David Beckham

 Personal Information

Name: David Robert Joseph Beckam  Famous As: DB7 and Becks  Date of Birth: 2 nd May. 1975   Hometown: Leytonstone, London, England  Height: 6'  Nationality: English  Current Club: L.A. Galaxy  Playing Position: Right Wing / Center Midfielder

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 David Robert B Joseph Beckam, probably the most famous football player ever, is simply   
 a living legend. He was born on 2 nd May, 1975 in Leytonstone, London. He was a
 regular player of the great game since childhood. His parents were a diehard fans of    
 Manchester United, an English league. He inherited this love and passion for Manchester 
 United and started building high aims. He used to play for the local team Ridgeway
 Rovers and was also one of the exceptionally talented group of young players who won
 the FA Youth Cup in May, 1992, in which his goal added the icing on the cake.

 International Career

 David Beckam played for the first time for his country on 1 st September, 1996 in a
 World Cup Qualifying match against Moldova. He was part of the English National Team
 in all the games of the 1998 Fifa World Cup. He also appeared in the World Cup Finals
 in France. He got his first goal for the National Side against Columbia which was a result
 of his outstanding set-piece techniques. England although got eliminated in the pre
 quarter finals stage.

 In Euro 2000, he was a target of immense criticism by the English Fans. In 2000,
 Beckam was promoted to lead the English Team which was followed by the resignation
 of England manager Kevin Keegan, who was later succeeded by Sven-Goran Ericksson.

 He helped England to qualify for the 2002 World Cup Finals. The match against Greece
 gave him great respect and dignity. He made his trademark free-kick goal to save the
 exit for the English from the World Cup. The World Cup 2002, again was a consoleing
 shoulder for the injured beckam who managed to make his team qualify for the play-offs,
 by scoring a goal against Argentina. England were knocked out in the World Cup
 Quarter finals by the Brazilians.

 The 2006 Fifa World Cup, again was not much of a performance booster for David
 Beckam. Having weapons as lethal as Beckam, Joe Cole, Gerrard, Lampard, Terry and
 Rooney, England were the favorites. But, the slow starts and poor finishes were
 common feature which led to high criticism. However, beckam had a strong hand in
 taking his team up till the quarter final stage. His lethal free-kicks made way for many    
 goals in favor of the English side.

 After the World Cup 2006, Beckam made the statement that he is stepping down as
 captain of the England Team. He was succeeded by John Terry. David Beckam did not
 feature in the International games after that.

 David Beckam was recalled in the side in 2007 for the friendly match against Brazil and
 the Euro 2008 Qualifying matches which are yet to be played.

 History holds the name of David Beckam very tightly in its hands, his great abilities of 
 set-pieces, his great long balls and the great crosses have carved the name on the
 walls of history. Such skills have given him the name of Master of Dead Ball and rightly  
 so. Certainly, this name will be on the hot lists for a long period of time.

 Club Career

 David Beckam was a Manchester United fan from a very early age. He even liked to        
 wear the United Red Shirts whenever he accompanied his parents to Old Trafford. Alex
 Ferguson, manager of the Manchester United Football Club, always had great
 confidence in the young players. Beckam hence, was a good option. Beckam started
 his Mancheter United career in his childhood when he got registered to Youth Training 
 Scheme in 1991.

 He soon became a right hand of Alex Ferguson when spaectacualr goals boosted his
 career . The goals included the one which Beckam scored from nearly the halfline which 
 was part of the media for a long long time. That goal was against Wimbledon

 The 1998/1999 season of the Red Devil's was the highlight of Beckam's Career. This
 season they won Premier League, the F.A Cup and the Champians League. Again
 Beckam's spectacular crosses and Long Balls assisted United to win these tournaments.
 This included the equalizer against Tottenham Hotspur in the final of the Champions
 League.

 Season 2002 was the final season in which Beckam was a part of Manchester United.

 During the 11 years stint at United, Beckam made 266 appearances and scored 61 goals.

 Beckam got transferred to Real Madrid on 1 st July 2003. He announced his name quite 
 clearly in the Spanish La Liga with sales of his T-shirts going up in millions. He scored 5
 times in his first 16 appearances in the club. But, Real Madrid got knocked out of the
 UEFA Champions League in the quarter final stages.

 The Following two seasons at Madrid were disappointing. The seasons were full of false
 allegations and a bunch of bookings held against the former England Captain and this
 was a period of struggle and hardship faced by him.

 Beckam signed a five year deal with Los Angeles Galaxy on July 1 st , 2006. But before
 he could start off their, he held training camps with the Spanish League and also 
 appeared in a match against Real Sociedad and scored and won.

 Career Highlights

 Titles with Manchester United

 1992 - FA Youth Cup - Winner
  
 1993 - FA Youth Cup - Runner-up

 1996 - FA Premier League - Winner
 1996 - FA Cup - Winner
 1996 - FA Charity Shield - Winner

 1997 - FA Premier League - Winner
 1997 - FA Charity Shield - Winner

 1999 - FA Premier League - Winner
 1999 - FA Cup - Winner
 1999 - UEFA Champions League - Winner
 1999 - FA Premier League-Winner

 2000 - FA Premier League-Winner

 2001 - FA Premier League-Winner

 2003 - FA Premier League-Winner

 Titles with Real Madrid

 2003 - European Super Cup

 Personal Awards

 1996 - August:Carling Premiership Player of the Month
 1996 - Sky Sports/Panasonic Young Player of Year

 1997 - PFA Young Player of the Year
 1997 - Sir Matt Busby Award 1999 UEFA Best Midfielder

 1999 - UEFA Most Valuable Player

 2000 - World Footballer Of The Year (2nd Place)
 2000 - Nation Football Awards Player Of The Year

 2001 - ManUtd.com's Player of the Season 2000/01
 2001 - Western Union Most Valuable Player 2000/01
 2001 - Britain's Sportsman Of The Year 2001
 2001 - BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
 2001 - World Footballer Of The Year (2nd Place)
 2001 - European Footballer Of The Year (4th Place)
 2001 - Football365's Readers Player Of The Year

 2003 - Order Of British Empire Honour
 2003 - Named in Uefa.com's Team Of The Year 2003