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Those who know a little bit about the football game knows David Beckham as well. But there are only few people who know his complete biography. So here you will know the superstar David Beckham personally & professionally. Right now he is playing for the club Paris-Saint Germain & it was also his last club for which he played football from 2010–2012. Now he is retired from his football career but he is still a big superstar of football. No matter which club you support but you will miss his free kicks. Here is the complete biography of this football superstar.
Beckham full name, born place & Childhood
His full name is David Robert Joseph Beckham. His date of birth is 2nd may 1975. He was born in Leytonstone, London which is in England at the hospital Whipps Cross University. His parents name is David Edward Alan i.e. Ted Beckham & Sandra Georgina. He was so passionate for football & had played football in Ridgeway Park in Chingford during his childhood days. In an interview of 2007 Beckham said: “When I was in school teachers asked me that, what you want to do when you are older? I said I want to become a football player. They teacher replied no, what you actually want to do for job? But I had no other options at all.” His parents were also fond of football & they were the supporters of football club Manchester United. They often go to Old Trafford to see the matches of their supporting team. David Beckham attended the football school of Bobby Charlton’s in the city of Manchester. He won to take part in training part of FC Barcelona.
International Career of David Beckham
On 1 September 1996, Beckham become the captain of England national Football team during a qualifying match of World Cup1996 against Moldova. He also played for the finals of World cup in France. He scored his first goal for England by scoring a long range free-kick & made a victory of 2–0. Later on Beckham helped team England to qualify for the finals of World cup 2002 in Munich. Even the World Cup was won by England with a dynamic win over Germany & the team Germany has to satisfy with 2nd position. He continued his magic wins for England. In a qualifying match for World cup, England was losing the match by 2–1 over Greece. But luckily England got an opportunity for a free kick. The free kick was taken by the David Beckham & he made a curly strike to the ball. The ball was into the net & the miracle was done.
Honours For David Beckham |
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Manchester United |
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Tournament |
Year |
No. Of times winner |
Premier League |
1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000-01, 2002-03 |
6 times |
FA Cup |
1995–96, 1989–99 |
2 times |
FA Community Shield |
1993, 1994, 1996, 1997 |
4 times |
FA Youth Cup |
1991–92 |
1 time |
UEFA Champions League |
1998–99 |
1 time |
Intercontinental Cup |
1999 |
1 time |
Real Madrid |
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La-Liga |
2006-07 |
1 time |
Supercopa de Espana |
2003 |
1 time |
Los Angles Galaxy |
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MLS Cup |
2011,2012 |
2 times |
MLS Supporters Shield |
2010, 2011 |
2 times |
David Beckham’s Films
- Bend It Like Beckham: In 2002 a film was made on David Beckham in which his first appearance was appeared in archive footage. The budget of the film was an estimation of $6M & the collection of the film on Box Office was $76,583,333. The film was released in United Kingdom on 12 April, 2002 & in United States on 1 August, 2003. The film bend It Like Beckham was directed by Gurinder Chadha.
- The Goal: In 2005, Beckham makes a cameo role with the famous football superstars like Zinedine Zidane (France) & Raul (Spain) in the film Goal: The Dream Begins. Also Beckham appears in the sequel Goal 2: Living the Dream. The film was made on the football club Real Madrid. The Film Goal was directed by Danny Cannon & hits the Box Office collection of $27,610,873.