David Beckham, whose biography will be considered in this article, is one of the most famous players in the history of football. He ended his career just a couple of years ago, and this year he turned 42 years old. Beckham played in the position of the right midfielder, but he could also play in the center of midfield.
Carier start
David Beckham is a footballer who spent most of his career at Manchester United, but he started in a completely different club. Moreover, he managed to visit a large number of youth academies before being in the "MJ".
He was born on May 2, 1975 in London and from an early age began to get involved in football. At first he performed in such semi-professional clubs as Ridgeway Rovers or BSHSS, but later he first got to the youth academy of the Norwich club, after which he ended up in the Leighton Orient club. In early 1987, when he was only 12 years old, Beckham was admitted to the Tottenham academy, and a couple of years later he reached his final point, namely Manchester United. There he spent most of his career as a result of David Beckham. The biography of the football player, of course, includes other clubs, but it was Manchester United that was the first for him.
The game for Manchester
David Beckham, whose biography is known to almost every football fan, was a huge talent, and from the very first months he was prophesied a great future in Manchester United. Already in 1992, when he was only 17 years old, he made his debut in the main team in the League Cup match. However, in the next season he couldn’t find a place in the squad, so in 1994 young Beckham was sent to rent in a small club, Preston North End, who was then playing in the Third Division.
There he played five matches, marked his first two professional goals in his career, and then returned to Manchester United, where he appeared on the field ten more times in the remaining half of the season, also scoring his first goal for this club. Since 1995, the 20-year-old midfielder has become a regular base player. He went out in almost every match and worked real miracles on the field. Already in 1996, he won his First Championship of England and the first FA Cup, and in 1999 he added to his collection the trophy that every football player dreams of - the Champions League Cup.
In total, David Beckham, whose biography is not limited to the Manchester United club, played 389 official matches for him and scored 83 goals. He became a true legend of Manchester United. Largely thanks to him, the club won six English Championships and two FA Cups during this time. However, in 2003, the time for change came, and the 28-year-old footballer moved to Real Madrid for 37.5 million euros.
Transition to Real
It's no secret that Real Madrid is one of the strongest clubs in the world, so the transition of a first-magnitude star of this magnitude has caused a great resonance in society. But Beckham began to work out the money that was paid for him without any problems. Over four seasons, he spent 155 matches and scored 20 goals. However, his stay in the club was not at the best time, so he added only the Spanish Championship to his trophy collection, and he managed to get it only in the last season in 2007. Then Beckham's contract expired, and he went to work in the United States, where he signed a new agreement with the Los Angeles Galaxy Club.
Relocation to the USA
It was clear to everyone that Bex's star had already entered. Beckham David, whose career turned out to be incredibly vibrant, continued in the United States, but it was already far from the level of football. The midfielder spent the first year and a half in Galaxy quite successfully, he played in 32 matches and scored 6 goals in them. After that, he received a rental offer in the Italian Milan, which he accepted. For six months in the “Milan” he spent another twenty matches, scoring two goals, and then returned to the United States.
However, this story did not end just like that: after another six months, 15 matches and two goals, Becks again went to Milan, with whom he spent another half of the season. Naturally, at that age his conditions were already far from ideal, so he did not appear on the field so often. During the second lease, he played 13 matches, but did not mark a single goal scored.
Returning to Galaxy in 2010, Beckham continued playing for the club, playing another 118 matches and scoring 20 goals. During his time at the American club, he helped Galaxy win the MLS Cup twice, win the MLS Championship three times, and also win the MLS playoffs three times. In 2012, when his contract with the club came to an end, Beckham wanted to announce the end of his career as a football player, but received an offer from the French club Paris Saint-Germain, which had recently been acquired by Arab sheikhs and needed promotion. And who in the world of football at that time was the most prominent representative? Of course Beckham!
Completion of a career at PSG
When he signed a short-term contract with PSG, Beckham was already 38 years old, so no one expected incredible results from him. Rather, he was a media personality to attract attention. But, despite this, he still entered the field 14 times, although he did not score a single goal.
Team appearances
Naturally, Beckham became a legend not only at the club level. In England, he made his debut in September 1996 in a match against the national team of Moldova. And already in 1998 he went to the World Cup, where he played in three matches and scored his first goal for the national team, which came in the group match against Colombia.
At the 2000 European Championships , Beckham was already a base player and in three games he gave three assists, but this did not help the British to leave the group. Beckham went to the 2002 World Cup with a captain’s armband on his hand and helped the team reach the quarterfinals, scoring one goal and giving three assists. At the 2004 European Championship, the British again managed to reach only the quarter-finals, and Beckham gave two assists. The last major tournament for David was the 2006 World Cup, where the England team again stopped in the ¼ final phase, and Beckham again scored one goal and gave three assists.
The last match for the national team Beckham held in October 2009 - it was a qualifying game against the national team of Belarus, and there David gave the last assists. In total, he played 115 matches for the national team, scoring 17 goals and giving 38 assists.
After football
Did David Beckham stay in football after retiring? Back in 2010, he made an attempt to try on the position of coach, or rather assistant coach. He entered the coaching staff of Fabio Capello, who then led the England team. However, Beckham held his position for only three months, after which he left the post and did not return to coaching.
Personal life
David and Victoria Beckham is one of the most famous star couples in the world. They met when David was still playing at Manchester United. Soon, David and Victoria Beckham (then Adams) got married. In 1999, their first son was born - Brooklyn. David Beckham, whose family is already exemplary, did not stop at one child. In 2002, the second son was born - Romeo, and in 2005 - the third son, Cruz. David Beckham, whose personal life is in the public domain, still wanted a daughter, and in 2011 his wish came true: the couple had a baby Harper.