| I really thought I knew everything there is about the | | | | His career did have a few rough moments, the most |
| midfielder, but reading a David Beckham biography I | | | | notable one being in 1998 with the English national |
| found out more about the man behind the superstar. | | | | side, at that year's World Cup. In the Second Round, |
| That's why I decided to write my own biography of | | | | where England would play Argentina, Beckham was |
| David Beckham, to share to you the player behind | | | | taunted by Argentinean midfielder Diego Simeone and |
| the million dollar endorsements. | | | | he responded with a swing towards the player, which |
| David Beckham Biography - Manchester United | | | | earned him a red card for bad behavior on the pitch. |
| David Beckham's story starts out near London, | | | | With England losing the match and being knocked out |
| where he was born to a family of Manchester United | | | | of the tournament, all blame fell on David Beckham, |
| fans. Despite being so close to clubs like West Ham | | | | as the English newspapers put him against the wall |
| United, Arsenal or Chelsea, Beckham's aim was | | | | and fired up some poisonous articles. Any other |
| always the Red Devils club. As luck would have it, on | | | | player would have stayed low, or even quit soccer, |
| his fourteenth birthday, he was taken in the | | | | but David Beckham's ambition brought him back to |
| Manchester youth program, and he even starred | | | | the top. His performance with Manchester the |
| next to the senior team...as a mascot. | | | | following year, earned him back the respect of his |
| Just 4 years later, he went on to play for Sir Alex | | | | fans and the entire world. |
| Ferguson's senior squad, but his performance still | | | | David Beckham Biography - Real Madrid |
| needed fine tuning, so he was loaned to Preston | | | | By the time David Beckham moved to Real Madrid in |
| North End for a year, returning to Manchester with | | | | 2003, he was already a well-known star on the |
| some match experience. He quickly gained his place in | | | | international stage. In his four years with the Madrid |
| the squad, despite his young age and became one of | | | | club he managed to win the Spanish league once, but |
| Manchester's most preeminent players during the | | | | his performance was deemed poorer than what he |
| following decade. | | | | was playing at Manchester. |
| His most successful season with Manchester is | | | | Many attributed this loss of form due to the new |
| undoubtedly 1999, when the club achieved the Treble | | | | system found at Real and the fact that at Madrid he |
| (League, Cup and Champions League in the same | | | | wasn't the "star" of the team anymore, since he was |
| season) and with David Beckham playing soccer like | | | | playing next to other internationally famous soccer |
| never before. | | | | players like Zinedine Zidane, Raul or Roberto Carlos. |
| It's around then that he "trademarked" his famous | | | | David Beckham Biography - Los Angeles Galaxy |
| free kicks and crosses and seeing some footage of | | | | Moving to play in the United States for the Los |
| David Beckham in action during that period will shed all | | | | Angeles Galaxy as of 2007 earned him one of the |
| doubts as to whether or not his superstardom status | | | | biggest contracts in the history of soccer and it was |
| has a solid basis in his playing style, or just his good | | | | an offer David couldn't have refused, despite the |
| looks. | | | | fact that the soccer level in the United States is not |
| David Beckham Biography - 1998 World Cup Incident | | | | as high as the one practiced in Spain. |