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 was asked if the next World Cup was going to be my last and I said possibly it could be, but I hope it isn't,
We can take a lot from that game, to play against one of the best teams in the world and we've outplayed them for 90 minutes, ... They've scored two goals in the last two minutes of extra time. We had a lot of young lads out there who played as if they had been around for a long time.
We have been in this position before at the last championships when we beat Germany and ended up losing. It is unthinkable that we should go out at this stage, with the team and the players we've got. We can't even think about going into this game wanting a draw, we must go into it wanting to win.
After my last talks with them they said they wanted me to stay for a few more years.
A lot was made of our last performance and rightly so because it was not up to the level we are capable of,
Everybody is proud of what the cricketers have done in the last month. It's been incredible. We send our best wishes to the cricketers.
I thought the first yellow was harsh and the second even harsher,
We do need to share that out because Frank's showed this season that he gets forward, he scores goals, gets in some great positions,
We have spoken about a meeting in the next couple of months, but we'll just have to wait because we've got so many matches and I need to concentrate on the football for now.
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,
Me? I would love to be famous in America. I like the American people and I like the way they look up to Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods . I'm sure they criticize their stars occasionally but it doesn't reach the point where they ever put down their own people and their own stars. That's what's nice for me.
I think it is better for the team to have a regular penalty-taker rather than me who hardly ever takes them for Real,
I would like to think that we can peak in the same way as the rugby team did,
Winning the Spanish league is a key objective, as well as the Champions League,