"Manchester United" David Beckham Signed Sports Illustrated Cover Mueller COA

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"Manchester United" David Beckham Hand Signed Sports Illustrated Cover Dated 2007.
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David Robert Joseph Beckham
OBE
(
UK
:
/ˈbɛkəm/
; born 2 May 1975) is an English former professional
footballer
, the current president & co-owner of
Inter Miami CF
and co-owner of
Salford City
. He played for
Manchester United
,
Preston North End
(on loan),
Real Madrid
,
AC Milan
(on loan),
LA Galaxy
,
Paris Saint-Germain
and the
England national team
, for which he held the appearance record for an
outfield player
until 2016. He is the first English player to win league titles in four countries: England, Spain, the United States and France. He retired in May 2013 after a 20-year career, during which he won 19 major trophies.
Beckham's professional club career began with Manchester United, where he made his first-team debut in 1992 at age 17. With United, he won the
Premier League
title six times, the
FA Cup
twice, and the
UEFA Champions League
in 1999 He then played four seasons with Real Madrid, winning the
La Liga
championship in his final season with the club. In July 2007, Beckham signed a five-year contract with
Major League Soccer
club LA Galaxy. While a Galaxy player, he spent two loan spells in Italy with Milan in 2009 and 2010. He was the first British footballer to play 100 UEFA Champions League games.
[9]
In international football, Beckham made his England debut on 1 September 1996 at the age of 21. He was
captain
for
six years
, earning 58 caps during his tenure. He made 115 career appearances in total, appearing at three
FIFA World Cup
tournaments, in
1998
,
2002
and
2006
, and two
UEFA European Championship
tournaments, in
2000
and
2004
. Known for his range of passing,
crossing ability
and
bending
free-kicks
as a
right winger
, Beckham has been hailed as one of the greatest and most recognisable midfielders of his generation, as well as one of the best set-piece specialists of all time. He was runner-up in the
Ballon d'Or
in
1999
, twice runner-up for
FIFA World Player of the Year
and in 2004 was named by
Pelé
in the
FIFA 100
list of the world's greatest living players. He was inducted into the
English Football Hall of Fame
in 2008 and the
Premier League Hall of Fame
on 20 May 2021. A global ambassador of the sport, Beckham is regarded as a British cultural icon.
Beckham has consistently ranked among the highest earners in football, and in 2013 was listed as the highest-paid player in the world, having earned over  million in the previous 12 months. He has been married to
Victoria Beckham
since 1999 and they have four children. He has been a
UNICEF UK
ambassador since 2005, and in 2015 he launched
7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund
. In 2014, MLS announced that Beckham and a group of investors would own
Inter Miami CF
, which began play in 2020.