David Beckham Position Midfielder Real Madrid D.O.B 02.05.1975

Career highlights
David has already won five League Championships, two F.A. Cups and one European Cup with Manchester United and was voted 2nd in the World Player of the Year awards last year behind Luis Figo.

England's current captain was first capped in Glenn Hoddle's first match as Head Coach, a World Cup qualifier against Moldova in Chisinau in 1996 (won 3-0). He has scored seven goals, often at crucial stages and none more so than his stunning injury-time free-kick at Old Trafford in October that took England through to the World Cup Finals.

With more than 50 caps already to his name, Beckham is an integral part of England's exciting young midfield, whose astonishing work-rate and lethal crossing ability played a huge role in England's World Cup qualifying campaign. Although London-born, his ambition was always to play for Manchester United and he graduated from the youth squad alongside Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and the Neville brothers to sign professional forms in 1993.

He quickly made his mark as a stunning new talent in the Manchester United side, never more so when he scored an incredible goal from the half-way line in a Premiership match against Wimbledon.