David Beckham (David Robert Joseph Beckham)

 

David Robert Joseph Beckham is an English footballer who holds the all-time appearance record for an outfield player in the England national team. He is the only English player to score in three world cups. He has never received the FIFA World Player of the Year award but has been runner-up twice. In 2004, Beckham was the world’s best paid football player if you count both salary and advertising deals. In both 2003 and 2004, Beckham was Google’s most searched of all sports topics.

Career

Youth career
Tottenham Hotspur
Brimsdown Rovers
1991–1993 Manchester United

Senior career                    
Years        Team                                    Apps                                   Gls
1993–2003 Manchester United              266                                      61
1995 → Preston North End (loan)          5                                          2
2003–2007 Real Madrid                         116                                      13
2007– Los Angeles Galaxy                      74                                        15
2009 → Milan (loan)                               18                                        2
2010 → Milan (loan)                               11                                        0

National team
1992–1993 England U18                          3                                          0
1994–1996 England U21                          9                                          0
1996–2009 England                                115                                      17
As a child, Beckham attended Bobby Charlton’s football school and played for the Ridgeway Rover, a local youth team coached by Beckham’s father. He then attended Tottenham Hotspur’s school of excellence and joined the club, before switching to Brimsdown Rovers youth team for a two year stint. During his time in Bromsdown he was named Under-15 Player of the Year in 1990. On his fourteenth birthday, he signed for Manchester United and subsequently entered a Youth Training Scheme.
Beckham made his first appearance for United’s first-team in 1992 as a substitute in the League Cup match. Shortly thereafter, he signed his first professional contract. He made his UEFA Champions League debut in December 1994.  During a part of the 1994/1995 season Backham was loaned to Preston North End, before returning to Manchester United to make his Premier League debut.
During his time with Manchester United, Beckham played 265 Premier League matches and scored 61 goals. He also made 81 appearances in Champions League where he scored 15 goals. Manchester United won six Premier League titles, one European Cup and one Intercontinental Cup.
In 2003, Beckham signed a four-year contract with Real Madrid. During Beckhams first season with Real Madrid, the team won the Spanish Super Cup and finishes second in Copa del Rey.
In 2007 Beckham signed up for five years with Los Angeles Galaxy. The cost of $6.5 million per year was not paid by Los Angeles Galaxy alone but by all the 14 MLS teams together since the goal of bringing Beckham to the United States was to boost the nation’s overall interest in soccer.
In 2008, Beckham was loaned to AC Milan. Eventually, a timeshare deal was reached were Beckham were to play with Galaxy från mid-July to the end of the 2009 MLS season, and then be loaned out ot Milan again. With Beckham on the team, Galaxy won the 2009 Western Conference final. He returned to AC Milan in January 2010, and went back to Galaxy in September to help them secure their second successive Western Conference title. During the following season, Beckham spent the entire season with Galaxy and the team won the 2011 MLS Cup.