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David Beckham

OBE

Beckham in 2014

Born

2 May 1975 (age 49)

London, England

Occupations

Footballer
Businessman

Organisation(s)

UNICEF, Malaria No More^[1]

Agent

Simon Fuller (XIX Entertainment)

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)^[2]^[3]^[4]

Spouse

Victoria Adams

(m. 1999)

Children

4, including Brooklyn and Romeo

Relatives

Nicola Peltz (daughter-in-law)

Association football career
Youth career
Position(s)	\nMidfielder
	\nRidgeway Rovers
1987\u20131991	\nTottenham Hotspur
1989\u20131991	\n\u2192 Brimsdown Rovers (loan)
1991\u20131994	\nManchester United
Senior career\"
Years	\nTeam	\nApps	\n(Gls)
1992\u20132003	\nManchester United	\n265	\n(62)
1995	\n\u2192 Preston North End (loan)	\n5	\n(2)
2003\u20132007	\nReal Madrid	\n116	\n(13)
2007\u20132012	\nLA Galaxy	\n98	\n(18)
2009	\n\u2192 AC Milan (loan)	\n18	\n(2)
2010	\n\u2192 AC Milan (loan)	\n11	\n(0)
2013	\nParis Saint-Germain	\n10	\n(0)
Total	\n	\n523	\n(97)
International career
1992\u20131993	\nEngland U18	\n3	\n(0)
1994\u20131996	\nEngland U21	\n9	\n(0)
1996\u20132009	\nEngland	\n115	\n(17)
\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Website

davidbeckham.com

David Robert Joseph Beckham (/\u02c8b\u025bk\u0259m/ BEK-\u0259m;^[5] born 2 May 1975) is an English former professional footballer, the president and co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City.^[6] Primarily a right winger and known for his range of passing, crossing ability and free-kick taking, Beckham has been hailed as one of the greatest and most recognisable midfielders of his generation, as well as one of the best free-kick takers of all time.^[7]^[8]^[9] He won 19 major trophies in his career, and is the first English player to win league titles in four different countries: England, Spain, the United States and France.^[10]\n

Beckham's professional club career began with Manchester United, where he made his first-team debut in 1992 at age 17.^[11] With United, he won the Premier League title six times, the FA Cup twice, the FA Charity Shield twice, the Intercontinental Cup and the UEFA Champions League in 1999.^[11] He then played four seasons with Real Madrid,^[12] winning the La Liga championship in his final season with the club.^[13] In July 2007, Beckham signed a five-year contract with Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy.^[14] While a Galaxy player, he spent two loan spells in Italy with AC Milan in 2009 and 2010. He became the first British footballer to play 100 UEFA Champions League games.^[11] Following a four-month stint at Paris Saint-Germain, he retired in May 2013 after a 20-year career.^[15]\n

In international football, Beckham made his England debut on 1 September 1996, at the age of 21. He was captain for six years, earning 58 caps during his tenure.^[16]^[17] He made 115 career appearances in total, appearing at three FIFA World Cups in 1998, 2002 and 2006 as well as two UEFA European Championships in 2000 and 2004. Beckham held the England appearance record for an outfield player until 2016.\n

A global ambassador of football, Beckham is considered a British cultural icon.^[18]^[19] He has been in a well publicised marriage to Victoria Beckham since 1999 and was consistently ranked among the highest earners in football, in 2013 being listed as the highest-paid player in the world having earned over US$50 million in the previous twelve months.^[20]^[21] Beckham was runner-up in the Ballon d'Or in 1999, twice runner-up for FIFA World Player of the Year (1999 and 2001) and in 2004 was named by Pel\u00e9 in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.^[22]^[23]^[24] He was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2008, and the Premier League Hall of Fame in 2021.^[25] He has been a UNICEF ambassador since 2005, and in 2015 he launched 7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund.^[26] In 2014, MLS announced that Beckham and a group of investors would own Inter Miami, which began playing in 2020.^[27]\n

Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
2020\n	Modern Family\n	Himself\n	Episode: \"The Prescott\"^[387]\n
2023\n	Beckham^[388]\n	Himself\n	4 episodes on Netflix^[389]\n

Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	League cup^[b]\n	Continental\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Manchester United^[390]\n	1992\u201393\n	Premier League\n	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	\u2013	1	0\n
1993\u201394\n	Premier League\n	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0\n
1994\u201395\n	Premier League\n	4	0	2	0	3	0	1^[c]	1	0	0	10	1\n
1995\u201396\n	Premier League\n	33	7	3	1	2	0	2^[d]	0	\u2013	40	8\n
1996\u201397\n	Premier League\n	36	8	2	1	0	0	10^[c]	2	1^[e]	1	49	12\n
1997\u201398\n	Premier League\n	37	9	4	2	0	0	8^[c]	0	1^[e]	0	50	11\n
1998\u201399\n	Premier League\n	34	6	7	1	1	0	12^[c]	2	1^[e]	0	55	9\n
1999\u20132000\n	Premier League\n	31	6	\u2013	0	0	12^[c]	2	5^[f]	0	48	8\n
2000\u201301\n	Premier League\n	31	9	2	0	0	0	12^[c]	0	1^[e]	0	46	9\n
2001\u201302\n	Premier League\n	28	11	1	0	0	0	13^[c]	5	1^[e]	0	43	16\n
2002\u201303\n	Premier League\n	31	6	3	1	5	1	13^[c]	3	\u2013	52	11\n
Total\n	265	62	24	6	12	1	83	15	10	1	394	85\n
Preston North End (loan)\n	1994\u201395\n	Third Division\n	5	2	0	0	0	0	\u2013	0	0	5	2\n
Real Madrid\n	2003\u201304\n	La Liga\n	32	3	4	2	\u2013	7^[c]	1	2^[g]	1	45	7\n
2004\u201305\n	La Liga\n	30	4	0	0	\u2013	8^[c]	0	\u2013	38	4\n
2005\u201306\n	La Liga\n	31	3	3	1	\u2013	7^[c]	1	\u2013	41	5\n
2006\u201307\n	La Liga\n	23	3	2	1	\u2013	6^[c]	0	\u2013	31	4\n
Total\n	116	13	9	4	\u2013	28	2	2	1	155	20\n
LA Galaxy^[391]\n	2007\n	Major League Soccer\n	5	0	0	0	\u2013	\u2013	2^[h]	1	7	1\n
2008\n	Major League Soccer\n	25	5	0	0	\u2013	\u2013	0	0	25	5\n
2009\n	Major League Soccer\n	11	2	0	0	\u2013	\u2013	4^[i]	0	15	2\n
2010\n	Major League Soccer\n	7	2	0	0	\u2013	\u2013	3^[i]	0	10	2\n
2011\n	Major League Soccer\n	26	2	0	0	\u2013	\u2013	4^[i]	0	30	2\n
2012\n	Major League Soccer\n	24	7	0	0	\u2013	1^[j]	1	6^[i]	0	31	8\n
Total\n	98	18	0	0	\u2013	1	1	19	1	118	20\n
AC Milan (loan)\n	2008\u201309\n	Serie A\n	18	2	0	0	\u2013	2^[d]	0	\u2013	20	2\n
2009\u201310\n	Serie A\n	11	0	0	0	\u2013	2^[c]	0	\u2013	13	0\n
Total\n	29	2	0	0	\u2013	4	0	\u2013	33	2\n
Paris Saint-Germain\n	2012\u201313\n	Ligue 1\n	10	0	2	0	\u2013	2^[c]	0	\u2013	14	0\n
Career total\n	523	97	35	10	12	1	118	18	31	3	719	129\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
England\n	1996	3	0\n
1997	9	0\n
1998	8	1\n
1999	7	0\n
2000	10	0\n
2001	10	5\n
2002	9	3\n
2003	9	4\n
2004	12	2\n
2005	9	1\n
2006	8	1\n
2007	5	0\n
2008	8	0\n
2009	8	0\n
Total	115	17\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Cap\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n
1\n	26 June 1998	Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, France	17	$\"\"$ Colombia	2\u20130	2\u20130	1998 FIFA World Cup\n
2\n	24 March 2001	Anfield, Liverpool, England	39	$\"\"$ Finland	2\u20131	2\u20131	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
3\n	25 May 2001	Pride Park, Derby England	41	$\"\"$ Mexico	3\u20130	4\u20130	Friendly\n
4\n	6 June 2001	Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece	42	$\"\"$ Greece	2\u20130	2\u20130	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
5\n	6 October 2001	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	46	$\"\"$ Greece	2\u20132	2\u20132	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
6\n	10 November 2001	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	47	$\"\"$ Sweden	1\u20130	1\u20131	Friendly\n
7\n	7 June 2002	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan	51	$\"\"$ Argentina	1\u20130	1\u20130	2002 FIFA World Cup\n
8\n	12 October 2002	Teheln\u00e9 pole, Bratislava, Slovakia	55	$\"\"$ Slovakia	1\u20131	2\u20131	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification\n
9\n	16 October 2002	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, England	56	$\"\"$ Macedonia	1\u20131	2\u20132	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification\n
10\n	29 March 2003	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	58	$\"\"$ Liechtenstein	2\u20130	2\u20130	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification\n
11\n	2 April 2003	Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England	59	$\"\"$ Turkey	2\u20130	2\u20130	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification\n
12\n	20 August 2003	Portman Road, Ipswich, England	61	$\"\"$ Croatia	1\u20130	3\u20131	Friendly\n
13\n	6 September 2003	Skopje City Stadium, Skopje, Macedonia	62	$\"\"$ Macedonia	2\u20131	2\u20131	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification\n
14\n	18 August 2004	St James' Park, Newcastle, England	73	$\"\"$ Ukraine	1\u20130	3\u20130	Friendly\n
15\n	9 October 2004	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	76	$\"\"$ Wales	2\u20130	2\u20130	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
16\n	30 March 2005	St James' Park, Newcastle, England	80	$\"\"$ Azerbaijan	2\u20130	2\u20130	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
17\n	25 June 2006	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany	93	$\"\"$ Ecuador	1\u20130	1\u20130	2006 FIFA World Cup\n

v t e Inter Miami CF
\n Founded 2018 \n Based in Miami, Florida \n
Club	\n Players \n Seasons \n Records & statistics \n
Stadiums	\n Chase Stadium \n Miami Freedom Park (future) \n
Key people	\n Owners: David Beckham; Jorge and Jose Mas \n Head Coach: Gerardo Martino \n Sporting Director: Chris Henderson \n Director of Soccer Operations: Niki Budali\u0107 \n
Affiliated clubs	\n Inter Miami CF II (MLSNP) \n
Seasons	\n 2020 \n 2021 \n 2022 \n 2023 \n 2024 \n 2025 \n
Matches	\n 2023 Leagues Cup final \n 2023 U.S. Open Cup final \n

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Early life, family and education

Club career

Manchester United

1991\u20131994: Youth and early-career

1994\u20131995: Loan to Preston North End

1995\u20131996: Return to United and first Championship

1996\u20131998: First-choice and inheriting No. 7 shirt

1998\u20131999: Treble

1999\u20132000: Another Championship

2000\u20132001: Troubled relationship with Ferguson

2001\u20132002: Contract extension

2002\u20132003: Boot incident and United exit

Real Madrid

2003\u20132004: Becoming a Gal\u00e1ctico

2004\u20132005: Managerial changes

2005\u20132006: Outpaced by Barcelona

2006\u20132007: Real Madrid exit

LA Galaxy

2007: First season in MLS

2008

2009: Loan to AC Milan

2009: Return to Galaxy

2010: Second loan to Milan

2010: Second return to Galaxy

2011: MLS Cup champion

2012: Second successive cup victory

Paris Saint-Germain

International career

1998 FIFA World Cup

Euro 2000 and England captaincy

2002 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2004

2006 FIFA World Cup

Post-2006 World Cup

100 England caps, final appearance

Player profile

Style of play

Approach to training and praise from managers

Discipline

Reception

Football-related business activities

David Beckham Academy

Inter Miami

Salford City

Personal life

Legal issues

Tattoos

Leaked emails

Celebrity status and commercial partnerships

Philanthropy

Appearances in films

Filmography

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

See also

References

Books

Internet

Further reading

External links

What happened with David Beckham on 2 May, 1975