Early on in his career Beckham secured a number of lucrative sponsorship deals including Brylcreem, Adidas, Vodafone (which ended in July 2005) and Diesel. Despite the USA's uneven acceptance of soccer, Beckham's recognition in the USA is strong enough to enable him to appear in print and television advertising for various sponsors, including Gillette razors. Following his move to Real Madrid and the disappointment of Euro 2004, British media interest in the Beckham's has faded despite an alleged affair with Rebecca Loos, his former personal assistant. For the fi ...

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David Beckham, David Beckham - Childhood and early career, David Beckham - Manchester United, David Beckham - Becoming a first team player 1995-98, David Beckham - World Cup 1998, David Beckham - The treble season 1998-99, David Beckham - Wedding, David Beckham - 1999-2000 season, David Beckham - Winning over the England fans, David Beckham - Metatarsal injury, David Beckham - World Cup 2002 and final season at United, David Beckham - Real Madrid, David Beckham - 2003-04 season, David Beckham - 2004-05 season, David Beckham - 2005-06 season: three sendings off, David Beckham - Milestones, David Beckham - Miscellaneous, David Beckham - Quotations, David Beckham - Notes

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David Beckham, David Beckham - Childhood and early career, David Beckham - Manchester United, David Beckham - Becoming a first team player 1995-98, David Beckham - World Cup 1998, David Beckham - The treble season 1998-99, David Beckham - Wedding, David Beckham - 1999-2000 season, David Beckham - Winning over the England fans, David Beckham - Metatarsal injury, David Beckham - World Cup 2002 and final season at United, David Beckham - Real Madrid, David Beckham - 2003-04 season, David Beckham - 2004-05 season, David Beckham - 2005-06 season: three sendings off, David Beckham - Milestones, David Beckham - Miscellaneous, David Beckham - Quotations, David Beckham - Notes

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Early on in his career Beckham secured a number of lucrative sponsorship deals including Brylcreem, Adidas, Vodafone (which ended in July 2005) and Diesel. Despite the USA's uneven acceptance of soccer, Beckham's recognition in the USA is strong enough to enable him to appear in print and television advertising for various sponsors, including Gillette razors. Following his move to Real Madrid and the disappointment of Euro 2004, British media interest in the Beckham's has faded despite an alleged affair with Rebecca Loos, his former personal assistant. For the fi ...

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David Beckham, David Beckham - Childhood and early career, David Beckham - Manchester United, David Beckham - Becoming a first team player 1995-98, David Beckham - World Cup 1998, David Beckham - The treble season 1998-99, David Beckham - Wedding, David Beckham - 1999-2000 season, David Beckham - Euro 2000: abuse from England fans, David Beckham - Captain of England, David Beckham - Metatarsal injury, David Beckham - World Cup 2002, David Beckham - Leaving United 2002-03, David Beckham - Real Madrid, David Beckham - 2003-04 season, David Beckham - 2004-05 season, David Beckham - 2005-06 season: three sendings off, David Beckham - Milestones, David Beckham - Miscellaneous, David Beckham - Quotations, David Beckham - Notes

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* Professional club caps and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of {{{pcupdate}}}. ** National team caps and goals correct as of {{{ntupdate}}}. David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2, 1975 in Leytonstone, London) is an English footballer. He currently plays for Real Madrid and as captain of the English national team, especially noted for the quality of his crossing and ability to hit free-kicks and corners, particularly from long-range. He is also famed for his celebrity lifestyle ...

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David Beckham - Childhood and early career David Beckham - Manchester United
David Beckham - Becoming a first team player 1995-98 David Beckham - World Cup 1998 David Beckham - The treble season 1998-99 David Beckham - Wedding David Beckham - 1999-2000 season David Beckham - Euro 2000: abuse from England fans David Beckham - Captain of England David Beckham - Metatarsal injury David Beckham - World Cup 2002 David Beckham - Leaving United 2002-03
David Beckham - Real Madrid
David Beckham - 2003-04 season David Beckham - 2004-05 season David Beckham - 2005-06 season: three sendings off
David Beckham - Milestones David Beckham - Miscellaneous David Beckham - Quotations David Beckham - Notes

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David Beckham - Becoming a first team player 1995-98. United manager Alex Ferguson had large confidence in the club's young players and when three of his first-team players left the club at the end of the 1994-95 season, he made the decision to let the youth team players replace them instead of buying players from other clubs. The criticism of Ferguson increased when United started the season with a 3–1 defeat at Aston Villa F.C.[2] ...

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David Beckham, David Beckham - Childhood and early career, David Beckham - Manchester United, David Beckham - Becoming a first team player 1995-98, David Beckham - World Cup 1998, David Beckham - The treble season 1998-99, David Beckham - Wedding, David Beckham - 1999-2000 season, David Beckham - Winning over the England fans, David Beckham - Metatarsal injury, David Beckham - World Cup 2002 and final season at United, David Beckham - Real Madrid, David Beckham - 2003-04 season, David Beckham - 2004-05 season, David Beckham - 2005-06 season: three sendings off, David Beckham - Milestones, David Beckham - Miscellaneous, David Beckham - Quotations, David Beckham - Notes

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David Beckham - Becoming a first team player 1995-98. United's manager Alex Ferguson had enormous confidence in the club's young players and when three of his first-team players left the club at the end of the 1994-95 season, he made the controversial decision to let the youth team players replace them instead of buying players from other clubs. The criticism of Ferguson increased when United started the season with a 3–1 defeat at Aston Villa F.C.^{See also:}

David Beckham, David Beckham - Childhood and early career, David Beckham - Manchester United, David Beckham - Becoming a first team player 1995-98, David Beckham - World Cup 1998, David Beckham - The treble season 1998-99, David Beckham - Wedding, David Beckham - 1999-2000 season, David Beckham - Euro 2000: abuse from England fans, David Beckham - Captain of England, David Beckham - Metatarsal injury, David Beckham - World Cup 2002, David Beckham - Leaving United 2002-03, David Beckham - Real Madrid, David Beckham - 2003-04 season, David Beckham - 2004-05 season, David Beckham - 2005-06 season: three sendings off, David Beckham - Milestones, David Beckham - Miscellaneous, David Beckham - Quotations, David Beckham - Notes

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Beckham was born in the county of Hertfordshire to Anthony William Adams and Jacqueline Doreen Cannon. She has a younger sister Louise and a younger brother Christian. Prior to joining the Spice Girls, Beckham had worked with a number of music acts, attempting to secure celebrity, but without success. Sometime later her audition tapes for the Spice Girls came into the public domain in which the limits of her vocal talent were revealed. Beckham married the ex-Manchester United and present England and Real Madrid footballer David Beckha ...

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Victoria Beckham, Victoria Beckham - Biography, Victoria Beckham - Autobiography, Victoria Beckham - Discography, Victoria Beckham - Albums, Victoria Beckham - Singles

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The film is a coming-of-age tale about a teenage Sikh girl, Jesminder "Jess" Bhamra (Parminder Nagra), living in the suburbs of London not far from Heathrow Airport. Her first-generation Punjabi immigrant parents push her hard to study to get into university and become a solicitor (AE: lawyer), and wish to arrange a marriage for her in due course. Jess instead dreams of football, inspired by one of England's most famous players, David Beckham. She displays unusual talent for the game in park matches with the local boys, ...

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Bend It Like Beckham, Bend It Like Beckham - Plot, Bend It Like Beckham - Soundtrack, Bend It Like Beckham - Response

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David Beckham - Himself Zinedine Zidane - Himself Raúl - Himself Alan Shearer - Himself Sven-Goran Eriksson - Himself Ronaldinho - Himself Kieron Dyer - Himself Rafael Benitez - Himself Patrick Kluivert - Himself ...

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Goal! film, Goal! film - Main Cast, Goal! film - Cameos, Goal! film - Release Dates

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Mullet haircut - Real life. Andre Agassi - American tennis player, wore a bouffant mullet in the late 80s/early 90s Bono - Lead singer of rock band U2, wore one in the 80s Richard Dean Anderson - Star of MacGyver David Beckham - UK footballer who brought the mullet back in to fashion in the UK in early 2000s. This move has lead to the mullet being an exceptionally popular haircut among young "trendy" males in the UK. Tony Blair - used one in the late 1980s

1 Geoff Hurst, versus West Germany, 1966 World Cup Final, Wembley, 1966 The third goal of a unique hat-trick which concluded England's only World Cup triumph, running half the length of the Wembley pitch from Bobby Moore's pass before blasting a clinical left-foot shot in at the near post. 2 Michael Owen, versus Argentina, 1998 World Cup second round, St Étienne, 1998 An astonishing individual goal, beating three defenders for pace in a run from halfway before placing a high shot into the far corner. 3 David Beckham, v ...

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England's 50 Greatest Goals, England's 50 Greatest Goals - Overview, England's 50 Greatest Goals - The Top 50, England's 50 Greatest Goals - Afterthought

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This movie was popular with audiences around the world including, surprisingly enough, the United States, where David Beckham was little known at the time of its release. This film made Beckham better known in North America. Critical reviews were a little mixed, with at least some critics describing it derisively as "Billy Elliot with football instead of ballet;" some American critics thought the film was merely mining the same vein of humour as My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Underscoring the latter point, critic Steve Sailer, in a mildly favourable review, ...

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Bend It Like Beckham, Bend It Like Beckham - Plot, Bend It Like Beckham - Soundtrack, Bend It Like Beckham - Response

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The 1991 friendly match at Wembley Stadium ended 2-2 without particular incident, and it was not until the 1998 World Cup that the two national teams met again in competitive play. This time it was in the second round stage of the World Cup competition, held in France. The game had many noteworthy aspects including a goal that is also considered one of the greatest of all time by young striker Michael Owen. However, the incident in this game that most exacerbated the rivalry was when David Beckham received a red card. Beckham had been ...

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Argentina and England football rivalry, Argentina and England football rivalry - Before 1966, Argentina and England football rivalry - 1966 World Cup, Argentina and England football rivalry - 1986 World Cup, Argentina and England football rivalry - 1998 World Cup, Argentina and England football rivalry - 2002 World Cup, Argentina and England football rivalry - 2005 friendly, Argentina and England football rivalry - Club level, Argentina and England football rivalry - Notes

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Their variety program "SMAP x SMAP" is notable for showcasing their wide range of talents with segments ranging from cooking, comedy, and games to singing and dancing, often with celebrity guests, even Western ones like David Beckham, Sheryl Crow, and Richard Gere, though most guests are Japanese tarento ("talents"). Almost every season for the past few years, you can see at least one drama on TV with a member of SMAP starring in it. At the beginning of 2004, Kimura and Kusanagi each starred in one, both the most popular of the ...

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SMAP, SMAP - History, SMAP - Members, SMAP - Music, SMAP - Singles, SMAP - Albums, SMAP - Acting, SMAP - Other projects

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Waltham Forest is the birthplace of William Morris one of the principal founders of the British Arts and Crafts Movement and is best known as a designer of wallpaper and patterned fabrics, a writer of poetry and fiction, and a pioneer of the socialist movement in Britain. Other famous people such as Footballer and England Captain David Beckham, I, Claudius star Derek Jacobi, former Essex and England Cricket Captain Graham Gooch and film director and producer Alfred Hitchcock were also born in the borough. King Haro ...

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London Borough of Waltham Forest, London Borough of Waltham Forest - History, London Borough of Waltham Forest - Settlement, London Borough of Waltham Forest - Wards, London Borough of Waltham Forest - Future, London Borough of Waltham Forest - Famous residents

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He became the player manager of Preston North End, taking United and England team-mate Nobby Stiles with him as a player-coach, but Charlton was not suited to management and quit after just one season. He then spent some time playing in South Africa. In later years Charlton has been known for his successful "soccer schools" scheme, which were designed to give footballing youngsters some proper coaching during school holiday periods. In the 1980s, a young David Beckham was among the hopefuls who had his photograph taken with Charlton f ...

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Bobby Charlton, Bobby Charlton - Player Career, Bobby Charlton - Early Life, Bobby Charlton - Manchester United, Bobby Charlton - Hero of United & England, Bobby Charlton - The Success of 1966, Bobby Charlton - Record Breaker & European Glory, Bobby Charlton - Mexico 1970 & A Career Ends, Bobby Charlton - Management & Soccer Schools, Bobby Charlton - Miscellaneous & Family Life

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In recent trends, celebrities whom wish to earn money, or market themselves, associate themselves with contracts that put their name with a signature scent. The scents are then heavily marketed; and with the celebrity's name often being the pinnicle of the campaign, and also the factor in the attraction of customers. Celebrity Scents: Beyoncé Knowles: True Star, True Star Gold Britney Spears: Curious, Fantasy David Beckham: Instinct Jennifer Lopez: JLo, Still, Live, Glow Paris Hilton: Paris Hilton for Women, Paris Hilt ...

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Perfume, Perfume - Obtaining odorants, Perfume - Fragrant extracts, Perfume - Composing perfumes, Perfume - Description of a perfume, Perfume - Olfactive families, Perfume - Fragrance Notes, Perfume - Concentration, Perfume - History of perfume and perfumery, Perfume - Famous perfumes classified by year of creation, Perfume - Natural and synthetic aromatics, Perfume - Plant sources, Perfume - Animal sources, Perfume - Synthetic sources, Perfume - Health and ethical issues, Perfume - Use of Aromatics, Perfume - Natural Musk, Perfume - Celebrity Endorsed Perfumes, Perfume - Reference

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In recent years, some celebrities have signed contracts with perfume houses to associate their name with a signature scent, as a lucrative self-promotion campaign. The scents are then heavily marketed; the association with the celebrity's name usually being the selling point of the campaign. Perfume - Celebrity Scents. David Beckham: Instinct Cher: Uninhibited Alan Cumming: Cumming Paris Hilton: Paris Hilton, Paris Hilton for Men, Just Me, Just Me for Men Beyoncé ...

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Perfume, Perfume - Description of a perfume, Perfume - Olfactive families, Perfume - Fragrance Notes, Perfume - Concentration, Perfume - Famous perfumes classified by year of creation, Perfume - Natural and synthetic aromatics, Perfume - Plant sources, Perfume - Animal sources, Perfume - Synthetic sources, Perfume - Obtaining natural odorants, Perfume - Fragrant extracts, Perfume - Composing perfumes, Perfume - History of perfume and perfumery, Perfume - Health and ethical issues, Perfume - Use of Aromatics, Perfume - Natural Musk, Perfume - Celebrity Endorsed Perfumes, Perfume - Celebrity Scents, Perfume - Promotional scents associated with fictional characters, Perfume - Reference

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Sports: David Beckham, Michael Jordan, Andre Agassi, Brandi Chastain, Pedro Martinez, Prince Naseem Hamed, Jason Giambi, Gary Lineker, Miguel Tejada, Roger Clemens, Greg Norman, Nomar Garciaparra, Jerry Rice, Kobe Bryant, Warrick Dunn, Al Michaels, Trent Green, Dick Vermeil, Gail Devers, Michael Owen, Nasser Hussain, Michael Atherton, and Alan Shearer. Music promoted by Clear Channel or subsidiaries: U2, System of a Down, Anthony and the Johnsons, Mötley Crüe, David Gray ...

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Clear Channel Communications, Clear Channel Communications - History, Clear Channel Communications - Businesses, Clear Channel Communications - Radio, Clear Channel Communications - Outdoor advertising, Clear Channel Communications - TV, Clear Channel Communications - Live events, Clear Channel Communications - News and information, Clear Channel Communications - Worldwide, Clear Channel Communications - Controversy, Clear Channel Communications - Market share, Clear Channel Communications - September 11 2001, Clear Channel Communications - Pro Freedom Rallies, Clear Channel Communications - Banning music and political ramifications, Clear Channel Communications - Live music recordings, Clear Channel Communications - Indecency zero tolerance, Clear Channel Communications - Concerts and promotions, Clear Channel Communications - Stations on Auto-pilot, Clear Channel Communications - Rejection of anti-war billboard, Clear Channel Communications - Censorship, Clear Channel Communications - ClearChannelSucks.net and musician boycotts, Clear Channel Communications - Official Response to Controversy, Clear Channel Communications - Corporate governance, Clear Channel Communications - Top executives, Clear Channel Communications - Program hosts through its Premiere Radio Networks subsidiary, Clear Channel Communications - Famous people managed by Clear Channel or subsidiaries, Clear Channel Communications - Former hosts

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London 2012 Olympic bid - Bidding process. 15 July 2003 – Deadline for the initial bid 15 January 2004 – Deadline for the full bid proposal details 18 May 2004 – Announcement of the five shortlisted candidates 3 July 2005 – Tony Blair PM flies to Singapore to "lobby for London". 4 July 2005 – David Beckham, and other sport stars fly to Singapore to show support for London's Bid. 6 July 2005 – Nomination of Candidature of the Olympic Games received by the 120 members of the IOC at a ceremony in Singapore. London wins the vote 54-50. (Watch ...

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London 2012 Olympic bid, London 2012 Olympic bid - London 2012 bid file, London 2012 Olympic bid - Dates and timing, London 2012 Olympic bid - Sporting venues, London 2012 Olympic bid - The Olympic village, London 2012 Olympic bid - Transport and infrastructure, London 2012 Olympic bid - Budget, London 2012 Olympic bid - Ticketing, London 2012 Olympic bid - Political commitment, London 2012 Olympic bid - Other details, London 2012 Olympic bid - Planned legacy of the Games, London 2012 Olympic bid - Sports venues, London 2012 Olympic bid - Involvement in UK Sport, London 2012 Olympic bid - Social and economic benefits, London 2012 Olympic bid - Transport, London 2012 Olympic bid - Other details, London 2012 Olympic bid - Timeline, London 2012 Olympic bid - Bidding process, London 2012 Olympic bid - Development and construction, London 2012 Olympic bid - Miscellaneous, London 2012 Olympic bid - Support and evaluation, London 2012 Olympic bid - Support, London 2012 Olympic bid - Criticism, London 2012 Olympic bid - International Olympic Committee evaluation report

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