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He has always played with the best teams in the leagues he has
participated in. David Beckham was recognized as one of the top two
players in the world two times by FIFA, both times coming up a
little short. Even though Beckham has been able to lead each of his
two major clubs, Manchester United and Real Madrid to titles, he has
never won the ultimate prize with his country.
Professional Club Career
David Beckham made his first Premier league appearance in 1995 while
playing for Manchester United. It was Alex Ferguson that showed a
lot of confidence in his younger players after losing three first
team players. Alex Ferguson decided to not buy players to restock
the stock but instead to go with youth. Beckham got
off to a quick start by starting the season with a goal against
Aston Villa in a loss. Even though the team started off slowly
Manchester United won the double that year by winning the premier
league and the FA cup. Beckham was a significant contributor to that
FA Cup winning team.
In 1996-97 season Beckham was a first choice player at United
leading them to another premier league title. In 1997-1998 after
Eric Cantona retired, Manchester United did not do as well and
finished second in the EPL.
Then the 1998-1999 season came. Manchester United had a fantastic
season winning 3 major trophies: EPL championship, Champions League
and the FA cup.
The 1999-2000 season was a season of turmoil for Beckham. The
relationship between Beckham and Alex Ferguson began to deteriorate.
In 2000, Beckham was given permission to miss training and watch his
son Brooklyn, but Ferguson was angry when Victoria Beckham was
photographed at a fashion show. Ferguson claimed that Beckham’s wife
could have watched Brooklyn. Ferguson responded by fining Beckham
the maximum and dropping him for a crucial match. Even through all
of this, Manchester united still won the Premier League. (1)
When David Beckham joined Real Madrid he couldn’t wear the number 7
jersey because Raul had it in his contract to wear that number. So
Beckham, out of his admiration of Michael Jordan, wore the number
23.
In his first season with Real Madrid they finished fourth and didn’t
fair well in the Champions league. In 2004 is when the
accusations of his extra marital affair with Rebecca Loos came out
and also with Sarah Marbeck. Beckham said the claims were incorrect.
In 2007 Beckham and Real Madrid won the La Liga Championship. After
winning that championship David Beckham made his move to the MLS in
the United States where he plays now. Ever since coming to the MLS
Beckham has played and struggled through injuries until the final
blow that put him out until possibly next season. He plays for the
LA galaxy.
England National Team
Beckham started his England career with his first call up in 1996.
Leading up to the 1998 world cup Beckham had played in every
qualifying match. His first goal for England came when he scored on
a long range free kick against Colombia. A low point came in the
same world cup when Beckham kicked an Argentine player and was sent
off with a red card. England was eliminated in that game on penalty
kicks. After the game he received death threats. The Argentine
player later admitted to trying to get Beckham sent off.
In 2000 David Beckham was promoted to captain. In 2001 Beckham had
one of his greatest moments for his country. England needed to win or
draw to qualify outright for the world cup, but were losing 2-1 with
little time remaining. One of the England players was fouled outside
out side the penalty box. Beckham stepped up took the shot and sunk
it.
World cup 2006 saw David Beckham score in his third straight world
cup, but left the tournament short of a championship. After the
world cup he gave up the captain’s arm band. Later, after Steve
McClaren took over, Beckham was left off the roster but was later recalled. When coming back to England to play for the
national team, Beckham had assisted in three of their four goals
through two games.
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Wikipedia article below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Beckham
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