David Beckham – Net Worth, Money and More
NET WORTH: $300 Million
David Robert Joseph Beckham, known by the name David Beckham is a sensational soccer player and one among the richest and well known soccer player in the world. He is among the richest soccer player who started his career in football at the age of 17. He played for Manchester United and he is regarded as the iron man of soccer. He was the first British soccer player who won league titles in 4 countries. He has devoted 20 years of his life to this game. He ended up his glittering career by taking a retirement from the field in May 2013.
Early Life
The astounding soccer player, David Beckham was born on 2nd May in the year 1957 in Leytonstone in England. As a child, he was always interested in football and played soccer in Ridgeway Park when he was a child. His dream was to be a footballer since his childhood days which he has surely fulfilled. He inherited his love for Manchester United from his parents who were great supporters of the team. He played for Tottenham Hotspur, which was his first football club. He then played for Brimsdown Rover’s youth team and on 8th July in the year 1991 he signed a contract for Youth Training Scheme.
Marriage to the Spice Girl
His already popular status reached to a new height when he started seeing Victoria Adams in the year 1997. Victoria Beckham was born on 17th April 1974 and she is a renowned businesswoman, singer and an actress. She is among the top 10 single singers in the U.K. and is dubbed as Posh Spice by Top of the Pops in July 1996 issue. David Beckham and Victoria were dubbed as Posh and Beckham in the media. After staying together for almost two years the couple decided to take their relationship to a next step when David proposed Victoria on one knee and got married in the year 1999. The couple is blessed with four children: Brooklyn, Cruz, Romeo and Harper. Victoria Beckham is weighed up among the 100 successful women in the U.K. their marriage was in the limelight due to the celebrity and money status both of them held.
The stats of his career
Being an ace star in the football field, David Beckham has bagged many awards for himself. The graph of his career raises with every match he played. Here are some of the most important achievements and awards of him:
- In the year 1996 he was awarded as the Carling Premiership Player of the month and in the same year he was also awarded as the Panasonic player of the year.
- In 1997 he grabbed two awards, which were: PFA Young Player of the year and Sir Matt Busby Award 1999 UEFA Best Midfielder
- In the year 200 he was given the World Footballer of the year and National Football Awards Player of the Year.
- He won the BBC sports personality and British Sportsman of the year award, Western Union Most Valuable Player, World Footballer of the Year, European Footballer of the year in the year 2001
- In the year 2003 he got Order of the British Empire Honour, Named in Uefa.com’s Team of The Year 2003
- He has played 534 Top-Flight League games in five countries and for nineteen seasons.
- In his senior career, he has won nineteen Major Trophies.
Different Clubs he played for:
David Beckham has played for seven different clubs in his football career. He started his career with Manchester United, for which he played from 1993 to 2003. In the year 1994- 1995 he joined Preston North End (loan). In the year 2003 he joined Real Madrid and played for this club for next four years till the year 2007. For the next five years, i.e. from 2007 to 2012 he played for Los Angeles Galaxy. In the year 2009 and 2010 he played for Milan (loan). He played his last game for Paris Saint- Germaine in the year 2013.
HE KNOWS THAT NO ONE BECOMES POORER BY GIVING!!
Apart from being a family man and a renowned soccer player David Beckham spends a large amount of his time as well his money for charity. He has many philanthropic interests and he is the founding member of “Malaria no more”. He also supports the charity which serves the injured people from Iraq and Afghanistan known by the name Help for Heroes. The other charities he supports are MLS works, Elton John AIDS Foundation, UNICEF, and AIDS No More. The Victoria and David Beckham Charitable Trust owned by him focus on helping children who need wheelchairs. The list does not end here, there are many more charity trusts supported by him like CHOC Children’s, FC Harlem, Red Cross, WildAid and many more.
HIS ASSETS AND ESTATES
His love for tattoos and cars is not hidden from the world. Apart from them, David Beckham has many estates in his name which are Beckhingam Palace, Domaine Saint-Vincent, Spanish villa, Beverly Hills Home, Dubai Mansion, Palm Island, Vineyard in Napa, South London Home, and a Parisian hotel suite
MORE ABOUT HIM…
David Beckham is a very devoted family man and has tattooed the names of his four children and his wife on his body as a sign of love. He may be too busy with his game and other business, but he puts his family on top and they are always his priority. David Beckham has a soft heart and he even cried when he was first recruited in Manchester United.
