David Beckham

David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE, popularly known as David Beckham, is a British former professional football player, co-owner of the American football club Inter Miami CF and also the co-owner of the Salford City F.C. Beckham has played for several famous football clubs, such as Manchester United, Real Madrid, Milan, LA Galaxy, and the England national football team. He became the very first British footballer to win football league titles in 4 different countries: Spain, England, the United States, and France. Beckham retired in 2013.

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Biography and Early Life

Beckham was born on 2nd May 1975 at Whipps Cross University Hospital, Leytonstone, London to parents Sandra Georgina Beckham (nee. West) and Davis Edward Alan Beckham. His mother, who was born in 1949, was a hairdresser and his father (called “Ted”), who was born in 1948 at Edmonton, London, was a kitchen fitter and they both got married in the London Borough of Hackney in 1969.

Beckham has an elder and younger sister called Lynne Georgina and Joanne Louise respectively. During his childhood, he would regularly play football and aspired to become a professional footballer from a very young age.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is David Beckham in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, David Beckham’s age is 46 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 2 May 1975. Though, he is 5′ 11″ in feet and inches and 180 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 165 lbs in Pound and 75 kg in Kilograms.

Education

Beckham was a student of Chingford County High School. He attended one of former footballer Bobby Charlton’s football schools in Manchester and won a talent competition there, thus getting a chance to take part in a training session with Barcelona. When he played for his local youth football team, he was tutored by his father, Stuart Underwood and Steve Kirby.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

Beckham met Victoria Adams in 1997 when she attended one of his matches. They started dating the same year. Adams at that time was a member of the legendary girl group Spice Girls, and was famously known as “Posh Spice”. Their relationship attracted a great deal of media attention and the couple was nicknamed “Posh and Becks” by the media. The couple got engaged on 24th January 1998 after Beckham proposed to Adams in a restaurant in Cheshunt, England.

They got married on 4th July 1999 at the Luttrellstown Castle which is located on the outskirts of Dublin, Ireland. They had their first child, Brooklyn Joseph a few months before the wedding, on 4th March 1999 at the Portland Hospital, London.

The couple has 4 children together. They had two more sons after Brooklyn was born, Romeo James (born on 1st September 2002) and Cruz David (born 20th February 2005), and one daughter Harper Seven ( born 10th July 2011).

Is David Beckham Gay?

Beckham is straight as far as sexual orientation is considered. There haven’t been any rumors regarding his sexuality. He is married to his wife Victoria for 22 years and they are really happy together. Beckham has been hailed as the ultimate “metrosexual” man due to his hairstyles and fashion choices.

Professional Career

A 17-year-old Beckham’s debut as a professional footballer began with Manchester United F.C. in 1992. He won the Premier League (EPL) six times, FA Cup two times, and UEFA Champions League once in 1999 while being in Manchester United.

During the transfer window in the summer of 2003, he joined Real Madrid and stayed four seasons with them, and in the final season, Beckham helped Madrid win the La Liga Championship. In 2007, he signed a 5-year contract with MLS club LA Galaxy. Beckham spends two loan spells while being a Galaxy player in Italy in Milan, in 2009 and 2010.

A 21-year-old Beckham made his debut in international football on 1st September 1991. He was the skipper (team Captain) for 6 years and earned 58 caps during his regime. He made a total of 115 career appearances, including the FIFA World Cup tournaments thrice (1998, 2002, 2006) and UFEA Champion twice (2000,2004).

Awards

Throughout his 20-year-long career, Beckham has been honored with several cups and awards. Some of them are the FIFA World Player of the Year, Ballon d’Or, UEFA Club Footballer of the Year, BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award, English Football Hall of Fame, etc He also made it to the Time’s 100 Most Influential list.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of David Beckham in 2021

As of 2021, David Beckham’s net worth is about $500 million. A huge part of his wealth comes from his career as a former professional career, and also from his career as a model and football club owner.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

• When he to play for Real Madrid and was asked to pick a jersey number, he picked #7, but it was already taken. So he picked #23 because it was Micheal Jordan’s number.
• He has his perfume line called Instinct.
• His wife’s nickname for him is “Golden Balls’.
• His tattoo of his wife Victoria’s name in Sanskrit script on his forearm is printed incorrectly as “Victoria”. Beckham decided to go for Sanskrit instead of English as he thought that it’d be “tacky” to have her name scripted in English.

Beckham has been consistently regarded as one of the best footballers on earth. In 2004, he was included in the FIFA 100 list of the world’s greatest living players. Beckham is a British Cultural icon and is also the global ambassador of sports.