Britancio footballer David Robert Joseph Beckham was born on May 2, 1975 in the London suburb of Leytonstone, where in 1969, his parents moved from Hoxton, an employee of the gas company and frustrated footballer David Beckham and Edward Ted hairdresser Sandra West with which moreover, have two daughters, Lynne (1972) and Joanne (1982).

Passion for soccer

Since David began to walk, his father sent his two great passions, football and Manchester United, who at the time was a rather mediocre team, they had not won a league title since 1975. Eight-year-old David started playing in the neighborhood team, the Ridgeway Rovers, for whom he scored over a hundred goals in three seasons.

At eleven, his life took a radical turn after winning at Old Trafford, the famous football skills competition which organized the legendary Sir Bobby Charlton. He not only won the trophy, the prize was to participate for two weeks in training with the promises of the farmhouse FC Barcelona, but also broke the tournament record for points. That day, he and his father conspired, if not it was the club-to return to the mythical turf of Manchester United.

That euphoria vanished suddenly when Beckham made landfall in the FC Barcelona (“Some day I will return to Barca,” he shouted angrily in his farewell of Barcelona), and after being rejected in tests carried out by two teams most renowned capital city that of his neighborhood: Tottenham Hotspur and, more surprisingly, the modest Leyton Orient.

Although disappointed, David did not give up and played for Leytonstone, while perfecting his technique on the Essex School, not knowing that after the competition, the scouts of Manchester United followed their steps in order of their own coach, Alex Ferguson, who on July 1, 1991 signed him personally to the lower grades.

In Manchester not stayed at the club, but shelters. The first two experiences were disastrous, until he ended up at the home of Mr. Kay, Annie and Tommy, with whom he lived for more than two years and he considers his second parents.

When he was seated, his dreams began to take shape in 1992, the year when Beckham appeared alongside the best batch in the history of Manchester, with names like Micky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and the Neville brothers, on a youth team that not only win,but gave a new style of play anchored British football.

Youth were sixteen and seventeen years who Ferguson was from the stands,until they won the Youth Cup against Crystal Palace in late 1992. Then he began to take shape in his mind the legend of the babes Fergie (on a clear parallel with the legendary Busby Babes led by Charlton who conquered Europe in the fifties), who, headed by Frenchman Eric Cantona and Giggs a very young, which had already made the jump to the first team would win a new league title for United in the 1992-1993 season.

Beckham made his debut with the first team on 23 September, 1992 in a Cup match against Brighton. From that day he trained with the elderly, but did not play in the league because Manchester was working perfectly. Had to wait until the 1994-1995 season, which marked his first goal on December 7, 1994 in his debut in the Champions League against Galatasaray, where he had not yet debuted in the Premier League. David, who from the January 23, 1993 he signed his first professional contract, he became impatient. Moreover, when asked if Ferguson for the 1994-1995 season, accept an assignment to the modest Preston, of the Third Division, which played five matches and scored two goals.

An idol for Manchester United

In the meridian of the League Manchester midfield was depleted by injuries, and Ferguson appealed for an end to Beckham, who debuted in the Premier League on April 2, 1995 against Leeds United. That season was runner-up Manchester and Beckham played only four games.

In 1995-1996 and was strengthened in the first team he played thirty-three games and scored seven goals, demonstrating as it was the best centering of the world and one of the most technical players in launching treasured faults. These qualities were not lost, and the September 1,1996 debuted with the national team with which he has played over fifty games and it’s captain since 1999. He continued playing in Manchester, which soon became the undisputed leader, with an average of thirty-three games per season and an average of eight goals, most of them with master kicks.

In his resume includes six league titles, one Champions League and Intercontinental Cup (1999) and two FA Cups (1996 and 1997), besides other minor trophies. Personally holds many awards, but he was able to win the Golden Ball: Player of the Month for the league and Young Player of the Year (1996), again Young Player of the Year and Sir Matt Busby (1997), European Midfielder of the Year and European Silver Ball behind Rivaldo (1999), British Sportsman of the Year and Silver Ball back behind Figo (2001) and Bronze ball after Ronaldo and Zidane (2002).Moreover, in November 2003 he was appointed Knight of the Order of the British Empire.

An explosive marriage

Their wedding in 1997, with the former Spice Girl Victoria Adams multiplied the appeal of football to commercial firms and the media. Everything he touches turns into dollars, which is the currency you paid. During his years at Manchester, including a typical sheet and income earned an average of 15 million euros annually. Dares to do anything, has even come to singing in one of the records of his wife in the song Out of your mind .

The singer seemed to have cornered much of its race to become the mistress of the projection of her husband and Beckingham Palace , as it is called the Beckham’s mansion, where, until David signed for Real Madrid, often held party in his image and likeness, with the presence of stalwarts like Elton John or Joan Collins.

Victoria has two sons: Brooklyn (March 5, 1999), so named because it was conceived in this famous New York district, and Romeo (September 1, 2002), in homage to Shakespeare.

The fame of the couple has a price however: in 2000 tried to kidnap her firstborn. Therefore had to be surrounded by extreme security measures. Apart from this the Spice Boyand Becky two of his nicknames that have been more fortunate, has received other threats, even death as when in the 1998 World Cup was driven by a childish and England fell eliminated by Argentina.

Beckham is a businessman, so probably signed him in June 2003, Florentino Perez for the post and had to Figo, taking it in addition to the new president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, who had promised his move to the Barça fans in his election campaign. At Real Madrid, which acquired it for 35 million euros and a 6.5 million annual tab, you must provide 50% of their contracts of image.

The arrival of Beckham to Madrid was a big deal. Torrejon de Ardoz arrived by private plane and mobilized thousands of supporters who wanted to approach his new idol. A smell of crowds that just repeated later during the Asian tour of the white team.

Beckham is a dapper man and maniac. He is obsessed with order, and saw his house so that the colors of the clothes are in tune with the color of the room in question and furniture. Tattooed bears the names of his wife and children and continually changing look. And even dared to sarongs, headbands, and diamonds, which seemed reserved for women.

She loves cars, especially Ferrari and Bentley, and is an accomplished practitioner of golf and film buff, and in fact is the idol of the protagonist in the film Bend It Like Beckham the story of a young woman of Indian origin spends countless difficulties to fulfill their soccer dreams.

David Beckham Chronology

1975:

Born in London. His father, who works at a gas company, is passionate about football and Manchester United.

1983:

Start playing with the Ridgeway Rovers, the neighborhood team.

1986:

Win the championship of soccer skills of Bobby Charlton, whose prize was to spend two weeks training with FC Barcelona young talents. However, it is not accepted.

1991:

Tab to the lower echelons of Manchester United, whose scouts had been following his career.

1992:

Youth Cup win at Manchester United and made his debut in the first team.

1995-96:

Now becomes the undisputed owner of Manchester United.

1996:

Debut for England, which is a captain since 1999.

1997:

He married Victoria Adams, singer of British pop group Spice Girls .

1999:

His son Brooklyn was born.

2000:

The attempted abduction of his son makes the couple was surrounded by large standard security measures.

2002:

His son Romeo was born.

2003:

Signed for Real Madrid, who paid him 35 million euros. The player takes a card of 6 million and a half years, apart from advertising revenue.

Past Results of David Beckham

The glorious year David Beckham was undoubtedly 1999, in which Manchester United won the victory in all competitions: Premier League (Premier League) FA Cup, Champions League and Intercontinental Cup. But the winners of the British is much broader.

With Manchester United has won the following titles:

• The Premier League (Premier League) in 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003.
• The FA Cup in 1999.
• The Champions League or European Cup in 1996 and 1999.
• Intercontinental Cup in 1991.
• Charity Shield Cup in 1996 and 1997.

With Real Madrid:

• The Super Cup 2003. The losing streak that spanned the Real Madrid in the 2003-2004 season he has been denied recent titles.

Personally has received the following awards:

• Young Player of the Year in the Premiership in 1996 and 1997.
• Sir Matt Busby Award in 1997.
• European Midfielder of the Year in 1999.
• European Silver Ball in 1999.
• British Sportsman of the Year in 2001.
• European Silver Ball in 2001.
• Bronze Ball in 2002.