring from international football. After missing the 2010 World Cup due to an injury, Beckham has not played for England since October 14, 2009. He has ten games less than goalkeeper Peter Shilton (125 games) who is who owns the record of matches.

Beckham has been a runner -up of the FIFA world player and in 2004 he was the footballer with the highest salary in the world taking into account advertising offers. Beckham was the first British footballer to play 100 Champions League games. It is the third in assists in the Premier League, with 152 assists in 265 games. By joining the Major League Soccer in 2007, a player was given the highest salary in the history of the League, charging $ 6.5 million per year.

In May 2013 he retired from professional football with Paris Saint-Germain; In his last game he was replaced by Ezequiel Lavezzi and retired from the field crying.

TRAJECTORY

Manchester United F.C.

His debut in the Manchester United first team was in 1992, when, already then coached by sir Alex Ferguson. After alternating matches with the Manchester subsidiary, of which he won the FA Youth Cup, from that same year he was planted in the first team of the Red Devils .

Endowed with an outstanding technique, from that year on he has been a fundamental piece in the achievement of national and international titles, especially in the 1998-1999 season, a campaign where Beckham, together with players of the stature of Peter Schmeichel, Phil and Gary Neville, Jaap Stam, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Roy Keane among others, achieved the so-called shamrock: the English League, the FA Cup and the Champions League. He also won the Intercontinental Cup and the league three more times. Within the same competition, in the 2002-03 season (which the United team won), he was hit with a football boot by Sir Alex Ferguson, due to an argument between the two after a match against him. Arsenal.

Real Madrid C.F.

David Beckham during a match with Real Madrid in front of the Villarreal.

In 2003 he was signed by Real Madrid for 35 million euros. Before leaving Manchester United, his club had carried out negotiations with FC Barcelona without informing David Beckham; the player only wanted to go to Real Madrid and refused to negotiate with Joan Laporta, who would finally end up signing Ronaldinho.

He was the fourth signing of the so-called "Galácticos" carried out by the board chaired by Florentino Pérez.

As soon as he arrived in Madrid, he won the Spanish Super Cup with the Merengue club. However, the 2003-2004 campaign finished fourth. The following two seasons he finished second, but with a modest team participation in the 2005/06 campaign, finishing twelve points behind Barcelona.

With the retirement of Zinedine Zidane, the arrival of Fabio Capello on the bench, and the arrival of players like Fabio Cannavaro, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Mahamadou Diarra to face the 2006/07 season, Beckham passed into the background, and was not considered in Capello's plans. However, in the last months of the 2006/07 campaign, he was a key player in winning the league. His good game was one of the decisive factors in winning the national championship, and ending a four-year drought without titles.

Los Angeles Galaxy

Beckham with Los Angeles Galaxy T-shirt

On July 1, 2007, amid much controversy, Beckham left Real Madrid and signed for the US team Los Angeles Galaxy under the figure of franchise player in the MLS. It is believed that this decision responds to more lucrative purposes than strictly sporting, since Beckham would be aware of his future physical decline and would like to maximize his advertising potential in the United States market.

A. C. Milan

David Beckham playing with Milan.

In 2008, he returned to play with the English team, coached by Fabio Capello, since then there has been speculation that he will return to Europe in order to prepare for the 2010 World Cup. On October 22 it was confirmed that he would play until the season finale at Milan on loan from the Los Angeles Galaxy. He scored two goals for Milan and performed at a very good level showing that he could still play for his country's national team, since he had not been called up for it again.

In July 2009, he rejoins the discipline of the Los Angeles Galaxy to finish the MLS season, returning to Europe in the European winter market.

On November 2, 2009, his return to Milan was made official on loan until the end of the season starting in January 2010. The objective of this new loan is to prepare to play in the 2010 World Cup. This season he faced Manchester United in the Champions League round of 16, returning to Old Trafford, where Milan lost 4-0, a game that Beckham described as "exciting but sad at the same time."

On Sunday March 14, 2010 David Beckham suffers a ruptured Achilles tendon, in a play in which he was alone in midfield. Due to this injury he was unable to play the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Los Angeles Galaxy

He would return to the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2010, but in 2013 he would go to Paris Saint-Germain after finishing his contract.

Paris Saint-Germain F.C.

After finishing his contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy, on January 31, 2013, his transfer to Paris Saint-Germain became official. He signed until the end of the season although he did not renew with the team.

He made his debut in the Parisian team on February 24 in a match valid on matchday 26 of Ligue 1 against Olympique de Marseille. He came on in the 75th minute, substituting for Javier Pastore. On April 2, 2013, he started in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League at the Parc des Princes. He returning to play the UEFA Champions League after he did it with Milan.

On May 16, 2013, he announced his retirement from professional soccer at the end of this season.

At PSG he won Ligue 1 and gave an assist by only playing 10 games and going into the background by not being able to play for free and allocate his salary to charitable purposes.

In his last game he started, although he was substituted, and he left the field crying while being cheered by the fans and his teammates.

National team

Beckham kicking the penalty that would give England victory over Argentina 1-0 in the World Cup 2002.

David Beckham, captain of thepross"between 2000-2006.

In 1998 the England soccer team qualified for the 1998 Soccer World Cup in France. He scored a goal from a free kick against Colombia in the first phase. In the second round he was sent off for committing a foul on the Argentine player Diego Simeone. England was eliminated from the World Cup on penalties against Argentina and it did not take long for Beckham to receive criticism, where he was asked to leave the team.

However, he played Euro 2000 as captain of the English national team and the qualifiers for the World Cup that were played in South Korea and Japan 2002. In those qualifiers, there was a crucial moment in the Englishman's career when he scored from a shot free, at the legendary Old Trafford, a goal against Greece that gave his team direct qualification to the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup. In the World Cup he met Argentina again, who scored a penalty goal in the second match of the group they shared, taking revenge for the elimination of the previous World Cup. The English team was left out of the World Cup in the quarterfinals, losing 2-1 against Brazil thanks to a direct free kick from Ronaldinho in the second half. Brazil would ultimately be the future champion of the tournament.

Beckham played every Euro 2004 game in Portugal. In the quarterfinals, England faced the local team. The match was decided by penalties, which will go down in history not only because Ricardo Pereira, the Portuguese goalkeeper, saved without gloves, but also because Beckham raised his shot over the crossbar and his team lost 5-6, being eliminated from the match. tournament.

At the 2006 World Cup, at the age of 31, he played all five England games as captain. He scored a goal from a free kick against Ecuador in the round of 16, thus reaching the quarterfinals where he lost against Portugal in a penalty shootout again. In this match Beckham must leave the match at minute 50 due to gastroenteritis.

After the elimination of his team in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, he resigned from his captaincy and was ousted by Steve McClaren. He called him up again for the games that determined the qualification for Euro 2008. England failed to qualify and McClaren was replaced by Fabio Capello, who did not have Beckham in his first call-up because he had not played a single game during the period January- February.

Participations in World Cups

Participations in Eurocups

Social and advertising phenomenon

David Beckham along with his wife Victoria Adams at Formula 1 Silverstone GP in 2007

His marriage to Victoria Adams, held on July 4, 1999 in a castle in Ireland, marked David Beckham's takeoff as an extra -sports star, idolized in half the world for its mixture of physical attractiveness, gift of people and professional success. The couple has four children: Brooklyn Joseph Beckham (born March 4, 1999 in London), Romeo James Beckham (born September 1, 2002 in London), Cruz David Beckham (born on February 20, 2005 in Madrid) and Harper Seven Beckham (born on July 10, 2011 in Los Angeles).

risky for getting out of traditional male taste. David began to wear hairstyles with braids and ridges, as well as earrings and other jewelry, costume mostly branded (including atypical garments in men such as pareo), and came to paint his nails to taste punk . Throughout the last 15 years, Beckham has been very disparate aesthetic: from the elegance of dandy in suit to those of the currents punk and rap . Thanks to all this, he is recognized as a diffuser of multiple male fashion trends, in reality not too groundbreaking but that the male sector was strong to follow, which has opened the way to other fashion -related football stars, such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos. Beckham also contributed to popularize the rise of tattoos; Among other reasons, a legend was tattooed in Hebrew: "I am from my beloved, my beloved is mine." The Hebrew is due to his mother's Jewish origin.

Some sources describe Beckham as a fashion victim , waste about their personal image, because it spends huge sums in their style changes. He has confessed that he suffers a sick mania for accumulating garments and footwear, and for ordering them methodically.

The enormous popularity of Beckham marriage, especially in Asia, was a turnaround in Beckham's income, which came to invoice for advertising works rather than as a athlete. This has undergone increasing importance in the last years of him, when the age was making a dent in Beckham's sports performance and finally led him to retire from professional football.

• In 1996 the Actua Soccer video programmers included him in the team formed by the best players in football history along with other great players like Pelé or Ronaldo.
• A Spanish spectator put on sale on eBay the ball with which Beckham erred the penalti on the 2004 Euro Cup.
• A Spanish amateur, who subtracted Beckham's scarf, put it on sale in the eBay portal, although the auction was withdrawn as the said officer showed, days later, his trophy and his future profitable intentions to the media.
• A film entitled Bend It Like Beckham where a teen of Indian origin has Beckham as his hero and wants to try football despite the opposition of his parents.

Ambassador of Qatar

David Beckham agreed in 2021 with the government of Qatar to be the country's ambassador for 10 years and to be the image of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. For this, it is said that he received 175 million euros. Because of this, criticism in newspapers like The Daily Mail was very strong, calling his decision "really disappointing".

Movies

David Beckham had small cameos in various films such as Goal! (2005); in its sequel Goal! 2: Living the Dream... (2007) and the third Goal! 3: Taking on the World (2009). He also had a cameo appearance in the 2017 film King Arthur: Legend of the Sword as Trigger, a soldier of King Vortigern.

Records

• Only player in the history of England who has scored goals in 3 worlds, and all of them standing ball. It transformed a crime against Colombia in 1998, a crime against Argentina in 2002 and another lack against Ecuador in the second round of 2006.

• David Beckham, in contesting the commitment against Seville, corresponding to the 14th League (2006-07), becomes the English player with more matches (104) in the Spanish League, surpassing the 103 matches contested by Gary Lineker in Barcelona.

Statistics

Clubs

Updated to end of sports career. High seasons in quality of assignment.

Club	Div.	Season	League			Cups (1)			International (2)			Total (3)			Media Shotgun
			Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.
Manchester United F. C.	1. a	1992-93	-			1	0	0	-			1	0	0	0
		1993-94	-			-			-			0	0	0	0
Preston North End F. C.	3. a	1994-95	5	2	3	-			-			5	2	3	0.40
Manchester United F. C.	1. a	1994-95	4	0	0	5	0	1	1	1	1	10	1	2	0.10
		1995-96	33	7	5	5	1	0	2	0	0	40	8	5	0.20
		1996-97	36	8	8	3	2	2	10	2	1	49	12	11	0.25
		1997-98	37	9	13	5	2	3	8	0	5	50	11	21	0.22
		1998-99	34	6	11	9	1	0	12	2	7	55	9	18	0.16
		1999-00	31	6	15	1	0	0	16	2	4	48	8	19	0.17
		2000-01	31	9	12	3	0	1	12	0	2	46	9	15	0.20
		2001-02	28	11	8	2	0	1	13	5	5	43	16	14	0.37
		2002-03	31	6	8	8	2	2	13	3	4	52	11	14	0.21
	Total club		265	62	80	42	8	10	87	15	29	394	85	119	0.22
Real Madrid C. F.	1. a	2003-04	32	3	11	7	3	2	7	1	2	46	7	15	0.15
		2004-05	30	4	6	-			8	0	3	38	4	9	0.11
		2005-06	31	3	12	6	1	6	7	1	3	44	5	21	0.11
		2006-07	23	3	5	2	1	2	6	0	0	31	4	7	0.13
	Total club		116	13	34	15	5	10	28	2	8	159	20	52	0.13
Los Angeles Galaxy	1. a	2007	5	0	2	-			2	1	1	6	1	3	0.17
		2008	25	5	10	-			-			25	5	10	0.20
A. C. Milan	1. a	2008-09	18	2	2	-			2	0	0	20	2	2	0.10
Los Angeles Galaxy	1. a	2009	15	2	4	-			-			15	2	4	0.13
A. C. Milan	1. a	2009-10	11	0	1	-			2	0	0	13	0	1	0
	Total club		29	2	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	33	2	3	0.06
Los Angeles Galaxy	1. a	2010	10	2	3	-			-			10	2	3	0.20
	1. a	2011	30	2	19	-			4	0	2	34	2	21	0.06
		2012	30	7	10	-			3	1	2	33	8	12	0.24
	Total club		115	18	48	0	0	0	9	2	5	124	20	53	0.16
Paris Saint-Germain F. C.	1. a	2012-13	10	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	14	0	2	0
Total career			540	97	170	59	13	20	130	19	42	729	129	232	0.18
(1) Includes England League Cup / FA Cup / Community Shield (1992-03); Spanish Super Cup / King Cup (2003-06); France Cup (2013). (2) It includes data from the European Super Cup / Intercontinental / Club World Cup (1999-00); UEFA Cup (1995-09); SuperLiga Norteamericana / Concaf Champions League (2007-12); UEFA Champions League (1994-13). (3) It does not include goals in friendly matches.

Selections

Selection	Season	Friendly			Europe(1)			World			Total			Average score
		Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.
Sub-18 EnglandEngland	1992	1	0	0	-			-			1	0	0	0.00
	1993	2	0	1	-			-			2	0	1	0.00
	Total	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.00
Sub-21 EnglandEngland	1994	5	0	2	-			-			5	0	2	0.00
	1995	1	0	0	1	0	0	-			2	0	0	0.00
	1996	2	0	2	-			-			2	0	2	0.00
	Total	8	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	4	0.00
Absolute EnglandEngland	1996	-			3	0	1	-			3	0	1	0.00
	1997	5	0	1	4	0	1	-			9	0	2	0.00
	1998	4	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	8	1	1	0.13
	1999	1	0	0	6	0	2	-			7	0	2	0.00
	2000	6	0	1	4	0	3	-			10	0	4	0.00
	2001	4	2	0	6	3	1	-			10	5	1	0.50
	2002	2	0	1	2	2	0	5	1	3	9	3	4	0.33
	2003	4	1	2	5	3	0	-			9	4	2	0.44
	2004	5	1	1	7	1	4	-			12	2	5	0.17
	2005	4	0	2	5	1	0	-			9	1	2	0.11
	2006	3	0	4	-			5	1	2	8	1	6	0.13
	2007	3	0	2	2	0	3	-			5	0	5	0.00
	2008	4	0	2	4	0	0	-			8	0	2	0.00
	2009	4	0	1	4	0	2	-			8	0	3	0.00
	Total	49	4	17	53	10	17	13	3	6	115	17	40	0.15
Total career		60	4	22	54	10	17	13	3	6	127	17	45	0.13
(1) Includes Euro Cup Sub-21 (1995) matches; European class / Euro Cup (1996-09).

Statistical summary

Honours of Prizes

National Championships

Title	Club	Country	Year
Premier League	Manchester United	EnglandEngland	1996
FA Cup	Manchester United	EnglandEngland	1996
Community Shield	Manchester United	EnglandEngland	1996
Premier League	Manchester United	EnglandEngland	1997
Community Shield	Manchester United	EnglandEngland	1997
Premier League	Manchester United	EnglandEngland	1999
FA Cup	Manchester United	EnglandEngland	1999
Premier League	Manchester United	EnglandEngland	2000
Premier League	Manchester United	EnglandEngland	2001
Premier League	Manchester United	EnglandEngland	2003
Supercopa de España	Real Madrid	SpainSpain	2003
Spanish League	Real Madrid	SpainSpain	2007
West Conference (MLS)	Los Angeles Galaxy	United States	2009
MLS Supporters' Shield	Los Angeles Galaxy	United States	2010
West Conference (MLS)	Los Angeles Galaxy	United States	2010
Cup MLS	Los Angeles Galaxy	United States	2011
Cup MLS	Los Angeles Galaxy	United States	2012
Ligue 1	Paris Saint-Germain	France	2013

International Championships

Title	Club	Headquarters	Year
Champions League	Manchester United	Barcelona	1999
Intercontinental Cup	Manchester United	Tokyo	1999

Individual awards