David Beckham - 1999-2000 season

* 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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On June 17, 2003, Beckham signed a four-year contract with Real Madrid of Spain, potentially worth up to €35 million (£25 million, USD 41 million). The transfer was completed on 1 July and made him the third Englishman to ever play for the club after Laurie Cunningham in the 1980s and Steve McManaman in the late 1990s to early 2000s. It was speculated that Real's desire to sign him came from the merchandising opportunities he would bring as well as from his football ability. For example, Real Madrid shirts bearing his name and numb ...

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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 ...

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 - 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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"10 heroic lions, one stupid boy" — Daily Mirror headline after Beckham's sending off against Argentina. "David Beckham is Britain's finest striker of a football not because of God-given talent but because he practises with a relentless application that the vast majority of less gifted players wouldn't contemplate" — Sir Alex Ferguson (1999)[20] "He cannot kick with his left foot, he cannot head a ball, he cannot tackle and he doesn't score many goals. Ap ...

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 - 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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Beckham was born in Leytonstone, east London, the son of Ted Beckham (a kitchen fitter) and Sandra West (a hairdresser). The Beckhams were fanatical Manchester United supporters, who would regularly travel to Old Trafford by coach and frequently went to away games. David was a strong cross-country runner who regularly finished first in his age group in the Essex cross-country championships, but he had inherited his parents' love of Manchester United and his main passion was football. At the age of eleven, he attended one of Bobby Charlton's ...

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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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On June 17, 2003, Beckham signed a four-year contract with Real Madrid of Spain, potentially worth up to €35 million (£25 million, USD 41 million). The transfer was completed on 1 July and made him the third Englishman to ever play for the club after Laurie Cunningham in the 1980s and Steve McManaman in the late 1990s to early 2000s. It was speculated that Real's desire to sign him came from the merchandising opportunities he would bring as well as from his football ability. For example, Real Madrid shirts bearing his name and numb ...

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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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 ...

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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"10 heroic lions, one stupid boy" — Daily Mirror headline after Beckham's sending off against Argentina. "David Beckham is Britain's finest striker of a football not because of God-given talent but because he practises with a relentless application that the vast majority of less gifted players wouldn't contemplate" — Sir Alex Ferguson (1999)[19] "He cannot kick with his left foot, he cannot head a ball, he cannot tackle and he doesn't score many goals. Ap ...

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 Leytonstone, east London, the son of Ted Beckham (a kitchen fitter) and Sandra West (a hairdresser). In his first autobiography My World, which was serialised in OK! Magazine, David was quoted as saying; "I've probably had more contact with Judaism than with any other religion." Beckham is Jewish on his maternal grandfather's side. (Presently, Beckham and his wife have embraced the mystic Jewish offshoot of Kabbalah. Both have also obtained matching tattoos from the Song of Songs that says, in Hebrew: “I am for my belov ...

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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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