David Backham

David Beckham

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Personal information |

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Full name | David Robert Joseph Beckham |

Date of birth | 2 May 1975 (1975-05-02) (age 35) |

Place of birth | Leytonstone, London, England |

Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] |

Playing position | Midfielder |

Club information |

Current club | Los Angeles Galaxy |

Number | 23 |

Youth career |

| Brimsdown Rovers |

1987–1991 | Tottenham Hotspur |

1991–1993 | Manchester United |

Senior career* |

Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |

1993–2003 | Manchester United | 265 | (62) |

1995 | → Preston North End (loan) | 5 | (2) |

2003–2007 | Real Madrid | 116 | (13) |

2007– | Los Angeles Galaxy | 48 | (9) |

2009 | → Milan (loan) | 18 | (2) |

2010 | → Milan (loan) | 11 | (0) |

National team‡ |

1992–1993 | England U-18 | 3 | (0) |

1994–1996 | England U-21 | 9 | (0) |

1996– | England | 115 | (17) |

David Beckham

Club career

Childhood and early career

Beckham was born at Whipps Cross University Hospital in Leytonstone, London, England. He is the son of David Edward Alan "Ted" Beckham (b. Edmonton, London, July–September 1948), a kitchen fitter, and wife (m. London Borough of Hackney, 1969) Sandra Georgina West (b. 1949),a hairdresser. 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 Trafford from London to attend the team's home matches. David inherited his parents' love of Manchester United, and his main sporting passion was football. He attended one of Bobby Charlton's football schools in Manchester 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. Beckham was a Manchester United mascot...