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David BeckhamDavid Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2, 1975) is an English footballer born in Leytonstone, London. He is a midfielder for Real Madrid and captain of the English subject ara team. He is noted for the quality of his crossing and ability to hit free-kicks and corners, peculiarly at long-range free-kicks and also for his marriage to a Spice Girl. He has played most of his career for human beingschester United. Although there are arguably many an(prenominal) better current players in world football none are as famous.Manchester United 1995-2003Beckham first signed a YTS (youth training scheme) puzzle (this is similar to an apprenticeship) with United in 1991, and made his League debut in 1995, aged 19. The next grade he helped the side to the Premiership and FA Cup trophies and to their government agency of domestic football. In the 1998-99 season, he was part of the United team that win the treble - Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League, a feat unprecede nted in English football, which earned the clubs manager, Alex Ferguson, a knighthood.In total, Beckham scored 86 goals in 397 games for Man United, a rate of roughly 2 goals every 9 games, exceedingly commendable for a midfielder.Club CareerReal Madrid 2003-presentOn June 17, 2003, Beckham signed a four-year contract with Real Madrid of Spain, authorityly deserving up to 35 million (25 million, USD 41 million). Plus 2.aside from benefiting from his football ability, this transit gives the Spanish club an opportunity to profit from merchandising, in particular in the Far East, where Beckham is enormously popular, and Manchester United have until now had the lions office of interest. It is probably no coincidence that Beckham was deputered just before Real started a far-eastern tour, but it would be very unfair to say that his marketing potential alone was the only reason for his transfer. At the time of the announcement of his transfer to Real Madrid, Beckham and his wife (Vi ctoria) were on a week-long tour of Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand promoting beauty products, chocolate, get oil, and mobile phones, which it was reported would earn them more than the entire first year of his Real Madrid contract. (Western journalists are excluded from the Japanese press conferences organised by his sponsors because of the embarrassment they would cause him in the West.)He successfully completed the transfer on July 1 and was presented with the squad number of 23 on July 2.