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DAVID BECKHAM

David Robert Joseph Beckham was born in 02 May 1975 to David Edward Alan or Ted and Sandra Georgina West at Leytonstone, England.

He attended one of Bobby Charlton's football schools in Manchesterat the age of 11 and won the chance to take part in a training session at FC Barcelona, as part of a talent competition. He played for a local youth team called the Ridgeway Rovers – coached by his father, Stuart Underwood and Steve Kirby.

He regularly played football in Ridgeway Park, Chingford, as a child, and attended Chase Lane Primary School and Chingford Foundation School.

His parents were fanatical Manchester United supporters who would frequently travel to Old Trofford from London to attend the team's home matches. David inherited his parents' love of Manchester United, and his main sporting passion was football.

After being signed as a trainee on July 8, 1991, the Bobby Charlton fan played as a substitute for Andrei Kanchelskis on September 23, 1992. The game against Brighton marked David Beckham's debut as a United player.

Winner of the 1992 FA Youth Cup and runner-up a year later, David Beckham was finally signed as a professional United player in January 1993. The 18-year-old soccer pro played in his first Champions League game and contributed a goal to the team's final win.

Despite his talent, David Beckham only made his full debut in April 1995. He became a first team regular in the 1996-97 season as a right midfielder. In 1996, not only did England get a taste of David Beckham's crossing, free-kick and long-shot talent, but the player also won the FA Premier League, Cup and Charity Shield, all in the same year. 1996 was also the year David Beckham made his international debut in a game against Moldova.

In 1999, David Beckham won another FA Cup, and came in second place in the European Ballon d'Or awards and as FIFA's World Player of the Year. He also won a Champions League title, an Intercontinental Cup and an English league title that same year. Despite the honors, David Beckham's temper had not improved; something that was evident after he received a red card for tackling a Necaxa player at the FIFA World Club Championships.

In June 2003, it was announced that Real Madrid would pay a transfer fee of $41 million for David Beckham, who joined a team full of star footballers like Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo and Ronaldo.

In January 2007, David Beckham leave Real Madrid and join the Major League Soccer team, L.A. Galaxy. He signed a five-year contract reportedly worth $250 million.

As of October 2008, David Beckham has been on loan to Milan in order to retain match fitness for the 2010 World Cup. So far he has had a fairly decent run at success, scoring two goals in the first four matches.

Beckham started dating Victoria Adams, famously known as "Posh Spice" of the pop music group Spice Girls in 1997. He proposed to Victoria on 24 January 1998 in a restaurant in Cheshund, England and married Luttrellstown Castle, Ireland on 4 July 1999, and her name changed to Victoria Beckham.

Beckham's teammate Gary Neville was the best man, and the couple's son Brooklyn, the four months old, was the ring bearer.

David and Victoria have three sons together: Brooklyn Joseph Beckham (born 4 March 1999 in London, England), Romeo James Beckham (born 1 September 2002 in London, England), and Cruz David Beckham (born 20 February 2005 in Madrid,Spain [the word "cruz" is Spanish for "cross"]).

In April 2004, the British tabloid News of the World carried claims by his former personal assistant Rebecca Loos that he and Loos had an extramarital affair. A week later, the Malaysian-born Australian model Sarah Marbeck claimed that she had slept with Beckham on two occasions. There has never been any proof of any of the allegations of Beckham's claimed infidelity.

(Source from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David _Beckham#Manchester_United and http://www.askmen.com/celebs/men/sports/30_david_beckham.html#bio)