David Beckham Biography

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Building up this David Beckham biography from scratch, I could not stop wondering if after, the player will retire, he will be remembered as a great soccer player or simply as a famous one, a celebrity of the game.

The truth is that it's a combination of these two factors that brought David Bechkam’s current fame. Follow me through this David Beckham biography and you'll hear the story of a modest English boy that ascended to have a godlike status in the entire world and is now amongst the most well paid footballers of all times.


Full name	David Robert Joseph Beckham
Date of birth	May 2, 1975
Place of birth	Leytonstone, London, England
Height	6.0FT - 1.83M
Playing position	Right Winger, Central Midfielder

David Beckham Biography – Early Career
Born in East London, Beckham was raised in a family of Manchester United supporters, with both his parents traveling to Old Trafford from London to see the team's matches, often taking young David with them. Getting the taste of soccer, David started playing for the Ridgeway Rovers, a youth team coached by his father and Steve Kirby.

Although taking part at several trials at the Manchester United youth facilities, he had some tries at his local club, Leyton Orient and Tottenham Hotspur, however he would come back to the Manchester United youth in 1991.

Season	Club	Games	Goals
1992–2003	Manchester United	265	62
1995	Preston North End (loan)	5	2
2003-2007	Real Madrid	116	13
2007	Los Angeles Galaxy	-	-

After playing there for 1 year and winning the FA Youth Cup with the team, David Beckham was given the chance to play for Manchester's first squad, in a League Cup game against Brighton and Hove Albion, which would be his first appearance as a professional soccer player.

David Beckham Biography – Manchester United - When he was just 19 years of age, Beckham was still not a first team regular for Manchester, so in the 1994/95 season he was loaned to Preston North End, where he would get some useful match experience before returning to United the next season.

The end of the 1994/95 season saw several key components of the Manchester United first squad leaving the team or retiring and Sir Alex Ferguson, the team's manager decided to base his strategy for the next season on youngsters instead of buying expensive replacements. This was a great chance for David Beckham and he took it with both hands as he would become a first team regular from now on.

Years	National Team	Games	Goals
1994-1996	England U21	9	0
1996-Present	England	96	17

Constantly rising in form and playing better and better for Manchester helped David Beckham reach the England squad for the 1998 World Cup, however this would be one of the toughest moments in Beckham's career.

In the Last 16 round, England would play Argentina, with Beckham starting out in the first line-up. After a hard tackle from Argentinean Simeone, Beckham lost control and struck him in the calf, being sent off and attracting the anger of the entire English fan base as well as the media, the Daily Mirror even printing out a dartboard on the first page, with the face of David Beckham around the bullseye.

His strength of character was proven when he got over this moment and just one year later, he managed to pull off a fabulous season, winning the Champions League-Cup-League "treble" with Manchester. Beckham was already a superstar and by the end of his 9th year at Manchester, in 2003, he would be involved in a shocking transfer to Real Madrid.

David Beckham Biography – Real Madrid - With 4 seasons under his belt at Real, Beckham did not have the same performance as he did at Manchester, but being in the star-studded team of the Madrid side meant he was much more publicized and became the most famous and well-paid soccer player in the world for several years.

Reaching the end of his career, David Beckham now playing for the Los Angeles galaxy with a contract worth $250 million over 5 years.

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