David Beckham

David Robert Joseph Beckham, Order of the British Empire (born 2 May 1975) is an English association football who plays midfielder for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United F.C., Preston North End F.C., Real Madrid C.F., and A.C. Milan, as well as the England national football team, for whom David Beckham holds the all-time appearance record for an outfield player.

Beckham's career began when David Beckham signed a professional contract with Manchester United, making David Beckham first-team debut in 1992 aged 17. clinching the La Liga championship in David Beckham final season with the club. In January 2007, it was announced that Beckham would leave Real Madrid for the Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy, signing a five-year contract with them on 1 July 2007. While a Galaxy player, David Beckham spent two loan spells in Italy with Milan in 2009 and 2010.

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David BeckhamIn international football, Beckham made David Beckham England debut on 1 September 1996, at the age of 21. David Beckham was made Captain (association football) from 15 November 2000 until the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals, during which David Beckham played 58 times. David Beckham earned a much-publicised hundredth Cap (sport) against France on 26 March 2008, and became the all-time outfield player appearance record holder on 28 March 2009 when David Beckham surpassed Bobby Moore's total of 108 caps. and in 2004 was the world's highest-paid footballer when taking into account salary and advertising deals. Beckham was the first British footballer to play 100 UEFA Champions League matches. With such global recognition David Beckham has become an elite advertising brand and a top fashion icon. When joining the MLS in 2007 David Beckham was given the highest player salary in the league's history, with David Beckham playing contract with the Galaxy over the next three years being worth United States dollar6.5m per year.
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David BeckhamBeckham was born at Whipps Cross University Hospital in Leytonstone, London, England. David Beckham is the son of David Edward Alan "Ted" Beckham (b. Edmonton, London, July–September 1948), a kitchen fitter, and Sandra Georgina Beckham (née West) (b. 1949) (m. London Borough of Hackney, 1969), a hairdresser. David Beckham regularly played football in Ridgeway Park, Chingford, as a child, and attended Chase Lane Primary School and Chingford Foundation School. In a 2007 interview, Beckham said that, "At school whenever the teachers asked, 'What do you want to do when you're older?' I'd say, 'I want to be a footballer.' And they'd say, 'No, what do you really want to do, for a job?' But that was the only thing I ever wanted to do." Beckham's maternal grandfather was Jewish, and Beckham has referred to himself as "half Jewish" and wrote in David Beckham autobiography "I've probably had more contact with Judaism than with any other religion". In David Beckham book Both Feet on the Ground, David Beckham stated that growing up David Beckham attended Church (building) every week with David Beckham parents and David Beckham older sister, Lynne Georgina and younger sister, Joanne Louise.
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David Beckham parents were fanatical Manchester United F.C. supporters who would frequently travel to Old Trafford from London to attend the team's home matches. David inherited David Beckham parents' love of Manchester United, and David Beckham main sporting passion was football. David Beckham attended one of Bobby Charlton's football schools in Manchester and won the chance to take part in a training session at FC Barcelona, as part of a talent competition. David Beckham played for a local youth team called the Ridgeway Rovers – coached by David Beckham father, Stuart Underwood and Steve Kirby. Beckham was a Manchester United mascot for a match against West Ham United F.C. in 1986. Young Beckham had trials with David Beckham local club Leyton Orient F.C., Norwich City F.C. and attended Tottenham Hotspur F.C.'s school of excellence. Tottenham Hotspur was the first club David Beckham played for. During a two-year period in which Beckham played for Brimsdown Rovers F.C.' youth team, David Beckham was named Under-15 Player of the Year in 1990. David Beckham also attended Bradenton Preparatory Academy, but signed schoolboy forms at Manchester United on David Beckham fourteenth birthday, and subsequently signed a Youth Training Scheme contract on 8 July 1991.