David Beckham
David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBEis an English former professional footballer. He played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, LA Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain, and the England national team for which he holds the appearance record for an outfield player. He is the first English player to win league titles in four countries: England, Spain, the United States and France. He announced his retirement in May 2013 after a 20-year career, during which he won 19 major trophies. Known...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth2 May 1975
CityLondon, England
I haven't got enough time. I prefer to listen to music, although I do love fashion magazines,
It's been decided that he is going, but it could have been done at a better time. We could have done without this, leading up to the World Cup.
I want to carry on playing for England as long as I can and if that means playing after the World Cup then great.
It is important for me to have four or five more years in football.
Mine was a great goal but the important thing was the team winning,
At some stage, playing in America is possible. For me, America is so passionate and I would like to be a part of that. I have one year left at Real, and maybe two more after that, but things can change in football and the American league does interest me.
Without doubt, I always said that I would not go into management,
Whoever comes in as England manager it is up to him to pick the new captain, but at the end of the day I'm not going to give it up easily. There are the European championships to come and then maybe another World Cup.
Winning the Spanish league is a key objective, as well as the Champions League,
We can't keep making excuses going into competitions because with the talent we have in our country we have to go into this competition with the aim of going as far as we can.
We could have done without this, leading up to the World Cup.
We had a meeting with the manager but that happens all the time - if the manager decides he wants a meeting with players to discuss formations or ways of playing then we'll have a meeting,
We have a lot of work to do before four tough games coming up. Confidence-wise we just have to forget about this game.
We can't afford to get carried away but we are in a position where we need just need to draw,