Full Name: David Robert Joseph Beckham
Hometown: Leytonstone, UK
Relationship Status: Married to Victoria Beckham
Birthday: May 2, 1975
Biography:
David Robert Joseph Beckham or popularly known as David
Beckham was born May 2, 1975, became a pop culture icon after numerous U.K.
successes on the field and for his chiseled visuals.
Beckham started his professional athletic career with
British soccer team Manchester United in 1992 when he was 17 years old. In July
2007, the soccer stud signed a five-year, $250 million deal to play for the
L.A. Galaxy soccer team and uprooted his family to America to continue his
sporting career.
Beckham married to Spice Girl wife Victoria “Posh”
Adams since 1999, the couple are a true paparazzi obsession. In
1997, the soccer sensation started dating Victoria Adams, after she attended a
Manchester United match. She was famously known as "Posh Spice" of
the pop music group Spice Girls, one of the world’s famous pop groups at the
time, and his team was also enjoying a great run of success. Therefore, their
relationship instantly attracted a great deal of media attention. The couple
were dubbed “Posh and Becks” by the media. Beckham proposed to her on 24
January 1998 in a restaurant in Cheshunt, England.
And on 4 July 1999, they married at Luttrellstown
Castle in Ireland. Beckham's teammate Gary Neville was the best man, and the
couple’s infant son, Brooklyn, was the ring bearer. The media were kept away
from the ceremony, as the Beckhams had an exclusive deal with OK! Magazine, but
newspapers were still able to obtain photographs showing them sitting on golden
thrones. There were 437 staff employed for the wedding reception, which was
estimated to have cost £500,000.
David and Victoria Beckham have four children: sons Brooklyn Joseph (born 4 March 1999 at Portland Hospital, London), Romeo James (born 1 September 2002 at Portland Hospital, London), Cruz David (born 20 February 2005 at Ruber International Hospital, Madrid), and daughter Harper Seven (born 10 July 2011 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles).
Elton
John is godfather to Brooklyn and Romeo Beckham; their godmother is Elizabeth
Hurley. Beckham’s three sons have all played football in the Arsenal Academy.
Like their father, Brooklyn and Romeo have both done modeling work and been
named among GQ’s best dressed British men. Brooklyn previously played football
for Arsenal U16, but was released at the end of the 2014–15 season. In July
2007 the family moved into their $22-million home in Beverly Hills.
Source: Image Credit - Courtesy of David Beckham | Instagram