Despite not being the player who scored the most free-kick goals in football history, he certainly was the one that made set-pieces look deeply elegant and cool as football could get. Alongside all that class when he played football, came a high level of swagger that made David Beckham one of the most famous images in world football that is still celebrated to this day. David Beckham prepares to take a free-kick, There are so many goals that he scored from a set-piece, that choosing one would mean that we are disrespecting the others that he graciously offered the fans who really appreciated this type of skill.
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He played for Real Madrid for four years and netted 13 goals. Upon signing for Los Blancos, Beckham had to choose a new jersey number. His old number, 7, was already taken by Raul, so he chose 23 as it was ex-basketball player Michael Jordan's number. Beckham makes a cameo appearance with Zidane and Raul in the film Goal!
He played in his final World Cup tournament in in Germany and scored a free kick in the last game against Ecuador to send England to the quarter-finals, where they lost to Portugal again. In doing so, Beckham became the first English footballer to score at three consecutive World Cup tournaments. Prior to his move to LA Galaxy in , the side pre-sold more than , jerseys before the midfielder even signed his contract.
Within 48 hours of David Beckham signing with the team, the Galaxy sold more than 5, season tickets. He did the same when he played for Real Madrid. Oh and don't forget the Jellied eels Beckham surprised his wife Victoria with her own winery in Napa. The couple have a passion for wine, and Beckham was more than happy to pay a significant amount for the gift.
The winery is only open to close friends and family. The former England international is an emotional guy. In an interview with BBC Radio One's Nick Grimshaw back in , Beckham admitted that Bruce Willis' film Armageddon reduces him to tears every time - which makes sense, as it's an emotional story - but he then went on to say that television shows like Friends and The Office make him cry too!
Others were installed in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Beckham was the first English player to win league titles in four countries: England, Spain, the United States and France.
He suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder OCD. Everything has to be precisely organised and, if possible, in pairs. Beckham says that when he stays in a hotel, he rearranges furniture and moves things around before he can feel comfortable. He also likes things to be completely neat and in straight lines. On the very first day of his training sessions in Paris upon signing for PSG, reporters showed up to take his picture on the field.
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